[meteorite-list] It is a sad day.....

[James Balister]

These sob's already have too much controll over our lives!  But telling us that we can't pick up a rock !  Are we dealing with a king here?  I object to ANY loss of freedom in inyway.   I am a free man and not a slave.  I do not have a master!  Except God.  We should just tell them NO!
PS Every rock I ever found I wrote up a report took measurments and pictures, to no avail.  Always turned out to be a rock.  So why worry about the very few that are real?  Oh wait, it's about the money!!!!!!!



----- Original Message ----
> From: Jeff Grossman <jgrossman at usgs.gov>
> To: Pelé Pierre-Marie <pierremariepele at yahoo.fr>; Meteorite-list <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Tue, March 9, 2010 7:07:57 AM
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] It is a sad day.....
> 
> Oops, sorry, I replied to the wrong thread.  This message was meant to go 
> on the "sad day" thread.

Jeff

> Once everybody gets all the 
> anger out of their systems, the time comes for all interested parties to work 
> within the existing framework of laws, regulations, and precedents and help 
> develop a permitting process that allows meteorite hunting under certain 
> conditions.  If I were drafting this, it would at least include provisions 
> requiring environmentally responsible collection methods, accurate documentation 
> (photography, gps, mass), registration of find info within some time period, the 
> right of first refusal for up to half of each object by the Smithsonian, and 
> mandatory deposition of 20 g/20% in an institutional collection (including any 
> material accepted by the SI).
> 
> I think reasonable people 
> recognize that these meteorites belong to the people of the US, but that 
> specimens would mostly not be found without the efforts of private 
> citizens.  A good policy would continue to reward those who find these 
> objects on behalf of the people, but also prevent the loss of scientific 
> information and significant specimens.
> 
> The question becomes, 
> how can a reasonable regulation and permitting process be created?  I'll 
> discuss this with my colleagues in DOI and the SI, and perhaps groups like the 
> IMCA can help lobby for this as well.  I think it is quite 
> achievable.
> 
> Jeff 

On 2010-03-09 7:39 AM, Pelé 
> Pierre-Marie wrote:
> My question was not about the laws  ;-)
> 
> 
> Just searching for the Glorieta Mountain strewnfield map.  I'm 
> sure many of you have it.
> 
> I just need some help as I plan to go 
> there one or two days in the following weeks.
> 
> Best 
> regards
> 
> Pierre
> 
> 
> 
> 
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