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From Jill.Harris at vmnh.virginia.gov  Tue Sep  2 09:28:10 2025
From: Jill.Harris at vmnh.virginia.gov (Harris, Jill (VMNH))
Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2025 13:28:10 +0000
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Arsenic test kit
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The FAIC Connecting to Collections Care series had a webinar called "Arsenic in Collections" in 2023.  This is the link: https://connectingtocollections.org/arsenic_in_collections/


Jill K. Harris | Registrar
Virginia Museum of Natural History

21 Starling Avenue | Martinsville, VA 24112

Tel. 276.403.8510 | Fax NEW# 276.403.8558

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From: David Dyer <DDyer at ohiohistory.org>
Sent: Friday, August 29, 2025 3:25 PM
To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu <nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu>
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Arsenic test kit

Can anyone recommend a suitable arsenic test kit for sampling taxidermy? Most of the kits on the market are for testing water. I found one that also tests soil but the company can't verify that it's accurate for arsenic in taxidermy.
Thanks for any leads!

Dave

David L. Dyer | Curator of Natural History
Ohio History Connection | 800 East 17th Ave., Columbus, Ohio 43211
p. 614-298-2055 | ddyer at ohiohistory.org<mailto:ddyer at ohiohistory.org>
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From cearly at smm.org  Tue Sep  2 10:09:10 2025
From: cearly at smm.org (Catherine Early (she/her))
Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2025 09:09:10 -0500
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] preserving leafy sea dragon
Message-ID: <CAHKLds96stP13RnaRfFmHXNdqBEqWVc3BytPA4Q6y8_w8mDkOQ@mail.gmail.com>

Hi all,

I'm passing along a request from advice from a zoo partner: they had a
leafy sea dragon pass away and want to fluid-preserve it. They have
formalin on hand and can put it into there immediately after necropsy, but
is there a better approach? My experience is with fluid-preserving
terrestrial animals and I don't have my copy of John Simmons' book at hand
today, so I'm feeling out of my depth to help them. Thanks!

Best,
Catherine


Catherine M. Early, PhD

*she/her/hers*

Barbara Brown Chair of Ornithology

cearly at smm.org

https://catherineearly.wixsite.com/home




We envision a world where everyone has the power to use science to make
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and we are committed to using STEM as a tool to advocate for justice and
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From eric.schultz at uconn.edu  Tue Sep  2 11:11:49 2025
From: eric.schultz at uconn.edu (Schultz, Eric)
Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2025 15:11:49 +0000
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] seeking paired frozen and collections-vouchered fish for
 tissue sampling
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We want to add to existing literature on the effects on fish tissue stable isotopes of fixing and preservation and are seeking specimens from field samples (marine or freshwater) that have been frozen whole and have also been vouchered in a natural history collection. We would take small amounts of tissue from both specimens. The procedure is simple and could be conducted by someone local or we could come visit (within a reasonable distance).

Gratefully,

Eric Schultz

eric.schultz at uconn.edu

Professor Emeritus

Director of Vertebrate Collections, BRC<https://biodiversity.uconn.edu/>

Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology<https://eeb.uconn.edu/>

University of Connecticut<https://uconn.edu/>

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From couteaufin at btinternet.com  Tue Sep  2 11:19:27 2025
From: couteaufin at btinternet.com (Simon Moore)
Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2025 16:19:27 +0100
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] preserving leafy sea dragon
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Hi Catherine,

As you appear to be in a slight hurry to get the specimen preserved, 10% buffered formalin is still the best way of fixing such a specimen.  Ensure that the internal organs are also fixed by injection into the body cavities, including the occipital area to prevent brain lysis.  The pH of the fixing solution should be 7.0 or a bit less.
You could also use the Kaiserling 3-stage technique as well if you want the colour to last longer, although I have no experience with sea dragon pigments.

You will likely get a few more results quite quickly including the author!

With all good wishes, Simon 

Simon Moore MIScT, RSci, FLS, ACR
Conservator of Natural Sciences and Cutlery Historian.

www.natural-history-conservation.com



> On 2 Sep 2025, at 15:09, Catherine Early (she/her) <cearly at smm.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm passing along a request from advice from a zoo partner: they had a leafy sea dragon pass away and want to fluid-preserve it. They have formalin on hand and can put it into there immediately after necropsy, but is there a better approach? My experience is with fluid-preserving terrestrial animals and I don't have my copy of John Simmons' book at hand today, so I'm feeling out of my depth to help them. Thanks!
> 
> Best,
> Catherine
> 
> 
> Catherine M. Early, PhD
> she/her/hers
> Barbara Brown Chair of Ornithology
> cearly at smm.org
> https://catherineearly.wixsite.com/home
> 
> 
> 
> 
> We envision a world where everyone has the power to use science to make lives better,
> and we are committed to using STEM as a tool to advocate for justice and equity.
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From d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de  Tue Sep  2 13:37:14 2025
From: d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de (Dirk Neumann)
Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2025 19:37:14 +0200
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] [EXTERN] Re:  preserving leafy sea dragon
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References: <CAHKLds96stP13RnaRfFmHXNdqBEqWVc3BytPA4Q6y8_w8mDkOQ@mail.gmail.com>
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... maybe worth adding: use formalin seawater instead of 'normal' formalin (freshwater-based) to avoid unwanted osmotic effects of soft tissues. Depending on the size of the specimen, a 4% formalin solution (1:9 dilution of a saturated 40% aqueous formaldehyde stock solution) might be better, as 10% rapidly fixed outer tissues, which lowers the diffusion of formalin into the tissues.

Hope this helps
Dirk


Am 02.09.2025 um 17:19 schrieb Simon Moore:




Hi Catherine,

As you appear to be in a slight hurry to get the specimen preserved, 10% buffered formalin is still the best way of fixing such a specimen.  Ensure that the internal organs are also fixed by injection into the body cavities, including the occipital area to prevent brain lysis.  The pH of the fixing solution should be 7.0 or a bit less.
You could also use the Kaiserling 3-stage technique as well if you want the colour to last longer, although I have no experience with sea dragon pigments.

You will likely get a few more results quite quickly including the author!

With all good wishes, Simon

Simon Moore MIScT, RSci, FLS, ACR
Conservator of Natural Sciences and Cutlery Historian.

www.natural-history-conservation.com<http://www.natural-history-conservation.com>





On 2 Sep 2025, at 15:09, Catherine Early (she/her) <cearly at smm.org><mailto:cearly at smm.org> wrote:

Hi all,

I'm passing along a request from advice from a zoo partner: they had a leafy sea dragon pass away and want to fluid-preserve it. They have formalin on hand and can put it into there immediately after necropsy, but is there a better approach? My experience is with fluid-preserving terrestrial animals and I don't have my copy of John Simmons' book at hand today, so I'm feeling out of my depth to help them. Thanks!

Best,
Catherine


Catherine M. Early, PhD
she/her/hers
Barbara Brown Chair of Ornithology
cearly at smm.org<mailto:cearly at smm.org>
https://catherineearly.wixsite.com/home




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From simmons.johne at gmail.com  Tue Sep  2 14:24:02 2025
From: simmons.johne at gmail.com (John E Simmons)
Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2025 14:24:02 -0400
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] preserving leafy sea dragon
In-Reply-To: <CAHKLds96stP13RnaRfFmHXNdqBEqWVc3BytPA4Q6y8_w8mDkOQ@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAHKLds96stP13RnaRfFmHXNdqBEqWVc3BytPA4Q6y8_w8mDkOQ@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAF7GCDYYSLR4OO5DJBf=+hRLtrbRwJjH2iZQ_=7A65bVLow1dw@mail.gmail.com>

I agree with Simon and Dirk. Use 1:9 formaldehyde and the same salt water
the animal was living in, and inject as needed to make sure you get good
penetration of the fixative. Once it is hardened, it can be transferred to
70% ETOH for long-term storage.

--John

John E. Simmons
Writer and Museum Consultant
Museologica
*and*
Investigador Asociado, Departamento de Ornitologia
Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima


On Tue, Sep 2, 2025 at 10:09?AM Catherine Early (she/her) <cearly at smm.org>
wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I'm passing along a request from advice from a zoo partner: they had a
> leafy sea dragon pass away and want to fluid-preserve it. They have
> formalin on hand and can put it into there immediately after necropsy, but
> is there a better approach? My experience is with fluid-preserving
> terrestrial animals and I don't have my copy of John Simmons' book at hand
> today, so I'm feeling out of my depth to help them. Thanks!
>
> Best,
> Catherine
>
>
> Catherine M. Early, PhD
>
> *she/her/hers*
>
> Barbara Brown Chair of Ornithology
>
> cearly at smm.org
>
> https://catherineearly.wixsite.com/home
>
>
>
>
> We envision a world where everyone has the power to use science to make
> lives better,
> and we are committed to using STEM as a tool to advocate for justice and
> equity.
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From cearly at smm.org  Tue Sep  2 14:38:47 2025
From: cearly at smm.org (Catherine Early (she/her))
Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2025 13:38:47 -0500
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] preserving leafy sea dragon
In-Reply-To: <CAF7GCDYYSLR4OO5DJBf=+hRLtrbRwJjH2iZQ_=7A65bVLow1dw@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAHKLds96stP13RnaRfFmHXNdqBEqWVc3BytPA4Q6y8_w8mDkOQ@mail.gmail.com>
 <CAF7GCDYYSLR4OO5DJBf=+hRLtrbRwJjH2iZQ_=7A65bVLow1dw@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAHKLds8Tw+bTj69skwKiqAVK71_6mQmb1PUdrXZAG5ju6agCkg@mail.gmail.com>

Thank you, Simon, Dirk, and John! I've passed along your recommendations.

Best,
Catherine


Catherine M. Early, PhD

*she/her/hers*

Barbara Brown Chair of Ornithology

cearly at smm.org

https://catherineearly.wixsite.com/home




We envision a world where everyone has the power to use science to make
lives better,
and we are committed to using STEM as a tool to advocate for justice and
equity.


