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

From: Adam Hupe <raremeteorites_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2010 15:17:15 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID: <637628.44348.qm_at_web30702.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

It is too bad this find with brownish crust and contraction cracks will stay
right where it is. It could even be a breccia. To remove it may be against the
law depending on how the rules are interpreted and what state it was found.

http://themeteoritesite.com/ALatestfind.jpg

I think it is time to start searching private property with owner permission, of
course. There is a lot of privately held farm land that would be suitable. At
least when you find something valuable, you do not have to worry about picking
it up off of the ground like in Arizona, Oregon or Washington State.



Best Regards,

Adam






----- Original Message ----
From: Galactic Stone & Ironworks <meteoritemike at gmail.com>
To: wahlperry at aol.com
Cc: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
Sent: Mon, November 8, 2010 2:48:26 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Oregon / Washington Meteorite hunting regulations
on BLM Land

Hi Sonny and List,

My take on this is -

I think the government is covering it's behind, just in case a
significant find is made. But I think there is little desire or
ability to enforce this on every meteorite found by every prospector.

Zealous or "difficult" local BLM officials may use this as an excuse
to hassle people. However, most rank and file enforcement personnel
have more important things to worry about. So it will probably remain
business as usual for the majority of prospectors in the majority of
situations. But, if you find something very significant, the legal
groundwork is in place for the federal government to assert it's
authority and ownership.

Best regards and happy huntings,

MikeG

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On 11/8/10, wahlperry at aol.com <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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