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

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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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