[NHCOLL-L:50] Fossil Protection URLs

[William Douglas Boyce]

Fellow List Members,

Here are some URLs dealing with fossil protection:

Dinosaur Cop On Lookout for Fossil Thieves:
	http://www.sltrib.com/1998/sep/09141998/utah/52456.htm

Pistol Packing Paleontologist:
	http://www.pitt.edu/~mattf/newspaleo.html

National Ecological Network (NECONET) - Slovakia:
	http://www.ecnc.nl/doc/lynx/publications/eeco_sk.html

ASMD Speaks Out Against H.R. 2943:
	http://www.dinosauria.com/jdp/law/asmd.htm

Public Lands: Public Fossils:
	http://www.agiweb.org/agi/geotimes/scene896.html
	http://www.nmmnh-abq.mus.nm.us/nmfp/nmfp961b.html

Fossil Collecting and Artifact Hunting (Colorado):
	http://www.mwc.mus.co.us/dinosaurs/fossil.htm

FOSSIL COLLECTING & ARTIFACT HUNTING in Alaska:
	http://www.ak.blm.gov/ak930/fossil.html

Laws Concerning Fossil Collecting in Nova Scotia:
	http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/gphrynew/law.htm

Mineral, Rock, and Fossil Collecting Rules of Utah:
	http://www.ugs.state.ut.us/collrule.htm

A POLL REGARDING THE OPINION OF THE AMERICAN PUBLIC AS TO COMMERCIAL
COLLECTING OF FOSSILS ON PUBLIC LANDS:
	http://www.museum.state.il.us/svp//safe/poll.htm

South Dakota Senate Bill S-86:
	http://www.museum.state.il.us/svp//safe/sdbill.htm

The Fossil Preservation Act of 1996 -- HR 2943:
	http://www.museum.state.il.us/svp//safe/jbill.htm

SAFE against the "Fossil Preservation Act":
	http://www.museum.state.il.us/svp//safe/actnow.htm

Line-by-line Critique of Johnson's "Fossil Preservation Act":
	http://www.museum.state.il.us/svp//safe/liner.htm

Finding Fossils in Alberta:
	http://www.tyrrellmuseum.com/visitorinfo/findfossil.html

Alberta Historical Resources Act
	http://www.tyrrellmuseum.com/hrahome.html

Removal of fossils from Canada:
	http://www.tyrrellmuseum.com/hra4.html

Ancient Echoes Interpretive Centre - Herschel, Saskatchewan, Canada:
	http://www3.sk.sympatico.ca/herschel/ancient.htm

The Christian Science Monitor (Opinions & Essays) Monday November 17, 1997
Edition:
	http://www.csmonitor.com/durable/1997/11/17/opin/letters.1.html

Fossil Legislation and Ethics:
	http://members.aol.com/fostrak/palelegi.htm

Joggins Fossil Cliffs Facilities and Management Plan:
	http://www.jacqueswhitford.com/esproj/joggins.html

LAW ON PROTECTED NATURAL OBJECTS of the REPUBLIC OF ESTONIA:
	http://www.estpak.ee/~ekal/news/eeskiri-uk.htm

Fossils of Nova Scotia-Special Places:
	http://museum.ednet.ns.ca/fossils/protect/special.htm

THE PALEONTOLOGICAL SOCIETY CODE OF FOSSIL COLLECTING:
	http://tigger.uic.edu/orgs/paleo/pscode.html

SAVE THE DINOSAURS!:
	http://www.webscope.com/webscope/dino/savesue.html

Eco Tourism:
	http://hgea01.hgea.org/~daver/ecotoup1.htm

BLM Montana/Dakotas - Fossils and Artifacts on Public Land:
	http://www.mt.blm.gov/faq/cultural.html

Protected Sites (Nova Scotia Museum):
	http://142.227.51.1/educ/museum/places/special/palintro.htm

PROTECTING ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SITES AND ARTIFACTS:
	http://museum.ednet.ns.ca/arch/arcintro.htm

REPUBLIC OF ESTONIA LAW ON PROTECTED NATURAL OBJECTS:
	http://www.estpak.ee/~ekal/abnp/ee-seadus-uk.htm

Poaching 4:
	http://www.menewme.com/funfinds/poaching/sf1d.html

Nature and Landscape Protection:
	http://www.sazp.sk/sea/nlp.html

Fossil Collection on Public Lands:
	http://www-a.blm.gov/education/ethics/dinosaur.html

Fossils and the Law in South Africa:
	http://www.rhodes.ac.za/departments/am/pssa/pssalaw.html

BLM Montana/Dakotas - Rockhounding on Public Lands:
	http://www.mt.blm.gov/faq/rockhound.html

Fossils of Newfoundland and Labrador:
	http://www.geosurv.gov.nf.ca/education/fossils/index.html (older
version)
	http://pangea.usask.ca/~dfs846/rockhound/summer97/smr97_nfld.html
(newer version)

Legislation (Government of Newfoundland and Labrador):
	http://www.gov.nf.ca/tcr/tcr_leg.htm

Parks and Natural Areas Division (Government of Newfoundland and Labrador):
	http://www.gov.nf.ca/tcr/parksrec/parksdiv.htm

Wilderness And Ecological Reserves Program (Government of Newfoundland and
Labrador):
	http://www.gov.nf.ca/tcr/parksrec/werp.htm

National Parks Policy (Canada):
	http://parkscanada.pch.gc.ca/library/PC_Guiding_Principles/PARK34.htm

All the best,

Doug Boyce


P.S. The province of Newfoundland and Labrador is currently revising its
fossil protection legislation.

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Mr. W. Douglas Boyce, M.Sc., P.Geo., Provincial Paleontologist,
Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, Department of Mines and Energy,
Geological Survey Division, Regional Geology Section,
P.O. Box 8700, St. John's, NF, Canada A1B 4J6

Phone:	(709) 729-2163
Fax:	(709) 729-4270
Email:	wdb at zeppo.geosurv.gov.nf.ca
WWW:	http://www.geosurv.gov.nf.ca/mapping/boyce.html
	http://www.geosurv.gov.nf.ca/education/fossils/index.html
	http://pangea.usask.ca/~dfs846/rockhound/summer97/smr97_nfld.html
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