[meteorite-list] Oregon / Washington Meteorite hunting regulations on BLM Land

From: wahlperry at aol.com <wahlperry_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2010 17:16:05 -0500 (EST)
Message-ID: <8CD4DA9ABCF88B4-CD0-14EE_at_webmail-d043.sysops.aol.com>

Hi list,

Sorry for the possible double post. Here is their reply from the BLM in
Oregon regarding meteorite hunting.


Thanks,
Sonny



>Sonny: It is the Washington Office Policy that meteorites belong to
the
>Federal government, the policy statement on the BLM Oregon/Washington
>website is taken from the Washington Office, this is partly based on
Old
>Woman Meteorite case (under the Antiquities Act) you mentioned and I
have
>attached. In practise, there is no official guidance for us on how to
>manage meteorites nor has this been put into the Code of Federal
>Regulations and I'm not aware of any enforcement action being taken
against
>collectors on public lands. I'm wondering if this policy was written
more
>for a significant meteorite find such as the Old Woman case, and would
give
>Federal government ability to assert ownership if it decided to, if the
>meteorite had considerable scientific value? Sorry, this isn't very
clear
>cut. Steve
Received on Mon 08 Nov 2010 05:16:05 PM PST