On Tue, Sep 2, 2025 at 1:24?PM John E Simmons <simmons.johne at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I agree with Simon and Dirk. Use 1:9 formaldehyde and the same salt water
> the animal was living in, and inject as needed to make sure you get good
> penetration of the fixative. Once it is hardened, it can be transferred to
> 70% ETOH for long-term storage.
>
> --John
>
> John E. Simmons
> Writer and Museum Consultant
> Museologica
> *and*
> Investigador Asociado, Departamento de Ornitologia
> Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 2, 2025 at 10:09?AM Catherine Early (she/her) <cearly at smm.org>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I'm passing along a request from advice from a zoo partner: they had a
>> leafy sea dragon pass away and want to fluid-preserve it. They have
>> formalin on hand and can put it into there immediately after necropsy, but
>> is there a better approach? My experience is with fluid-preserving
>> terrestrial animals and I don't have my copy of John Simmons' book at hand
>> today, so I'm feeling out of my depth to help them. Thanks!
>>
>> Best,
>> Catherine
>>
>>
>> Catherine M. Early, PhD
>>
>> *she/her/hers*
>>
>> Barbara Brown Chair of Ornithology
>>
>> cearly at smm.org
>>
>> https://catherineearly.wixsite.com/home
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> We envision a world where everyone has the power to use science to make
>> lives better,
>> and we are committed to using STEM as a tool to advocate for justice and
>> equity.
>> _______________________________________________
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>> Natural History Collections (SPNHC), an international society whose
>> mission is to improve the preservation, conservation and management of
>> natural history collections to ensure their continuing value to
>> society. See http://www.spnhc.org for membership information.
>> Advertising on NH-COLL-L is inappropriate.
>>
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From Jill.Harris at vmnh.virginia.gov  Tue Sep  2 15:30:37 2025
From: Jill.Harris at vmnh.virginia.gov (Harris, Jill (VMNH))
Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2025 19:30:37 +0000
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Open Positions at the Virginia Museum of Natural History
Message-ID: <PH0PR09MB765947A2B1286FFE60987FFDA206A@PH0PR09MB7659.namprd09.prod.outlook.com>

There are currently four job opportunities at the Virginia Museum of Natural History in Martinsville, VA.

Assistant Curator ? Herpetology

Exhibit Projects Manager

Museum Technician / HVAC

Visitor Services Specialist

See the link below for details.
https://www.vmnh.net/about/careers

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From Lennart.Lennuk at loodusmuuseum.ee  Wed Sep  3 09:26:50 2025
From: Lennart.Lennuk at loodusmuuseum.ee (Lennart Lennuk)
Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2025 13:26:50 +0000
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] preserving leafy sea dragon
In-Reply-To: <CAF7GCDYYSLR4OO5DJBf=+hRLtrbRwJjH2iZQ_=7A65bVLow1dw@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAHKLds96stP13RnaRfFmHXNdqBEqWVc3BytPA4Q6y8_w8mDkOQ@mail.gmail.com>
 <CAF7GCDYYSLR4OO5DJBf=+hRLtrbRwJjH2iZQ_=7A65bVLow1dw@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <8f4dad405b7840bfaf7ebcf3556980f1@loodusmuuseum.ee>

Hi!

Just wondering if it is also important to use same salt level when organisms are collected from low salinity (5-7) environment?

Best!
Lennart

From: Nhcoll-l <nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu> On Behalf Of John E Simmons
Sent: Tuesday, September 2, 2025 9:24 PM
To: Catherine Early (she/her) <cearly at smm.org>
Cc: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu
Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] preserving leafy sea dragon

I agree with Simon and Dirk. Use 1:9 formaldehyde and the same salt water the animal was living in, and inject as needed to make sure you get good penetration of the fixative. Once it is hardened, it can be transferred to 70% ETOH for long-term storage.

--John

John E. Simmons
Writer and Museum Consultant
Museologica
and
Investigador Asociado, Departamento de Ornitologia
Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima


On Tue, Sep 2, 2025 at 10:09?AM Catherine Early (she/her) <cearly at smm.org<mailto:cearly at smm.org>> wrote:
Hi all,

I'm passing along a request from advice from a zoo partner: they had a leafy sea dragon pass away and want to fluid-preserve it. They have formalin on hand and can put it into there immediately after necropsy, but is there a better approach? My experience is with fluid-preserving terrestrial animals and I don't have my copy of John Simmons' book at hand today, so I'm feeling out of my depth to help them. Thanks!

Best,
Catherine

[https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4wD9JXWFLGfFGcjNPg9ybTqLuzHoh9SsWwN0epasNsoagFJsUsqboDVGj5yunC50y06p5F7S5Y]


Catherine M. Early, PhD

she/her/hers

Barbara Brown Chair of Ornithology

cearly at smm.org<mailto:cearly at smm.org>

https://catherineearly.wixsite.com/home








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From fran_ritchie at nps.gov  Wed Sep  3 10:52:16 2025
From: fran_ritchie at nps.gov (Ritchie, Fran E)
Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2025 14:52:16 +0000
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Is this a grey Black Bear at Teddy Roosevelt's house?
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Hi List,

The curator at Theodore Roosevelt's historic home Sagamore Hill has been researching a grey bear pelt they have on display in one of the rooms (Ted Jr's, to be exact).

See the attached PDF for images. For the mammalogists out there, could this be a grey Black Bear, perhaps from Mississippi in the early 1900s?

The longer context, if you're interested, as told to me by the curator:

"In going down a rabbit hole related to the story of the bear that TR refused to shoot because it was tied up on his hunting trip in Mississippi in 1902, there is an account from the guide who tied up the bear (the account is from 1932, so I'm taking it with a grain of salt), where he describes the bear as 600lbs and grey.  The details of the incident are muddy and a little different depending on what article you read, but those two details remain the same, as well as the fact that the bear was killed (just not shot by TR).  The guide also stated that the bear was killed with a knife to the throat and that TR took the pelt home with him.



So, the next question is, what happened to the pelt?  I am looking at the mystery pelt in Ted Jr.'s Room. I looked up a Louisiana Black Bear, which is reported in several of the stories as the type of bear the group was hunting in 1902, and according to Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries, they can be a variety of colors, including blonde or cinnamon (Louisiana Black Bear Management Plan<https://www.wlf.louisiana.gov/assets/Resources/Publications/Black_Bear/Louisiana_Black_Bear_Management_Plan_January_2015.pdf>).  The North American Bear Center (Black Bear Color Phases - North American Bear Center<https://bear.org/bear-facts/black-bear-color-phases/>) also states that black bears can go through color phases, including some that look similar to the skin in Ted Jr.'s Room.  I also found some images of mounted cinnamon-colored bears: https://images.app.goo.gl/zXMZSaEhsRWmxzUD9, that look a little similar, accounting for fading.  I also looked up the estimated measurements for the skin of a 600lb black bear, and it seems that 6 feet is the average height from nose to tail - which is the length of our pelt.



I looked at all the documentation we have for this skin, and it is pretty minimal.  In the folder, someone had included a letter written by TR, thanking a friend for a gift of a "skin fragment" from a mylodon.  I'm not sure why this letter was included in this catalog folder, because the description is: "The fragment of skin...with its long coarse hair and the small inset bone shields..." and that it came from Argentina.  To me, this description accurately describes a giant ground sloth (even though they are believed to have gone extinct in North America several thousand years ago, there were some recordings in the 18th century of people finding small fragments of skin with the bone shields and some hairs found in Central and South America), but it does not seem to describe SAHI 6194.



The reason I'm reaching out - do you think it's possible that the pelt could be a grey Black Bear from Mississippi in 1902, and, if you don't feel you can make that assessment with this limited info, do you have any contacts for who I could reach out to or an idea on how we might be able to confirm the type of animal?"




Fran Ritchie, Conservator (Objects)
she/her
Harpers Ferry Center
Fran_Ritchie at nps.gov<mailto:Fran_Ritchie at nps.gov>

American Institute for Conservation Professional Associate (peer-reviewed)

NPS Conserve O Grams - Museums & Collections (U.S. National Park Service)<https://www.nps.gov/subjects/museums/conserve-o-grams.htm>

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From simmons.johne at gmail.com  Wed Sep  3 11:00:14 2025
From: simmons.johne at gmail.com (John E Simmons)
Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2025 11:00:14 -0400
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] preserving leafy sea dragon
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Probably. The idea of a balanced osmotic solution is logical, but like so
many aspects of fluid preservation, it has not been subjected to a
controlled test yet.

Another thing to consider in fixation is what buffering system is in use
and its effect on salinity (we buffer for pH, of course, but using
salts...).

If you happen to be looking for a project that will lead to a needed
publication, this would be a good one!

--John

John E. Simmons
Writer and Museum Consultant
Museologica
*and*
Investigador Asociado, Departamento de Ornitologia
Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima


On Wed, Sep 3, 2025 at 9:27?AM Lennart Lennuk <
Lennart.Lennuk at loodusmuuseum.ee> wrote:

> Hi!
>
> Just wondering if it is also important to use same salt level when
> organisms are collected from low salinity (5-7) environment?
>
>
>
> Best!
> Lennart
>
>
>
> *From:* Nhcoll-l <nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu> *On Behalf Of *John
> E Simmons
> *Sent:* Tuesday, September 2, 2025 9:24 PM
> *To:* Catherine Early (she/her) <cearly at smm.org>
> *Cc:* nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu
> *Subject:* Re: [Nhcoll-l] preserving leafy sea dragon
>
>
>
> I agree with Simon and Dirk. Use 1:9 formaldehyde and the same salt water
> the animal was living in, and inject as needed to make sure you get good
> penetration of the fixative. Once it is hardened, it can be transferred to
> 70% ETOH for long-term storage.
>
>
>
> --John
>
>
> John E. Simmons
> Writer and Museum Consultant
>
> Museologica
> *and*
> Investigador Asociado, Departamento de Ornitologia
> Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima
>
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 2, 2025 at 10:09?AM Catherine Early (she/her) <cearly at smm.org>
> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
>
>
> I'm passing along a request from advice from a zoo partner: they had a
> leafy sea dragon pass away and want to fluid-preserve it. They have
> formalin on hand and can put it into there immediately after necropsy, but
> is there a better approach? My experience is with fluid-preserving
> terrestrial animals and I don't have my copy of John Simmons' book at hand
> today, so I'm feeling out of my depth to help them. Thanks!
>
>
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>
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From ccicero at berkeley.edu  Wed Sep  3 17:34:00 2025
From: ccicero at berkeley.edu (Carla Cicero)
Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2025 14:34:00 -0700
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Exciting news about VertNet - new portal up!
Message-ID: <CAB+JHK3hB=BXdLuc3-cHWednM-iq3bBcjewZgxrAKnqr=BMD2g@mail.gmail.com>

NHCOLL - I am posting this message with exciting news from Dave Bloom to
VertNet users -  past, present and future:

After a very long time the new VertNet portal has been released! Same
address, new look (https://www.vertnet.org).

A lot has changed and almost all of it is good and necessary. More options
for search, media and images, literature, and maps that really work! There
are a few million more records and about 100 new datasets (and we?ll keep
adding them). It?s also taken a huge step toward sustainability, so your
data and the data you?re looking for will be available more quickly and
will always be current.

