When does this new policy go into effect? On Sun, Dec 2, 2012 at 7:53 PM, GREG LINDH <gee...@msn.com> wrote: > > > Adam, > This is an example of government bureaucracy doing what it does best. This > is just the beginning. I'm not a hunter, but I'm affected because I buy from > those of you who do the actual hunting. People here on "The List" *feel* > this up close and personal, because they're directly affected. This kind of > thing goes on all the time throughout our increasingly over regulated > society. Remember, the bigger the government the smaller the citizen. > The thing is, once the genie is out of the bottle, it's very hard, maybe > impossible to put him back in. That's the nature of an over reaching > government. > > Greg L. > > >> Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2012 08:00:05 -0800 >> From: raremeteori...@yahoo.com >> To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com >> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] BLM and Meteorite Recovery Policy >> >> It is interesting that the BLM has pulled the Antiquities Act out of a hat >> in this version. We can thank Douglas Schmidt for this connection in the >> infamous paper he wrote years ago claiming meteorites are cultural objects. >> He went as far as quoting the Antiquities Act in his ramblings. Now >> educators and researchers have to obtain an Antiquities Act permit for >> meteorites. Really? >> >> >> We can thank all the over-hype in the media and TV programs for the rest of >> the restrictions! It looks like a few have ruined it for the rest of us! >> >> These rules affect everybody interested in the pursuit and it will not be >> long before our public lands are completely closed. What a nice legacy our >> generation has left behind. May we never forget the few responsible for the >> downfall of a great avocation. >> >> >> Happy Hunting, >> >> Adam >> >> >> >> >> ________________________________ >> From: "Nicholas Gessler, Ph.D." <nick.gess...@duke.edu> >> To: meteorite-list <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> >> Sent: Sunday, December 2, 2012 7:08 AM >> Subject: [meteorite-list] BLM and Meteorite Recovery Policy >> >> Regarding the BLM's policy on "Collection of Meteorites on Public Land" >> posted at: >> http://www.blm.gov/wo/st/en/info/regulations/Instruction_Memos_and_Bulletins/national_instruction/2012/IM_2012-182.html >> I have written three emails of complaint to Lucia Kuizon, National >> Paleontologist and lkui...@blm.gov, and Frank Jenks, Natural Resources >> Specialist fje...@blm.gov, buty as yet have not had the courtesy of a reply. >> >> At this time, I'm prepared to file a FOIA (Freedom of Information) request >> for all documentation leading up to the legislation posted on their website, >> to include minutes of all meetings, drafts, lists of committee members and >> individuals consulted, emails pertaining to the above, etc. >> >> Before I do so, has anyone else filed such a request? Have any other list >> members received any "official" communications from the BLM regarding their >> policy? >> >> I note that the policy is set to expire in one year, which would imply that >> implementation of this policy is still in flux. I am surprised how naive, >> unrealistic, self-contradictory and wrongheaded this legislation is and I >> think that we on the list, the Meteoritical Society and academic and >> scientific institutions should come together to oppose it. >> >> I have a full teaching and research schedule, so please forgive me if this >> all has been hashed out on the list before or if protests have already been >> filed. If anyone else is moving forward on this, please get in touch with >> me. Please email me directly if you have any inside information on this. I'm >> pretty sure there was no consultation with those potentially affected by >> this legislation. We need a website devoted to this struggle. Perhaps I can >> contribute to that effort. >> >> Regards, >> Nick >> >> >> nick.gess...@duke.edu >> http://isis.duke.edu/gessler >> Research Associate (ISIS) >> INFORMATION SCIENCE & INFORMATION STUDIES >> Duke University, Durham, North Carolina >> >> Courses: >> ARTIFICIAL LIFE, CULTURE & EVOLUTIONARY COMPUTATION >> Multiagent Complex Systems / ISIS-170, CompSci-107, VisMedStudies-172 >> ESPIONAGE, CRYPTOLOGY & PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS >> Networks of Trust, Secrecy & Deception / ISIS-235, CultAnth-226 >> METEORITES & SOLAR SYSTEM HISTORY >> History of & Simulations in the Science of Meteoritics / ISIS-230, >> EarthOceanSci-230 >> ______________________________________________ >> >> Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com >> Meteorite-list mailing list >> Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com >> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list >> ______________________________________________ >> >> Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com >> Meteorite-list mailing list >> Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com >> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ > > Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________
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