---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 C.F.R. § 13.920"
title: "36"
number: "13.920"
heading: "Wildlife distance conditions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/36/13.920"
---

# §13.920. Wildlife distance conditions.

- (a) **Bears.** The following are prohibited:
  - (1) Approaching within 300 yards of a bear; or
  - (2) **Engaging in photography within 300 yards of a bear.**
- (b) **Other wildlife.** The following are prohibited:
  - (1) Approaching within 25 yards of a moose, caribou, Dall sheep, wolf, an active raptor nest, or occupied den site; or
  - (2) Engaging in photography within 25 yards of a moose, caribou, Dall sheep, wolf, an active raptor nest, or occupied den site.
- (c) **Prohibitions.** The prohibitions in this section do not apply to persons—
  - (1) Within a motor vehicle or a hard sided building;
  - (2) Within 2 yards of their motor vehicle or entrance to a hard sided building that is 25 yards or more from a bear;
  - (3) Engaged in legal hunting or trapping activities;
  - (4) In compliance with a written protocol approved by the Superintendent;
  - (5) Who are otherwise directed by a park employee; or
  - (6) **In accordance with a permit from the Superintendent.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[73 FR 3186, Jan. 17, 2008]

### Authority

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 3101 et seq. ; 54 U.S.C. 100101, 100751, 320102; Sec. 13.1204 also issued under Pub. L. 104-333, Sec. 1035, 110 Stat. 4240, November 12, 1996.

### Source

Source: 71 FR 69333, Nov. 30, 2006, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[73 FR 3186, Jan. 17, 2008]