The portal is now utilizing GBIF?s infrastructure (thanks @GBIF), which
means stuff won?t just disappear like it did recently with the old portal.
When something breaks, now we?ll have somebody who can help us to get it
fixed pronto! It also means that you?ll benefit from download DOIs, too. Of
course, you?ll have to get yourself a GBIF <https://www.gbif.org/> account
for that, but registration is free and easy.

No doubt there will be bugs and breaks, but we?ll get those fixed as
quickly as they are reported to us. No doubt, too, that some of you will
feel nostalgic for the classic VertNet look from the good ol? days. We get
it. You are allowed to recognize the passing of a trusted tool, but we
needed to move on and we did it on a shoe-string budget and in our copious
free time (that was real sarcasm). Seriously though, the look may be a
little or a lot different, but your access to biodiversity data with
backbone has just increased significantly.

To learn more about all of the changes on the new site ? be sure to click ?Why
is Everything Different?
<https://www.vertnet.org/post/2025/vertnet-is-all-new/>?, just under the
new search bar on the home page to read about all of the goodness that
awaits you. Of course, you may contact Dave Bloom or use the Contact link,
to get in touch if you have questions, need a tutorial, something doesn?t
work, or if you don?t see datasets, institutions or features that you
expect to be a part of VertNet. If we can fix it or add it, we?ll take care
of it as quickly as we can.

So let us know how it goes and together we can build a better portal
together - again.

Thanks,
Dave

David Bloom
Ranges Network Project Manager <http://www.ranges-network.org/>
TDWG Chair <https://www.tdwg.org/about/executive/>
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From gnidovec.1 at osu.edu  Thu Sep  4 08:20:32 2025
From: gnidovec.1 at osu.edu (Gnidovec, Dale)
Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2025 12:20:32 +0000
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Gaskets
Message-ID: <CO1PR01MB7273238C0D8E35DDC45BE0E9CD00A@CO1PR01MB7273.prod.exchangelabs.com>

Much of our fossil collection is stored in wonderful metal cabinets made by the Interior Steel Equipment Co. of Cleveland.

A former curator told me the cabinets were here when he started, so they are at least 57 years old but not over 60 since the company started in 1965.  It went out of business in 1994.

I need to replace the gaskets around the interior of the doors.  Any idea of a company I should look into?


Cheers.

Dale


Dale Gnidovec, Curator
Orton Geological Museum
The Ohio State University
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From collectionslitclub at gmail.com  Thu Sep  4 08:37:26 2025
From: collectionslitclub at gmail.com (=?UTF-8?Q?Laura_Rinc=C3=B3n?=)
Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2025 08:37:26 -0400
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Survey, SPNHC in Latin America
In-Reply-To: <CAHKzzYySxCVUy-xvDUTZ_hTrgaav4sg8aQHaHfZAU+-baoGnpw@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAHKzzYySxCVUy-xvDUTZ_hTrgaav4sg8aQHaHfZAU+-baoGnpw@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAFU0eh-X90FL080q6ujeQ=7Pazvf4PvwfD9OFLaFA5J-ONYwXw@mail.gmail.com>

Buenos d?as, colegas en Latinoam?rica y el Caribe / Good morning colleagues
in Latinoamerica and the Caribe

Por favor recuerden diligenciar nuestra encuesta para poder conocerlos m?s
y as? saber c?mo poder representarlos mejor en esta comunidad SPNHC

Gracias
Laura y Mariana

On Tue, Jul 29, 2025 at 12:12?PM Mariana Di Giacomo <maru.digi at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hello everyone!
>
> Laura Rinc?n and I (SPNHC MALs) have created a survey to get to know our
> colleagues in Latin America, their involvement with SPNHC, and how we could
> reach their communities better. We would appreciate it if you could share
> it with whoever you know that belongs to the natural history community in
> the Latin American region.
>
> Here's the link: https://forms.gle/rWsghzdjGRYSV6kWA
>
> Thank you all in advance!
> Mariana and Laura
>
> Mariana Di Giacomo, PhD
> Natural History Conservator, Yale Peabody Museum
> Associate Editor, Collection Forum, SPNHC
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From rw at protectheritage.com  Thu Sep  4 11:05:11 2025
From: rw at protectheritage.com (Robert Waller)
Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2025 15:05:11 +0000
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Fw: Mineral Creations in LEGO!
In-Reply-To: <bf59ad07-f6f8-4941-9ae0-e8886e8864den@googlegroups.com>
References: <CAEk2v817_-6VNpLQwGAP0QKpa5Mf-DtHrU3NAYNNFrUjoqjo6A@mail.gmail.com>
 <bf59ad07-f6f8-4941-9ae0-e8886e8864den@googlegroups.com>
Message-ID: <YT3PR01MB106503C3DEDA1FFB8827DDFC8DA00A@YT3PR01MB10650.CANPRD01.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM>

I have already ordered one for my grandson for Christmas.

Now, might SPNHC put forward an idea for a biological collection?
?
Rob

________________________________
From: mineralmuseums at googlegroups.com <mineralmuseums at googlegroups.com> on behalf of Liz Johnson <ussingite at gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2025 10:45 AM
To: Society of Mineral Museum Professionals <mineralmuseums at googlegroups.com>
Subject: Re: Mineral Creations in LEGO!

The LEGO Mineral Collection set is now available for pre-order (with modifications from the original proposal).
https://www.lego.com/en-us/categories/adults-welcome/article/lego-ideas-mineral-collection
 [https://www.lego.com/cdn/cs/set/assets/blt0b6da483923e2092/01_AdultsWelcome-Article-ProjectTeal_Hero-Tall_Mobile.jpg?fit=crop&quality=80&width=600&height=600&dpr=1]

On Tuesday, October 13, 2020 at 7:31:47?AM UTC-4 jol... at mindat.org wrote:
Hello SMMP!

If you haven't already seen it, this is a fantastic idea for lego mineral specimens that's been proposed for the LEGO IDEAS system (where individuals submit ideas and winning ideas are put into production by the company).

I'm sure you'll all agree this would be an excellent additional way to introduce minerals to a new generation.  I'm also sure many of you would want this yourselves (I certainly do!)

[Screenshot 2020-10-13 at 11.49.49.png]

But this can only happen if it gets enough votes, so if you have a way of reaching out to your own friends and communities to get them to vote on the project, please do!

https://ideas.lego.com/projects/91a8106f-11ab-47df-a2f9-b8c5151ef5f4#&gid=1&pid=4

Thank you!   This has nothing to do with mindat or me personally other than I really want to see it happen.

Jolyon


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From d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de  Thu Sep  4 11:08:03 2025
From: d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de (Dirk Neumann)
Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2025 17:08:03 +0200
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] [EXTERN]  Fw: Mineral Creations in LEGO!
In-Reply-To: <YT3PR01MB106503C3DEDA1FFB8827DDFC8DA00A@YT3PR01MB10650.CANPRD01.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM>
References: <CAEk2v817_-6VNpLQwGAP0QKpa5Mf-DtHrU3NAYNNFrUjoqjo6A@mail.gmail.com>
 <bf59ad07-f6f8-4941-9ae0-e8886e8864den@googlegroups.com>
 <YT3PR01MB106503C3DEDA1FFB8827DDFC8DA00A@YT3PR01MB10650.CANPRD01.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM>
Message-ID: <e315f132-5251-4c91-903b-e856bcc7fb49@leibniz-lib.de>

Just bought dangerous spiders and snakes for our grandson

https://www.lego.com/en-de/product/wild-animals-surprising-spider-31159?age-gate=grown_up

;o)~

Am 04.09.2025 um 17:05 schrieb Robert Waller:
I have already ordered one for my grandson for Christmas.

Now, might SPNHC put forward an idea for a biological collection?
?
Rob

________________________________
From: mineralmuseums at googlegroups.com<mailto:mineralmuseums at googlegroups.com> <mineralmuseums at googlegroups.com><mailto:mineralmuseums at googlegroups.com> on behalf of Liz Johnson <ussingite at gmail.com><mailto:ussingite at gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2025 10:45 AM
To: Society of Mineral Museum Professionals <mineralmuseums at googlegroups.com><mailto:mineralmuseums at googlegroups.com>
Subject: Re: Mineral Creations in LEGO!

The LEGO Mineral Collection set is now available for pre-order (with modifications from the original proposal).
https://www.lego.com/en-us/categories/adults-welcome/article/lego-ideas-mineral-collection
 [https://www.lego.com/cdn/cs/set/assets/blt0b6da483923e2092/01_AdultsWelcome-Article-ProjectTeal_Hero-Tall_Mobile.jpg?fit=crop&quality=80&width=600&height=600&dpr=1]

On Tuesday, October 13, 2020 at 7:31:47?AM UTC-4 jol... at mindat.org<mailto:jol... at mindat.org> wrote:
Hello SMMP!

If you haven't already seen it, this is a fantastic idea for lego mineral specimens that's been proposed for the LEGO IDEAS system (where individuals submit ideas and winning ideas are put into production by the company).

I'm sure you'll all agree this would be an excellent additional way to introduce minerals to a new generation.  I'm also sure many of you would want this yourselves (I certainly do!)

[Screenshot 2020-10-13 at 11.49.49.png]

But this can only happen if it gets enough votes, so if you have a way of reaching out to your own friends and communities to get them to vote on the project, please do!

https://ideas.lego.com/projects/91a8106f-11ab-47df-a2f9-b8c5151ef5f4#&gid=1&pid=4

Thank you!   This has nothing to do with mindat or me personally other than I really want to see it happen.

Jolyon


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From d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de  Thu Sep  4 11:36:36 2025
From: d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de (Dirk Neumann)
Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2025 17:36:36 +0200
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] job offer at the LIB Hamburg
Message-ID: <ceb03add-2c19-46f6-b0e8-895008e0ebf3@leibniz-lib.de>

Hi all,

we have an open position to support our move planning for our new research infrastructure (storage, labs and exhibition). The successful person should support with the planning of the logistics, budgeting, required resources, documentation and quality control etc.

The German text of the job offer is available here, the position is open to the wide community, good fluent German is key for this position, as the person has to liaise and communicate with a lot of local/external non-English speaking folks. English definitely is a plus, as the LIB has an international team of curators, scientists and technical staff.

