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

From: Meteorites USA <eric_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 08 Nov 2010 14:36:07 -0800
Message-ID: <4CD87B57.10206_at_meteoritesusa.com>

Scientific Value (interest) = Translation: Big & Cool = Government says
"Mine!"







On 11/8/2010 2:16 PM, wahlperry at aol.com wrote:
> 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
>
>
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