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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">As the person who tried for 10 years or
more to persuade the NPS to consider alternatives to the
repository model, including both outright transfer of ownership
and the "National Museum" agreement, I would find it astonishing
to learn that the NPS has now reversed course and decided to
consider extending that model to other museums. <br>
I relayed many of the details of this long, painful negotiation
here on NH-Coll. Though the exact language was a paragon of
bureaucratic smog up the kiester, the plain meaning for those of
us accustomed to dealing with this art form was NO. And when
follow-up questions were asked, the answer was "see p. XX" where
the text on said page was clearly "repository agreement."<br>
<br>
If you mold guys succeed in getting a better deal, more power to
you. <br>
<br>
Ellen<br>
<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">Ellen Paul
Executive Director
The Ornithological Council
Email: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:ellen.paul@verizon.net">ellen.paul@verizon.net</a>
"Providing Scientific Information about Birds<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="http://www.nmnh.si.edu/BIRDNET">"
http://www.nmnh.si.edu/BIRDNET"</a>
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On 5/6/13 2:16 PM, William F. Simpson wrote:<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Hi Karen,<br>
<br>
I don't recall ever taking a mold of a fossil left in the field.<br>
<br>
More to the point (for us), we are unwilling to even be an NPS
repository because of the unusual restrictions they require, for
both fossil and recent collections. NPS is experimenting with a
new MOU worked out for the US National Museum. If this succeeds
and is more generally available, we would consider both
collecting on NPS land, and accepting NPS collections which
they've asked us to take. Collections from NPS are the only
ones in which we've chosen not to invest.<br>
<br>
Best,<br>
Bill<br>
<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We are curious to know what kinds of
protocols other museums are being required to follow
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field on federal lands. In our case we are talking about
molds of fossils, where the fossils are left in situ. All
fossils that are collected have, of course, been assigned
NPS numbers by the appropriate park. For years, however, we
have been cataloging the molds as our own, as well as the
casts that come out of them. Our argument has been that the
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