Link:

https://8101202752.karriereportal.cloud/job/2025-12-Projektkoordination-mit-Schwerpunkt-Depotverwaltung-und-Sammlungsmobilisierung-(w_m_d)

With best wishes

Dirk

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Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Survey to help Graduate Student
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From abentley at ku.edu  Thu Sep  4 11:58:17 2025
From: abentley at ku.edu (Bentley, Andrew Charles)
Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2025 15:58:17 +0000
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Mineral Creations in LEGO!
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This is a pretty cool build - https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/natural-history-museum-10326

Plus there are various dinosaur fossil creations

Https://www.lego.com/en-us/search?q=lego+dinosaurs&mode=DEFAULT<https://www.lego.com/en-us/search?q=lego+dinosaurs&mode=DEFAULT>

Andy


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Dyche Hall
1345 Jayhawk Boulevard
Lawrence, KS, 66045-7561
USA

Tel: (785) 864-3863<tel:%28785%29%20864-3863>
Fax: (785) 864-5335<tel:%28785%29%20864-5335>
Email: abentley at ku.edu<mailto:abentley at ku.edu>

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From: Nhcoll-l <nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu> on behalf of Robert Waller <rw at protectheritage.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 4, 2025 10:05 AM
To: NHCOLL-new <nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu>
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Fw: Mineral Creations in LEGO!

I have already ordered one for my grandson for Christmas.

Now, might SPNHC put forward an idea for a biological collection?
?
Rob

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From: mineralmuseums at googlegroups.com <mineralmuseums at googlegroups.com> on behalf of Liz Johnson <ussingite at gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2025 10:45 AM
To: Society of Mineral Museum Professionals <mineralmuseums at googlegroups.com>
Subject: Re: Mineral Creations in LEGO!

The LEGO Mineral Collection set is now available for pre-order (with modifications from the original proposal).
https://www.lego.com/en-us/categories/adults-welcome/article/lego-ideas-mineral-collection
 [https://www.lego.com/cdn/cs/set/assets/blt0b6da483923e2092/01_AdultsWelcome-Article-ProjectTeal_Hero-Tall_Mobile.jpg?fit=crop&quality=80&width=600&height=600&dpr=1]

On Tuesday, October 13, 2020 at 7:31:47?AM UTC-4 jol... at mindat.org wrote:
Hello SMMP!

If you haven't already seen it, this is a fantastic idea for lego mineral specimens that's been proposed for the LEGO IDEAS system (where individuals submit ideas and winning ideas are put into production by the company).

I'm sure you'll all agree this would be an excellent additional way to introduce minerals to a new generation.  I'm also sure many of you would want this yourselves (I certainly do!)

[Screenshot 2020-10-13 at 11.49.49.png]

But this can only happen if it gets enough votes, so if you have a way of reaching out to your own friends and communities to get them to vote on the project, please do!

https://ideas.lego.com/projects/91a8106f-11ab-47df-a2f9-b8c5151ef5f4#&gid=1&pid=4

Thank you!   This has nothing to do with mindat or me personally other than I really want to see it happen.

Jolyon


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From rabeler at umich.edu  Thu Sep  4 13:02:46 2025
From: rabeler at umich.edu (Richard Rabeler)
Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2025 13:02:46 -0400
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Mineral Creations in LEGO!
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Botany is already represented as well:

https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/the-botanical-garden-21353?

and via individual plants in their "Botanical Collection":

https://www.lego.com/en-us/themes/botanicals?

https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/bonsai-tree-10281?

Rich Rabeler, MICH





On Thu, Sep 4, 2025 at 11:58?AM Bentley, Andrew Charles <abentley at ku.edu>
wrote:

> This is a pretty cool build -
> https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/natural-history-museum-10326
>
> Plus there are various dinosaur fossil creations
>
> Https://www.lego.com/en-us/search?q=lego+dinosaurs&mode=DEFAULT
> <https://www.lego.com/en-us/search?q=lego+dinosaurs&mode=DEFAULT>
>
> Andy
>
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>     V                V                V
> Andy Bentley
> Ichthyology Collection Manager
> University of Kansas
> Biodiversity Institute
>
> Dyche Hall
> 1345 Jayhawk Boulevard
> Lawrence, KS, 66045-7561
> USA
>
> Tel: (785) 864-3863
> Fax: (785) 864-5335
> Email: abentley at ku.edu
>
> ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3093-1258
>
> http://ichthyology.biodiversity.ku.edu
>
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>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Nhcoll-l <nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu> on behalf of Robert
> Waller <rw at protectheritage.com>
> *Sent:* Thursday, September 4, 2025 10:05 AM
> *To:* NHCOLL-new <nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu>
> *Subject:* [Nhcoll-l] Fw: Mineral Creations in LEGO!
>
> I have already ordered one for my grandson for Christmas.
>
> Now, might SPNHC put forward an idea for a biological collection?
> ?
> Rob
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* mineralmuseums at googlegroups.com <mineralmuseums at googlegroups.com>
> on behalf of Liz Johnson <ussingite at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, September 03, 2025 10:45 AM
> *To:* Society of Mineral Museum Professionals <
> mineralmuseums at googlegroups.com>
> *Subject:* Re: Mineral Creations in LEGO!
>
> The LEGO Mineral Collection set is now available for pre-order (with
> modifications from the original proposal).
>
> https://www.lego.com/en-us/categories/adults-welcome/article/lego-ideas-mineral-collection
>
>
> On Tuesday, October 13, 2020 at 7:31:47?AM UTC-4 jol... at mindat.org wrote:
>
> Hello SMMP!
>
> If you haven't already seen it, this is a fantastic idea for lego mineral
> specimens that's been proposed for the LEGO IDEAS system (where individuals
> submit ideas and winning ideas are put into production by the company).
>
> I'm sure you'll all agree this would be an excellent additional way to
> introduce minerals to a new generation.  I'm also sure many of you would
> want this yourselves (I certainly do!)
>
> [image: Screenshot 2020-10-13 at 11.49.49.png]
>
> But this can only happen if it gets enough votes, so if you have a way of
> reaching out to your own friends and communities to get them to vote on the
> project, please do!
>
>
> https://ideas.lego.com/projects/91a8106f-11ab-47df-a2f9-b8c5151ef5f4#&gid=1&pid=4
>
> Thank you!   This has nothing to do with mindat or me personally other
> than I really want to see it happen.
>
> Jolyon
>
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From george.yatskievych at austin.utexas.edu  Thu Sep  4 15:29:25 2025
From: george.yatskievych at austin.utexas.edu (Yatskievych, George A)
Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2025 19:29:25 +0000
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Mineral Creations in LEGO!
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Rich,

I recently received a Lego Botanical Collection Orchid kit that I am going to put out on a counter and allow our students to help build.  The kit states that it includes 608 pieces and it may be based on a Phalaenopsis.

Be well,
GY

George Yatskievych, Ph.D.
Botanist, Curator: Billie L. Turner Plant Resources Center, University of Texas at Austin
Main Bldg Rm 127, 110 Inner Campus Dr, Stop F0404, Austin, TX 78712-1711 U.S.A.
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From: Nhcoll-l <nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu> On Behalf Of Richard Rabeler
Sent: Thursday, September 4, 2025 12:03 PM
To: Bentley, Andrew Charles <abentley at ku.edu>
Cc: NHCOLL-new <nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu>
Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] Mineral Creations in LEGO!

Botany is already represented as well:

https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/the-botanical-garden-21353?

and via individual plants in their "Botanical Collection":

https://www.lego.com/en-us/themes/botanicals?

https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/bonsai-tree-10281?

Rich Rabeler, MICH





On Thu, Sep 4, 2025 at 11:58?AM Bentley, Andrew Charles <abentley at ku.edu<mailto:abentley at ku.edu>> wrote:
This is a pretty cool build - https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/natural-history-museum-10326

Plus there are various dinosaur fossil creations

Https://www.lego.com/en-us/search?q=lego+dinosaurs&mode=DEFAULT<https://www.lego.com/en-us/search?q=lego+dinosaurs&mode=DEFAULT>

Andy


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Ichthyology Collection Manager
University of Kansas
Biodiversity Institute

Dyche Hall
1345 Jayhawk Boulevard
Lawrence, KS, 66045-7561
USA

Tel: (785) 864-3863<tel:%28785%29%20864-3863>
Fax: (785) 864-5335<tel:%28785%29%20864-5335>
Email: abentley at ku.edu<mailto:abentley at ku.edu>

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3093-1258

http://ichthyology.biodiversity.ku.edu<http://ichthyology.biodiversity.ku.edu/>

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From: Nhcoll-l <nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu<mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu>> on behalf of Robert Waller <rw at protectheritage.com<mailto:rw at protectheritage.com>>
Sent: Thursday, September 4, 2025 10:05 AM
To: NHCOLL-new <nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu<mailto:nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu>>
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Fw: Mineral Creations in LEGO!

I have already ordered one for my grandson for Christmas.

Now, might SPNHC put forward an idea for a biological collection?
?
Rob

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From: mineralmuseums at googlegroups.com<mailto:mineralmuseums at googlegroups.com> <mineralmuseums at googlegroups.com<mailto:mineralmuseums at googlegroups.com>> on behalf of Liz Johnson <ussingite at gmail.com<mailto:ussingite at gmail.com>>
Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2025 10:45 AM
To: Society of Mineral Museum Professionals <mineralmuseums at googlegroups.com<mailto:mineralmuseums at googlegroups.com>>
Subject: Re: Mineral Creations in LEGO!

The LEGO Mineral Collection set is now available for pre-order (with modifications from the original proposal).
https://www.lego.com/en-us/categories/adults-welcome/article/lego-ideas-mineral-collection
 [https://www.lego.com/cdn/cs/set/assets/blt0b6da483923e2092/01_AdultsWelcome-Article-ProjectTeal_Hero-Tall_Mobile.jpg?fit=crop&quality=80&width=600&height=600&dpr=1]

On Tuesday, October 13, 2020 at 7:31:47?AM UTC-4 jol... at mindat.org<mailto:jol... at mindat.org> wrote:
Hello SMMP!

If you haven't already seen it, this is a fantastic idea for lego mineral specimens that's been proposed for the LEGO IDEAS system (where individuals submit ideas and winning ideas are put into production by the company).

I'm sure you'll all agree this would be an excellent additional way to introduce minerals to a new generation.  I'm also sure many of you would want this yourselves (I certainly do!)
[https://groups.google.com/group/mineralmuseums/attach/2caec04f91598/Screenshot%202020-10-13%20at%2011.49.49.png?part=0.1&view=1]

But this can only happen if it gets enough votes, so if you have a way of reaching out to your own friends and communities to get them to vote on the project, please do!

https://ideas.lego.com/projects/91a8106f-11ab-47df-a2f9-b8c5151ef5f4#&gid=1&pid=4

Thank you!   This has nothing to do with mindat or me personally other than I really want to see it happen.

