Over a few month period of time, I have been conversing with Roddy Gabel, Chief of the Division of Scientific Authority, of the USFWS, which governs CITES in the US. He has kindly agreed to help flesh out some of the ambiguous natures of CITES policy application in the US. A simplified transcript is can be found at: http://www.nascentorchids.com/cites.html
Hope this clears some things up, Steve Topletz
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