Sorry Norm. Your take on the BLM being some kind of begnign overseer who will look the other way couldn't be farther from the truth. Just wait till the next highly publicized fall amd someone admits to picking up something significant from public land. The BLM will be all over him/her like white on a golf ball. What! No permit? Didn't know this land was restricted? Gimme that! Here! Take this citation!
Guido -----Original Message----- >From: Norm Lehrman <[email protected]> >Sent: Sep 30, 2012 8:17 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: [meteorite-list] New BLM regs: Tempest in a teacup? > >All, > >I have been following this thread with great confusion, and maybe there IS >something I don't understand. Meteorite collecting has previously fallen >under >the general rules of rockhounding, and the new changes merely formalize a >specific policy that is no great change from the past rules. I am quite sure >I >will be hugey chastised for my ignorance. Please correct me if I missed >something. > >The previous rules said 25 pounds and/or one rock. Now it's 10 pounds and no >provision for the big one with respect to meteorites. How often will that >actually afect us? Almost never. The use of motorized vehicles off marked >roads is also a general policy, not just for us. Metal detectors are >explicitly >allowed. Surely a magnet on a stick is also still fine. > >Commercial exploitation of BLM ground is subject to a long standing >guideline. >Find a monster? It is only fair that the land-owner (all Americans) should >get >some benefit. This is no change. If you want to harvest building stones or >ornamental boulders, you pay a fee. We will too. No real change. > >I see no great disaster here. Just a formalization of a specific policy, >thanks >(?) to our own loud self-promotion in its various forms. Of course they had >to >get explicit. It is not much more than a clear, specific, restatement of the >rules we were all subject to before now. Or did no one understand this? Yes, >they may choose to make their point by prosecuting someone, but I will be >amazed >if this involves changes in the law. Just enforcement of those already >extant. >At worst with fairly minor changes. > >Have at it. I am waiting to be reprimanded for my folly. What am I missing? > >Best, >Norm (www.tektitesource.com) >______________________________________________ > >Visit the Archives at >http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html >Meteorite-list mailing list >[email protected] >http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