Jolyon

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From cstrenbeath at gmail.com  Thu Sep  4 16:28:29 2025
From: cstrenbeath at gmail.com (Chelsea T)
Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2025 16:28:29 -0400
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Mineral Creations in LEGO!
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I just noticed this one has been retired, it's one of my favorite:
https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/dinosaur-fossils-21320

I also love this one:
https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/the-insect-collection-21342

And this one:
https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/kingfisher-bird-10331

They were a lot of fun to build, I have them on my bookcase at home.

On Thu, Sep 4, 2025, 1:03 PM Richard Rabeler <rabeler at umich.edu> wrote:

> Botany is already represented as well:
>
> https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/the-botanical-garden-21353?
>
> and via individual plants in their "Botanical Collection":
>
> https://www.lego.com/en-us/themes/botanicals?
>
> https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/bonsai-tree-10281?
>
> Rich Rabeler, MICH
>
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Sep 4, 2025 at 11:58?AM Bentley, Andrew Charles <abentley at ku.edu>
> wrote:
>
>> This is a pretty cool build -
>> https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/natural-history-museum-10326
>>
>> Plus there are various dinosaur fossil creations
>>
>> Https://www.lego.com/en-us/search?q=lego+dinosaurs&mode=DEFAULT
>> <https://www.lego.com/en-us/search?q=lego+dinosaurs&mode=DEFAULT>
>>
>> Andy
>>
>>     A  :             A  :             A  :
>>  }<(((_?>.,.,.,.}<(((_?>.,.,.,.}<)))_?>
>>     V                V                V
>> Andy Bentley
>> Ichthyology Collection Manager
>> University of Kansas
>> Biodiversity Institute
>>
>> Dyche Hall
>> 1345 Jayhawk Boulevard
>> Lawrence, KS, 66045-7561
>> USA
>>
>> Tel: (785) 864-3863
>> Fax: (785) 864-5335
>> Email: abentley at ku.edu
>>
>> ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3093-1258
>>
>> http://ichthyology.biodiversity.ku.edu
>>
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>> *From:* Nhcoll-l <nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu> on behalf of Robert
>> Waller <rw at protectheritage.com>
>> *Sent:* Thursday, September 4, 2025 10:05 AM
>> *To:* NHCOLL-new <nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu>
>> *Subject:* [Nhcoll-l] Fw: Mineral Creations in LEGO!
>>
>> I have already ordered one for my grandson for Christmas.
>>
>> Now, might SPNHC put forward an idea for a biological collection?
>> ?
>> Rob
>>
>> ------------------------------
>> *From:* mineralmuseums at googlegroups.com <mineralmuseums at googlegroups.com>
>> on behalf of Liz Johnson <ussingite at gmail.com>
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, September 03, 2025 10:45 AM
>> *To:* Society of Mineral Museum Professionals <
>> mineralmuseums at googlegroups.com>
>> *Subject:* Re: Mineral Creations in LEGO!
>>
>> The LEGO Mineral Collection set is now available for pre-order (with
>> modifications from the original proposal).
>>
>> https://www.lego.com/en-us/categories/adults-welcome/article/lego-ideas-mineral-collection
>>
>>
>> On Tuesday, October 13, 2020 at 7:31:47?AM UTC-4 jol... at mindat.org wrote:
>>
>> Hello SMMP!
>>
>> If you haven't already seen it, this is a fantastic idea for lego mineral
>> specimens that's been proposed for the LEGO IDEAS system (where individuals
>> submit ideas and winning ideas are put into production by the company).
>>
>> I'm sure you'll all agree this would be an excellent additional way to
>> introduce minerals to a new generation.  I'm also sure many of you would
>> want this yourselves (I certainly do!)
>>
>> [image: Screenshot 2020-10-13 at 11.49.49.png]
>>
>> But this can only happen if it gets enough votes, so if you have a way of
>> reaching out to your own friends and communities to get them to vote on the
>> project, please do!
>>
>>
>> https://ideas.lego.com/projects/91a8106f-11ab-47df-a2f9-b8c5151ef5f4#&gid=1&pid=4
>>
>> Thank you!   This has nothing to do with mindat or me personally other
>> than I really want to see it happen.
>>
>> Jolyon
>>
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From: Mike.Rutherford at glasgow.ac.uk (Mike Rutherford)
Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2025 12:43:58 +0000
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Mineral Creations in LEGO!
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Hi all,

I feel I should share this little communication I had with LEGO a few years ago as a slightly tongue in cheek and totally shameless attempt by me to get a free LEGO NH Museum kit:

Hello,

I'm a lifelong LEGO fan and I passed this love onto my daughter. Back in 2017 she was 10 years old and a big fan of LEGO Friends so the pair of us came up with an idea for the Designer Competition you ran. As I was a zoology curator she wanted to make a museum for her character to visit, (see attached photos). We submitted the idea but unfortunately it wasn't chosen, instead Sienna won with a very nice playground, which we agreed would appeal to a wider audience.

So you can imagine our great surprise and pleasure when the new Natural History Museum kit (10326) was announced, it was lovely to see how close it is to the design we made, from the two storey design with the MUSEUM sign right in the middle (we had to make our own sign of course), to the flowers outside the front window, and from the dinosaur model to the display of helmets and headgear. Ours was a little fancier though as we included a gift shop (museum visitors always want one!). Isn't it fascinating when people think so alike?

As I am still a museum curator and also still a big LEGO fan I would love to have the museum kit, I've even got a spare small case in my Zoology Museum that I think would be great for displaying the model, but it is a bit expensive for me at the moment. Maybe one day I'll save up enough...


[cid:image001.jpg at 01DC1E6B.204096B0] [cid:image002.jpg at 01DC1E6B.204096B0]

And I?m not claiming that the idea of a LEGO NH museum is such an unusual idea or is totally down to me and my daughters design but it was suspiciously similar ? Just be aware of entering design competitions from big companies!

The next day LEGO wrote back and offered me a ?25 gift token (maybe I should have held out for more) which I spent on the sea animal set - https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/sea-animals-31158

I still haven?t got the museum kit ? maybe one day!

Mike


Mike G. Rutherford
Curator of Zoology & Anatomy

The Hunterian
University of Glasgow
Glasgow G12 8QQ
Scotland

E-mail: mike.rutherford at glasgow.ac.uk<mailto:mike.rutherford at glasgow.ac.uk>
Mobile: +44(0)7988 383 219
www.glasgow.ac.uk/hunterian<http://www.glasgow.ac.uk/hunterian>



From: Nhcoll-l <nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu> On Behalf Of Bentley, Andrew Charles
Sent: 04 September 2025 16:58
To: Robert Waller <rw at protectheritage.com>; NHCOLL-new <nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu>
Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] Mineral Creations in LEGO!

This is a pretty cool build - https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/natural-history-museum-10326

Plus there are various dinosaur fossil creations

Https://www.lego.com/en-us/search?q=lego+dinosaurs&mode=DEFAULT<https://www.lego.com/en-us/search?q=lego+dinosaurs&mode=DEFAULT>

Andy


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Ichthyology Collection Manager
University of Kansas
Biodiversity Institute

Dyche Hall
1345 Jayhawk Boulevard
Lawrence, KS, 66045-7561
USA

Tel: (785) 864-3863<tel:%28785%29%20864-3863>
Fax: (785) 864-5335<tel:%28785%29%20864-5335>
Email: abentley at ku.edu<mailto:abentley at ku.edu>

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3093-1258

http://ichthyology.biodiversity.ku.edu<http://ichthyology.biodiversity.ku.edu/>

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________________________________
From: Nhcoll-l <nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu<mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu>> on behalf of Robert Waller <rw at protectheritage.com<mailto:rw at protectheritage.com>>
Sent: Thursday, September 4, 2025 10:05 AM
To: NHCOLL-new <nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu<mailto:nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu>>
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Fw: Mineral Creations in LEGO!

I have already ordered one for my grandson for Christmas.

Now, might SPNHC put forward an idea for a biological collection?
?
Rob

________________________________
From: mineralmuseums at googlegroups.com<mailto:mineralmuseums at googlegroups.com> <mineralmuseums at googlegroups.com<mailto:mineralmuseums at googlegroups.com>> on behalf of Liz Johnson <ussingite at gmail.com<mailto:ussingite at gmail.com>>
Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2025 10:45 AM
To: Society of Mineral Museum Professionals <mineralmuseums at googlegroups.com<mailto:mineralmuseums at googlegroups.com>>
Subject: Re: Mineral Creations in LEGO!

The LEGO Mineral Collection set is now available for pre-order (with modifications from the original proposal).
https://www.lego.com/en-us/categories/adults-welcome/article/lego-ideas-mineral-collection
 [https://www.lego.com/cdn/cs/set/assets/blt0b6da483923e2092/01_AdultsWelcome-Article-ProjectTeal_Hero-Tall_Mobile.jpg?fit=crop&quality=80&width=600&height=600&dpr=1]

On Tuesday, October 13, 2020 at 7:31:47?AM UTC-4 jol... at mindat.org<mailto:jol... at mindat.org> wrote:
Hello SMMP!

If you haven't already seen it, this is a fantastic idea for lego mineral specimens that's been proposed for the LEGO IDEAS system (where individuals submit ideas and winning ideas are put into production by the company).

I'm sure you'll all agree this would be an excellent additional way to introduce minerals to a new generation.  I'm also sure many of you would want this yourselves (I certainly do!)
[https://groups.google.com/group/mineralmuseums/attach/2caec04f91598/Screenshot%202020-10-13%20at%2011.49.49.png?part=0.1&view=1]

But this can only happen if it gets enough votes, so if you have a way of reaching out to your own friends and communities to get them to vote on the project, please do!

https://ideas.lego.com/projects/91a8106f-11ab-47df-a2f9-b8c5151ef5f4#&gid=1&pid=4

Thank you!   This has nothing to do with mindat or me personally other than I really want to see it happen.

Jolyon

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From d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de  Fri Sep  5 08:56:09 2025
From: d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de (Dirk Neumann)
Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2025 14:56:09 +0200
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] [EXTERN] Re:  Mineral Creations in LEGO!
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.. know we know the culprit!
:-)

In fact, a themed NH-Lego series really is a very nice idea and definitely suited to attract children for nature. Playmobil (not sure if this is known outside Europe) also had an explorer/animal series: https://www.ebay.de/itm/395817871119?srsltid=AfmBOooy3w5c91quC5LVxQd7_I223RihJxth0JvXMl2OH0llFGFyKeNa


Am 05.09.2025 um 14:43 schrieb Mike Rutherford:
Hi all,

I feel I should share this little communication I had with LEGO a few years ago as a slightly tongue in cheek and totally shameless attempt by me to get a free LEGO NH Museum kit:

Hello,

I'm a lifelong LEGO fan and I passed this love onto my daughter. Back in 2017 she was 10 years old and a big fan of LEGO Friends so the pair of us came up with an idea for the Designer Competition you ran. As I was a zoology curator she wanted to make a museum for her character to visit, (see attached photos). We submitted the idea but unfortunately it wasn't chosen, instead Sienna won with a very nice playground, which we agreed would appeal to a wider audience.

