[meteorite-list] Tagish Lake

From: Dave Freeman mjwy <dfreeman_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 14:53:24 -0700
Message-ID: <458B0254.3060509_at_fascination.com>

Auh, contraire there dear Elton....Mr. Verish, and a large following of
recreational meteorite hunters in the western states have already
practiced meteorite recovery on public lands and the Smithsonian, Dr.
McCoy I believe have accepted that meteorite hunters in the field do
have the ability to preserve the scientific value of such information
and to react as recreational meteorite hunters as now is presently
approved......I am the Wyoming team leader scary as that is!
Dave Freeman
Green River Resource Area
SW Wyoming

Mr EMan wrote:

>Problem is David they failed to map the entire field
>-- just the lake and they didn't recover all the
>mapped fragments, or so I am lead to believe. I think
>there were less than 6 plots on land( all adjacent to
>the shore) out of what 300? plots on the lake surface.
> Yes perhaps we can project the map and then look for
>large spots of mud which were meteoritical materials.
>Especially what would have been a car sized main mass.
>
>At most we have a slice of the field with no
>orientations other than satellite tracking. Was this
>down center line or on the southern fringe? It has
>been a few years but I think this lake runs North
>South along it's axis which is perpendicular to the
>apparent fall line.
>
>The lesson which should have been learned is that when
>these happen there should be be a list of willing and
>able warm bodies willing to deploy to the location to
>do the science and keep to any agreements that the
>Chief Scientist implements. In this case all the
>volunteers were ignored and their offers declined.
>
>If we ever have a fall on US Government lands we will
>take years to get a plan approved for there is no
>provision even at the Smithsonian for establishing a
>reaction team.
>
>We will then lament that loss as well for the rest of
>our lives.
>
>Elton
>--- David Weir <dgweir at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>
>
>>But Michael, think of the potential value that the
>>strewn field map may
>>provide us someday (I know I'm not smart enough to
>>imagine it). Maybe
>>Richard and Roland could spell out for us the great
>>importance of such a
>>map.
>>
>>David
>>
>>
>>Michael Farmer wrote:
>>
>>
>>>... You can all forget about recovery of more
>>>Tagish Lake meteorites. The Canadians lost it all
>>>
>>>
>>when
>>
>>
>>>they closed off the site to all but a few people,
>>>
>>>
>>who
>>
>>
>>>took two months to make a neat little map of
>>>
>>>
>>locations
>>
>>
>>>of pieces frozen into the ice, then lost them all
>>>
>>>
>>when
>>
>>
>>>a fast thaw came along. Great job scientists, you
>>>
>>>
>>lost
>>
>>
>>>99% of the rarest meteorite fall on the planet
>>>
>>>
>>because
>>
>>
>>>you wanted to keep it all secret and to
>>>
>>>
>>yourselves....
>>
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