[meteorite-list] 8 Month Anniversary of Buzzard Coulee - Any signof export permits?

[Notkin]

Mike Gilmer posted:

> Is anyone still combing that strewnfield?  (or is it all cultivated  
> farmland by now?)


Dear Mike:

When Lisa and I were hunting the Buzzard in late April, the landowner  
told us that the ground would be planted "within a few weeks." They  
grow canola in those fields, and he told me the stalks get quite high  
and are densely packed.

Rob Wesel and Mike Bandli were there shortly after us, and those guys  
are no slouches  : )  In addition a very friendly eight-person team  
from the University of Edmonton were methodically gridding all 800  
acres. They told me they would continue hunting every weekend for as  
long as they could. So, I would imagine the field has been quite  
thoroughly searched by now. There was additional land south of us, but  
that had been tied up by one of the other Canadian universities. I  
noticed in one of the university bulletins that student volunteers  
were wanted for additional hunting during the summer, so I wouldn't be  
surprised if hunting is still in progress on uncultivated land.

I posted this back in the spring, but for anyone who is interested and  
hasn't seen it, our Buzzard Coulee photo journal:

http://www.aerolite.org/expeditions/bc/buzzard-coulee-meteorite.htm


One of my favorite meteorite hunts ever. Good times indeed, even with  
the snow  : )


Cheers to all from Tucson,

Geoff N.

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