So you can imagine our great surprise and pleasure when the new Natural History Museum kit (10326) was announced, it was lovely to see how close it is to the design we made, from the two storey design with the MUSEUM sign right in the middle (we had to make our own sign of course), to the flowers outside the front window, and from the dinosaur model to the display of helmets and headgear. Ours was a little fancier though as we included a gift shop (museum visitors always want one!). Isn't it fascinating when people think so alike?

As I am still a museum curator and also still a big LEGO fan I would love to have the museum kit, I've even got a spare small case in my Zoology Museum that I think would be great for displaying the model, but it is a bit expensive for me at the moment. Maybe one day I'll save up enough...




And I?m not claiming that the idea of a LEGO NH museum is such an unusual idea or is totally down to me and my daughters design but it was suspiciously similar ? Just be aware of entering design competitions from big companies!

The next day LEGO wrote back and offered me a ?25 gift token (maybe I should have held out for more) which I spent on the sea animal set - https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/sea-animals-31158

I still haven?t got the museum kit ? maybe one day!

Mike


Mike G. Rutherford
Curator of Zoology & Anatomy

The Hunterian
University of Glasgow
Glasgow G12 8QQ
Scotland

E-mail: mike.rutherford at glasgow.ac.uk<mailto:mike.rutherford at glasgow.ac.uk>
Mobile: +44(0)7988 383 219
www.glasgow.ac.uk/hunterian<http://www.glasgow.ac.uk/hunterian>



From: Nhcoll-l <nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu><mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu> On Behalf Of Bentley, Andrew Charles
Sent: 04 September 2025 16:58
To: Robert Waller <rw at protectheritage.com><mailto:rw at protectheritage.com>; NHCOLL-new <nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu><mailto:nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu>
Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] Mineral Creations in LEGO!

This is a pretty cool build - https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/natural-history-museum-10326

Plus there are various dinosaur fossil creations

Https://www.lego.com/en-us/search?q=lego+dinosaurs&mode=DEFAULT<https://www.lego.com/en-us/search?q=lego+dinosaurs&mode=DEFAULT>

Andy


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Andy Bentley
Ichthyology Collection Manager
University of Kansas
Biodiversity Institute

Dyche Hall
1345 Jayhawk Boulevard
Lawrence, KS, 66045-7561
USA

Tel: (785) 864-3863<tel:%28785%29%20864-3863>
Fax: (785) 864-5335<tel:%28785%29%20864-5335>
Email: abentley at ku.edu<mailto:abentley at ku.edu>

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3093-1258

http://ichthyology.biodiversity.ku.edu<http://ichthyology.biodiversity.ku.edu/>

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________________________________
From: Nhcoll-l <nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu<mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu>> on behalf of Robert Waller <rw at protectheritage.com<mailto:rw at protectheritage.com>>
Sent: Thursday, September 4, 2025 10:05 AM
To: NHCOLL-new <nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu<mailto:nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu>>
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Fw: Mineral Creations in LEGO!

I have already ordered one for my grandson for Christmas.

Now, might SPNHC put forward an idea for a biological collection?
?
Rob

________________________________
From: mineralmuseums at googlegroups.com<mailto:mineralmuseums at googlegroups.com> <mineralmuseums at googlegroups.com<mailto:mineralmuseums at googlegroups.com>> on behalf of Liz Johnson <ussingite at gmail.com<mailto:ussingite at gmail.com>>
Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2025 10:45 AM
To: Society of Mineral Museum Professionals <mineralmuseums at googlegroups.com<mailto:mineralmuseums at googlegroups.com>>
Subject: Re: Mineral Creations in LEGO!

The LEGO Mineral Collection set is now available for pre-order (with modifications from the original proposal).
https://www.lego.com/en-us/categories/adults-welcome/article/lego-ideas-mineral-collection
 [https://www.lego.com/cdn/cs/set/assets/blt0b6da483923e2092/01_AdultsWelcome-Article-ProjectTeal_Hero-Tall_Mobile.jpg?fit=crop&quality=80&width=600&height=600&dpr=1]

On Tuesday, October 13, 2020 at 7:31:47?AM UTC-4 jol... at mindat.org<mailto:jol... at mindat.org> wrote:
Hello SMMP!

If you haven't already seen it, this is a fantastic idea for lego mineral specimens that's been proposed for the LEGO IDEAS system (where individuals submit ideas and winning ideas are put into production by the company).

I'm sure you'll all agree this would be an excellent additional way to introduce minerals to a new generation.  I'm also sure many of you would want this yourselves (I certainly do!)
[https://groups.google.com/group/mineralmuseums/attach/2caec04f91598/Screenshot%202020-10-13%20at%2011.49.49.png?part=0.1&view=1]

But this can only happen if it gets enough votes, so if you have a way of reaching out to your own friends and communities to get them to vote on the project, please do!

https://ideas.lego.com/projects/91a8106f-11ab-47df-a2f9-b8c5151ef5f4#&gid=1&pid=4

Thank you!   This has nothing to do with mindat or me personally other than I really want to see it happen.

Jolyon

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From: d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de (Dirk Neumann)
Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2025 14:55:49 +0200
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] [EXTERN] Re:  Mineral Creations in LEGO!
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.. know we know the culprit!
:-)

In fact, a themed NH-Lego series really is a very nice idea and definitely suited to attract children for nature. Playmobil (not sure if this is known outside Europe) also had an explorer/animal series: https://www.ebay.de/itm/395817871119?srsltid=AfmBOooy3w5c91quC5LVxQd7_I223RihJxth0JvXMl2OH0llFGFyKeNa


Am 05.09.2025 um 14:43 schrieb Mike Rutherford:
Hi all,

I feel I should share this little communication I had with LEGO a few years ago as a slightly tongue in cheek and totally shameless attempt by me to get a free LEGO NH Museum kit:

Hello,

I'm a lifelong LEGO fan and I passed this love onto my daughter. Back in 2017 she was 10 years old and a big fan of LEGO Friends so the pair of us came up with an idea for the Designer Competition you ran. As I was a zoology curator she wanted to make a museum for her character to visit, (see attached photos). We submitted the idea but unfortunately it wasn't chosen, instead Sienna won with a very nice playground, which we agreed would appeal to a wider audience.

So you can imagine our great surprise and pleasure when the new Natural History Museum kit (10326) was announced, it was lovely to see how close it is to the design we made, from the two storey design with the MUSEUM sign right in the middle (we had to make our own sign of course), to the flowers outside the front window, and from the dinosaur model to the display of helmets and headgear. Ours was a little fancier though as we included a gift shop (museum visitors always want one!). Isn't it fascinating when people think so alike?

As I am still a museum curator and also still a big LEGO fan I would love to have the museum kit, I've even got a spare small case in my Zoology Museum that I think would be great for displaying the model, but it is a bit expensive for me at the moment. Maybe one day I'll save up enough...


[cid:part1.z54YOi5g.D0lRR8Ly at leibniz-lib.de] [cid:part2.wN7TNP99.F0FmWdi0 at leibniz-lib.de]

And I?m not claiming that the idea of a LEGO NH museum is such an unusual idea or is totally down to me and my daughters design but it was suspiciously similar ? Just be aware of entering design competitions from big companies!

The next day LEGO wrote back and offered me a ?25 gift token (maybe I should have held out for more) which I spent on the sea animal set - https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/sea-animals-31158

I still haven?t got the museum kit ? maybe one day!

Mike


Mike G. Rutherford
Curator of Zoology & Anatomy

The Hunterian
University of Glasgow
Glasgow G12 8QQ
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From: Nhcoll-l <nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu><mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu> On Behalf Of Bentley, Andrew Charles
Sent: 04 September 2025 16:58
To: Robert Waller <rw at protectheritage.com><mailto:rw at protectheritage.com>; NHCOLL-new <nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu><mailto:nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu>
Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] Mineral Creations in LEGO!

This is a pretty cool build - https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/natural-history-museum-10326

Plus there are various dinosaur fossil creations

Https://www.lego.com/en-us/search?q=lego+dinosaurs&mode=DEFAULT<https://www.lego.com/en-us/search?q=lego+dinosaurs&mode=DEFAULT>

Andy


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To: NHCOLL-new <nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu<mailto:nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu>>
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Fw: Mineral Creations in LEGO!

I have already ordered one for my grandson for Christmas.

Now, might SPNHC put forward an idea for a biological collection?
?
Rob

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From: mineralmuseums at googlegroups.com<mailto:mineralmuseums at googlegroups.com> <mineralmuseums at googlegroups.com<mailto:mineralmuseums at googlegroups.com>> on behalf of Liz Johnson <ussingite at gmail.com<mailto:ussingite at gmail.com>>
Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2025 10:45 AM
To: Society of Mineral Museum Professionals <mineralmuseums at googlegroups.com<mailto:mineralmuseums at googlegroups.com>>
Subject: Re: Mineral Creations in LEGO!

The LEGO Mineral Collection set is now available for pre-order (with modifications from the original proposal).
https://www.lego.com/en-us/categories/adults-welcome/article/lego-ideas-mineral-collection
 [https://www.lego.com/cdn/cs/set/assets/blt0b6da483923e2092/01_AdultsWelcome-Article-ProjectTeal_Hero-Tall_Mobile.jpg?fit=crop&quality=80&width=600&height=600&dpr=1]

On Tuesday, October 13, 2020 at 7:31:47?AM UTC-4 jol... at mindat.org<mailto:jol... at mindat.org> wrote:
Hello SMMP!

If you haven't already seen it, this is a fantastic idea for lego mineral specimens that's been proposed for the LEGO IDEAS system (where individuals submit ideas and winning ideas are put into production by the company).

I'm sure you'll all agree this would be an excellent additional way to introduce minerals to a new generation.  I'm also sure many of you would want this yourselves (I certainly do!)
[https://groups.google.com/group/mineralmuseums/attach/2caec04f91598/Screenshot%202020-10-13%20at%2011.49.49.png?part=0.1&view=1]

But this can only happen if it gets enough votes, so if you have a way of reaching out to your own friends and communities to get them to vote on the project, please do!

https://ideas.lego.com/projects/91a8106f-11ab-47df-a2f9-b8c5151ef5f4#&gid=1&pid=4

Thank you!   This has nothing to do with mindat or me personally other than I really want to see it happen.

