FW: the extremists/ be careful

[Michael Gochfeld]

I guess the definition of "National Park" varies from place to place. When I
first visited Canadian National Parks I was amazed that there was logging going
on in the parks.  It was more like US definition of National Forests.
 
M. Gochfeld
 
 
 
"Kondla, Norbert FOR:EX" wrote
 
> By now I think that most lepsters understand that this thread has been about
> events in the USA some years ago and the laws of that country.  As a matter
> of interest, in Canada it has only been illegal to collect insects in
> national parks for a few years; in fact if the USA enforcers had not gone
> digging for dirt to throw against the wall and made an international issue
> out of this; it could still be perfectly legal.  Alas, federal bureaucrats
> in this country sometimes adopt things from other countries that maybe are
> not welcome here :-)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Leptraps at aol.com [mailto:Leptraps at aol.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2001 12:55 PM
> To: gatrelle at tils-ttr.org; drdn at mail.utexas.edu; Leps-l at lists.yale.edu
> Subject: Re: the extremists/ be careful
>
> Regardless of what the out come of these poachers was or will be in the end.
>
> It is, and has been, illegal to collect in National Parks and National
> Wildlife Refuges. Regardless of how anyone attempts to view these three
> individuals, they collected butterflies in federally protected areas and
> they
> were caught. Period.
>
> I am an ardent collector. However, I have never collected a single specimen
> in a National Park or National Wildlife Refuge without a permit. I, like the
>
> majority of other collectors, respect the law!
>
> As for Dave Baggett. He is alive and living with his parents in
> Jacksonville,
> Florida. He was a very good friend. I spent many hours in the field with
> Dave. What happened to Dave is a very sad story. He was a great
> Lepidopterists' and a friend to many. What happened to Dave does not belong
> on this list. (Although he may think otherwise!)
>
> Cheers,
>
> Leroy C. Koehn
> 202 Redding Road
> Georgetown, KY  40324
> Tele.: 502-570-9123
> Cell: 502-803-5422
> E-mail: Leptraps at aol.com
>
> "Let's get among em"
>
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