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Council approves limited foraging, metal-detecting on Parks Department land
Summary
The council unanimously approved permits to alter Parks Department property to allow foraging, scavenger hunting, probing and metal detecting, with a newly adopted restriction that holes be no larger than 6 inches wide and 6 inches deep.
The Darrington Town Council on April 8 approved applications to alter Parks Department property to permit foraging, scavenger hunting, probing and metal detecting. Council member Gary Willis made the motion, which Council member Evan Craig seconded; all present voted in favor and the motion carried.
Council adopted one explicit limit on the permitted activities: holes created during these uses must be no larger than 6 inches wide and 6 inches deep. The restriction was recorded as a formal revision to the permit language during the continued business portion of the meeting. The motion and its revision passed by unanimous vote; one council member (Billie Burtenshaw) was listed as absent on the roll call.
The council did not record additional operational details such as permitting fees, seasonal limitations, or enforcement mechanisms during the meeting. Those details were not specified and remain to be clarified by Parks Department staff or in subsequent meetings.