Jolyon

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From trombone at amnh.org  Fri Sep  5 10:47:28 2025
From: trombone at amnh.org (Thomas J Trombone)
Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2025 14:47:28 +0000
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] [EXTERN] Re:  Mineral Creations in LEGO!
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I?ve had this (now retired) LEGO birds kit in my office for years. I wish they?d bring it back!
[cid:image001.jpg at 01DC1E52.780CD250]
Tom

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American Museum of Natural History | Central Park West @ 79th Street | New York, NY 10024-5192
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From: Nhcoll-l <nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu> On Behalf Of Dirk Neumann
Sent: Friday, 05 September 2025 8:56 AM
To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu
Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] [EXTERN] Re: Mineral Creations in LEGO!

EXTERNAL SENDER

.. know we know the culprit!
:-)

In fact, a themed NH-Lego series really is a very nice idea and definitely suited to attract children for nature. Playmobil (not sure if this is known outside Europe) also had an explorer/animal series: https://www.ebay.de/itm/395817871119?srsltid=AfmBOooy3w5c91quC5LVxQd7_I223RihJxth0JvXMl2OH0llFGFyKeNa


Am 05.09.2025 um 14:43 schrieb Mike Rutherford:
Hi all,

I feel I should share this little communication I had with LEGO a few years ago as a slightly tongue in cheek and totally shameless attempt by me to get a free LEGO NH Museum kit:

Hello,

I'm a lifelong LEGO fan and I passed this love onto my daughter. Back in 2017 she was 10 years old and a big fan of LEGO Friends so the pair of us came up with an idea for the Designer Competition you ran. As I was a zoology curator she wanted to make a museum for her character to visit, (see attached photos). We submitted the idea but unfortunately it wasn't chosen, instead Sienna won with a very nice playground, which we agreed would appeal to a wider audience.

So you can imagine our great surprise and pleasure when the new Natural History Museum kit (10326) was announced, it was lovely to see how close it is to the design we made, from the two storey design with the MUSEUM sign right in the middle (we had to make our own sign of course), to the flowers outside the front window, and from the dinosaur model to the display of helmets and headgear. Ours was a little fancier though as we included a gift shop (museum visitors always want one!). Isn't it fascinating when people think so alike?

As I am still a museum curator and also still a big LEGO fan I would love to have the museum kit, I've even got a spare small case in my Zoology Museum that I think would be great for displaying the model, but it is a bit expensive for me at the moment. Maybe one day I'll save up enough...




And I?m not claiming that the idea of a LEGO NH museum is such an unusual idea or is totally down to me and my daughters design but it was suspiciously similar ? Just be aware of entering design competitions from big companies!

The next day LEGO wrote back and offered me a ?25 gift token (maybe I should have held out for more) which I spent on the sea animal set - https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/sea-animals-31158

I still haven?t got the museum kit ? maybe one day!

Mike


Mike G. Rutherford
Curator of Zoology & Anatomy

The Hunterian
University of Glasgow
Glasgow G12 8QQ
Scotland

E-mail: mike.rutherford at glasgow.ac.uk<mailto:mike.rutherford at glasgow.ac.uk>
Mobile: +44(0)7988 383 219
www.glasgow.ac.uk/hunterian<http://www.glasgow.ac.uk/hunterian>



From: Nhcoll-l <nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu><mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu> On Behalf Of Bentley, Andrew Charles
Sent: 04 September 2025 16:58
To: Robert Waller <rw at protectheritage.com><mailto:rw at protectheritage.com>; NHCOLL-new <nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu><mailto:nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu>
Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] Mineral Creations in LEGO!

This is a pretty cool build - https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/natural-history-museum-10326

Plus there are various dinosaur fossil creations

Https://www.lego.com/en-us/search?q=lego+dinosaurs&mode=DEFAULT<https://www.lego.com/en-us/search?q=lego+dinosaurs&mode=DEFAULT>

Andy


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Ichthyology Collection Manager
University of Kansas
Biodiversity Institute

Dyche Hall
1345 Jayhawk Boulevard
Lawrence, KS, 66045-7561
USA

Tel: (785) 864-3863<tel:%28785%29%20864-3863>
Fax: (785) 864-5335<tel:%28785%29%20864-5335>
Email: abentley at ku.edu<mailto:abentley at ku.edu>

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3093-1258

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From: Nhcoll-l <nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu<mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu>> on behalf of Robert Waller <rw at protectheritage.com<mailto:rw at protectheritage.com>>
Sent: Thursday, September 4, 2025 10:05 AM
To: NHCOLL-new <nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu<mailto:nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu>>
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Fw: Mineral Creations in LEGO!

I have already ordered one for my grandson for Christmas.

Now, might SPNHC put forward an idea for a biological collection?
?
Rob

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From: mineralmuseums at googlegroups.com<mailto:mineralmuseums at googlegroups.com> <mineralmuseums at googlegroups.com<mailto:mineralmuseums at googlegroups.com>> on behalf of Liz Johnson <ussingite at gmail.com<mailto:ussingite at gmail.com>>
Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2025 10:45 AM
To: Society of Mineral Museum Professionals <mineralmuseums at googlegroups.com<mailto:mineralmuseums at googlegroups.com>>
Subject: Re: Mineral Creations in LEGO!

The LEGO Mineral Collection set is now available for pre-order (with modifications from the original proposal).
https://www.lego.com/en-us/categories/adults-welcome/article/lego-ideas-mineral-collection


On Tuesday, October 13, 2020 at 7:31:47?AM UTC-4 jol... at mindat.org<mailto:jol... at mindat.org> wrote:
Hello SMMP!

If you haven't already seen it, this is a fantastic idea for lego mineral specimens that's been proposed for the LEGO IDEAS system (where individuals submit ideas and winning ideas are put into production by the company).

I'm sure you'll all agree this would be an excellent additional way to introduce minerals to a new generation.  I'm also sure many of you would want this yourselves (I certainly do!)


But this can only happen if it gets enough votes, so if you have a way of reaching out to your own friends and communities to get them to vote on the project, please do!

https://ideas.lego.com/projects/91a8106f-11ab-47df-a2f9-b8c5151ef5f4#&gid=1&pid=4

Thank you!   This has nothing to do with mindat or me personally other than I really want to see it happen.

Jolyon


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From d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de  Mon Sep  8 03:19:09 2025
From: d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de (Dirk Neumann)
Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2025 09:19:09 +0200
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Production of 100mm metal twist-off lids
Message-ID: <f354b140-0180-4bbf-a11a-1f165ef56969@leibniz-lib.de>

Hi all,

we are currently arranging for a production of three-time varnished, acid and salt resistant metal twist-off lids with an norm diameter of 100 mm. Some colleagues in Germany are already aware.

The lids are about 199 Eur /1,000 pcs (+VAT + transport), we cover the additional production costs for 2x varnished golden lids that are currently produced to secure a production slot. This is probably rather interesting for colleagues based in Europe. Please email me directly if you are interested.

With best wishes

Dirk

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From Adrian.Lenninger at nrm.se  Mon Sep  8 08:21:07 2025
From: Adrian.Lenninger at nrm.se (Adrian Lenninger)
Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2025 12:21:07 +0000
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Pest extermination with really big objects
Message-ID: <865f68bb49734cf4aedc6a000d2a86b1@nrm.se>

Hello!
We at the Swedish Museum of Natural History are moving material, mostly bones and mounted mammals, from one external storage facility to another. The facility that we are evacuating is riddled with pests, mainly the dermestid Trogoderma angustum, so everything has to undergo some sort of pest managing procedure before installation at the new place.
Unfortunately, a few bone objects are too big to fit in available freezing containers or our own walk-in freezers, and we are struggling to find a way to kill of pests that are sure to reside in the objects. The biggest object is a sperm whale skull measuring 275 * 590 cm at the base with a height of 215 cm.
We have tried to find businesses that might dispose of huge freezers without any luck, and we have failed to find clever ways of tilting the objects in to the freezing containers.
Does anyone have any ideas here? All thoughts are welcome as we really don?t know what to do at this point. If you have worked with fumigation, we are interested in what compounds where used and if you were happy with the results.
Best regards,
Adrian Lenninger


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From d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de  Mon Sep  8 08:41:35 2025
From: d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de (Dirk Neumann)
Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2025 14:41:35 +0200
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] [EXTERN] Pest extermination with really big objects
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Hi Adrian,

have you considered anoxic treatment in an Nitrogen bubble? Probably this service is available in Sweden as well?

Hope this helps
Dirk


Am 08.09.2025 um 14:21 schrieb Adrian Lenninger:
Hello!
We at the Swedish Museum of Natural History are moving material, mostly bones and mounted mammals, from one external storage facility to another. The facility that we are evacuating is riddled with pests, mainly the dermestid Trogoderma angustum, so everything has to undergo some sort of pest managing procedure before installation at the new place.
Unfortunately, a few bone objects are too big to fit in available freezing containers or our own walk-in freezers, and we are struggling to find a way to kill of pests that are sure to reside in the objects. The biggest object is a sperm whale skull measuring 275 * 590 cm at the base with a height of 215 cm.
We have tried to find businesses that might dispose of huge freezers without any luck, and we have failed to find clever ways of tilting the objects in to the freezing containers.
Does anyone have any ideas here? All thoughts are welcome as we really don?t know what to do at this point. If you have worked with fumigation, we are interested in what compounds where used and if you were happy with the results.
Best regards,
Adrian Lenninger


Adrian Lenninger
F?rste assistent
ZOO
Naturhistoriska riksmuseet
Box 50007 | 104 05 Stockholm


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From gali.beiner at mail.huji.ac.il  Mon Sep  8 08:44:02 2025
From: gali.beiner at mail.huji.ac.il (Gali Beiner)
Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2025 15:44:02 +0300
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Pest extermination with really big objects
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Dear Adrian,

Have you checked the option of anoxia - in the old facility or the new?
Although this is indeed a difficult situation, creating giant anoxia
"bubbles" could be more feasible in a case where all of the objects need to
move somewhere, but haven't yet entered that place. Anoxia bubbles can be
tailored to size, with temporary racks of wood or metal stationed inside so
that even very large objects can be treated. For us, the problem lay in not
being able to move a collection into a bubble for lack of space and the
size of the collection within an existing storage place. In your case, you
are already planning to move, so could it be possible to move first into a
bubble and only then into the final storage?

Since we can't move all of our collections into anoxia, we had to
fumigate with pyrethroids (because pyrethroids are less toxic to mammals,
with some exceptions (e.g., cats). The trouble with fumigation of large
collections in building spaces lies mainly in these spaces not being 100%
sealed and the collections often being within packs or enclosures or stacks
(herbarium stacks, for example) in various ways, so that fumigation may
help, but may not be 100% effective. Anoxia would be much more effective -
but requires the right kind of setup. Moving collections could actually
provide the circumstances for setting up an intermediary stage of anoxia.

