Glassberg's public statement on collecting.

[Chuck Vaughn]

Patrick,

It's not clear to me just what you're responding to but I think it's
something I didn't write. I didn't say a word about truly endangered
species. I did say something about people who have an agenda that they
wish to force on everyone else that is based on personal belief and
not sound scientific data.

Chuck

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> Chuck,
> 
> Species and subspecies are named and described by collectors. Having achieved
> such
> status, these organisms may then fall under the protection of the US Federal
> Endangered Species Act of 1973, but only if someone petitions the Secretary of
> the
> Interior. The petitioner is often a collector. When collectors such as Ron
> Gatrelle or Thomas Emmel describe new subspecies, Interior Secretaries such as
> Gayle Norton start getting interested. Are these enough names today, or should
> we
> start checking throught the phone book for unAmerican people with binoculars?
> 
> Proud to have a name,
> Proud to be an American,
> Proud to have a net and binoculars,
> Patrick Foley


 
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