Best,

Gali



On Mon, Sep 8, 2025 at 3:21?PM Adrian Lenninger <Adrian.Lenninger at nrm.se>
wrote:

> Hello!
>
> We at the Swedish Museum of Natural History are moving material, mostly
> bones and mounted mammals, from one external storage facility to another.
> The facility that we are evacuating is riddled with pests, mainly the
> dermestid Trogoderma angustum, so everything has to undergo some sort of
> pest managing procedure before installation at the new place.
>
> Unfortunately, a few bone objects are too big to fit in available freezing
> containers or our own walk-in freezers, and we are struggling to find a way
> to kill of pests that are sure to reside in the objects. The biggest object
> is a sperm whale skull measuring 275 * 590 cm at the base with a height of
> 215 cm.
>
> We have tried to find businesses that might dispose of huge freezers
> without any luck, and we have failed to find clever ways of tilting the
> objects in to the freezing containers.
>
> Does anyone have any ideas here? All thoughts are welcome as we really
> don?t know what to do at this point. If you have worked with fumigation, we
> are interested in what compounds where used and if you were happy with the
> results.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Adrian Lenninger
>
>
>
>
>
> *Adrian Lenninger*
>
> F?rste assistent
> ZOO
> Naturhistoriska riksmuseet
> Box 50007 | 104 05 Stockholm
>
>
>
>
>
> [image: Logotyp f?r Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet]
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From info at naturhistorische-konservierung.de  Mon Sep  8 08:44:31 2025
From: info at naturhistorische-konservierung.de (Fabian Neisskenwirth)
Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2025 14:44:31 +0200
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Pest extermination with really big objects
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Dear Adrian,

did you check with some other museum in your location if they have a 
nitrogen chamber?

You might try to reach out with some other conservators from cultural 
heritage. This method is very common for treating large object like 
furniture.

Here is a German company that offers a lot of great services and might 
know some contact in Sweden: 
https://llfa.eu/conservation/pest-management.html


All the best!

Am 08.09.25 um 14:21 schrieb Adrian Lenninger:
>
> Hello!
>
> We at the Swedish Museum of Natural History are moving material, 
> mostly bones and mounted mammals, from one external storage facility 
> to another. The facility that we are evacuating is riddled with pests, 
> mainly the dermestid Trogoderma angustum, so everything has to undergo 
> some sort of pest managing procedure before installation at the new place.
>
> Unfortunately, a few bone objects are too big to fit in available 
> freezing containers or our own walk-in freezers, and we are struggling 
> to find a way to kill of pests that are sure to reside in the objects. 
> The biggest object is a sperm whale skull measuring 275 * 590 cm at 
> the base with a height of 215 cm.
>
> We have tried to find businesses that might dispose of huge freezers 
> without any luck, and we have failed to find clever ways of tilting 
> the objects in to the freezing containers.
>
> Does anyone have any ideas here? All thoughts are welcome as we really 
> don?t know what to do at this point. If you have worked with 
> fumigation, we are interested in what compounds where used and if you 
> were happy with the results.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Adrian Lenninger
>
> *Adrian Lenninger*
>
> F?rste assistent
> ZOO
> Naturhistoriska riksmuseet
> Box 50007 | 104 05 Stockholm
>
> Logotyp f?r Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet
>
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> natural history collections to ensure their continuing value to
> society. Seehttp://www.spnhc.org for membership information.
> Advertising on NH-COLL-L is inappropriate.
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From glewis-g at oeb.harvard.edu  Mon Sep  8 09:55:34 2025
From: glewis-g at oeb.harvard.edu (Tocci, Genevieve E.)
Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2025 13:55:34 +0000
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Pest extermination with really big objects
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References: <865f68bb49734cf4aedc6a000d2a86b1@nrm.se>
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Dear Adrian,

In addition to anoxia, sometimes people can rent walk in freezers. Humidity can be an issue with some of them, but if you can wrap your materials it should be ok.

I also encourage you to reach out to the MuseumPests.net PestList as there are many professionals there who may have additional solutions or may be more local and can offer direct assistance. https://museumpests.net/join-the-pestlist/

Best of luck,
Genevieve


=================================================
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Senior Curatorial Technician
Harvard University Herbaria
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To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu <nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu>
Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] Pest extermination with really big objects


Dear Adrian,

did you check with some other museum in your location if they have a nitrogen chamber?

You might try to reach out with some other conservators from cultural heritage. This method is very common for treating large object like furniture.

Here is a German company that offers a lot of great services and might know some contact in Sweden: https://llfa.eu/conservation/pest-management.html<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__llfa.eu_conservation_pest-2Dmanagement.html&d=DwMDaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=EYdhJ0HrhAMcA2aVQ-I4N7lml00zxsXPbHYeP7843No&m=T435cjMVWojGgnKXDCd1KDyTt9i3lRe8925Yl3_QfC3myWFrqWIGcBpAhBrjiZ8A&s=6DHngyGeCR_-Yeg8p4lH1CAxRGHH5GafB1YoHik4yhI&e=>


All the best!

Am 08.09.25 um 14:21 schrieb Adrian Lenninger:

Hello!

We at the Swedish Museum of Natural History are moving material, mostly bones and mounted mammals, from one external storage facility to another. The facility that we are evacuating is riddled with pests, mainly the dermestid Trogoderma angustum, so everything has to undergo some sort of pest managing procedure before installation at the new place.

Unfortunately, a few bone objects are too big to fit in available freezing containers or our own walk-in freezers, and we are struggling to find a way to kill of pests that are sure to reside in the objects. The biggest object is a sperm whale skull measuring 275 * 590 cm at the base with a height of 215 cm.

We have tried to find businesses that might dispose of huge freezers without any luck, and we have failed to find clever ways of tilting the objects in to the freezing containers.

Does anyone have any ideas here? All thoughts are welcome as we really don?t know what to do at this point. If you have worked with fumigation, we are interested in what compounds where used and if you were happy with the results.

Best regards,

Adrian Lenninger





Adrian Lenninger

F?rste assistent
ZOO
Naturhistoriska riksmuseet
Box 50007 | 104 05 Stockholm





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From maru.digi at gmail.com  Mon Sep  8 10:00:31 2025
From: maru.digi at gmail.com (Mariana Di Giacomo)
Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2025 10:00:31 -0400
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Pest extermination with really big objects
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References: <865f68bb49734cf4aedc6a000d2a86b1@nrm.se>
 <ea45a5b8-9a38-47e4-a7e6-e07bce7e703e@naturhistorische-konservierung.de>
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Hi Adrian,

Anoxia is a great option but it takes time, so I would be mindful about
that (I'd say 2-3 weeks per bubble). It is a great option for other
materials that are at risk in a freezer, so it's always nice to keep in
mind.

If you are still looking into freezing, I would look into freezer trucks,
where you will be able to put multiple large bones at the same time. Some
truck beds are huge!

Best of luck,
Mariana

Mariana Di Giacomo, PhD
Natural History Conservator, Yale Peabody Museum
Associate Editor, Collection Forum, SPNHC

On Mon, Sep 8, 2025, 09:55 Tocci, Genevieve E. <glewis-g at oeb.harvard.edu>
wrote:

> Dear Adrian,
>
> In addition to anoxia, sometimes people can rent walk in freezers.
> Humidity can be an issue with some of them, but if you can wrap your
> materials it should be ok.
>
> I also encourage you to reach out to the MuseumPests.net PestList as there
> are many professionals there who may have additional solutions or may be
> more local and can offer direct assistance.
> https://museumpests.net/join-the-pestlist/
>
> Best of luck,
> Genevieve
>
> =================================================
> Genevieve E. Tocci, ALM (she/her/hers)
> Senior Curatorial Technician
> Harvard University Herbaria
> 22 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, MA 02138
> <https://www.google.com/maps/search/22+Divinity+Ave.,+Cambridge,+MA+02138+U.S.A.?entry=gmail&source=g>
> U.S.A.
> <https://www.google.com/maps/search/22+Divinity+Ave.,+Cambridge,+MA+02138+U.S.A.?entry=gmail&source=g>
> glewis-g at oeb.harvard.edu
>
>
>
> *I don?t expect you to respond to my email outside your work hours.*
>
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Nhcoll-l <nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu> on behalf of Fabian
> Neisskenwirth <info at naturhistorische-konservierung.de>
> *Sent:* Monday, September 8, 2025 8:44 AM
> *To:* nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu <nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu>
> *Subject:* Re: [Nhcoll-l] Pest extermination with really big objects
>
>
> Dear Adrian,
>
> did you check with some other museum in your location if they have a
> nitrogen chamber?
>
> You might try to reach out with some other conservators from cultural
> heritage. This method is very common for treating large object like
> furniture.
>
> Here is a German company that offers a lot of great services and might
> know some contact in Sweden:
> https://llfa.eu/conservation/pest-management.html
> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__llfa.eu_conservation_pest-2Dmanagement.html&d=DwMDaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=EYdhJ0HrhAMcA2aVQ-I4N7lml00zxsXPbHYeP7843No&m=T435cjMVWojGgnKXDCd1KDyTt9i3lRe8925Yl3_QfC3myWFrqWIGcBpAhBrjiZ8A&s=6DHngyGeCR_-Yeg8p4lH1CAxRGHH5GafB1YoHik4yhI&e=>
>
>
> All the best!
> Am 08.09.25 um 14:21 schrieb Adrian Lenninger:
>
> Hello!
>
> We at the Swedish Museum of Natural History are moving material, mostly
> bones and mounted mammals, from one external storage facility to another.
> The facility that we are evacuating is riddled with pests, mainly the
> dermestid Trogoderma angustum, so everything has to undergo some sort of
> pest managing procedure before installation at the new place.
>
> Unfortunately, a few bone objects are too big to fit in available freezing
> containers or our own walk-in freezers, and we are struggling to find a way
> to kill of pests that are sure to reside in the objects. The biggest object
> is a sperm whale skull measuring 275 * 590 cm at the base with a height of
> 215 cm.
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> We have tried to find businesses that might dispose of huge freezers
> without any luck, and we have failed to find clever ways of tilting the
> objects in to the freezing containers.
>
> Does anyone have any ideas here? All thoughts are welcome as we really
> don?t know what to do at this point. If you have worked with fumigation, we
> are interested in what compounds where used and if you were happy with the
> results.
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> Best regards,
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From prc44 at drexel.edu  Mon Sep  8 10:05:07 2025
From: prc44 at drexel.edu (Callomon,Paul)
Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2025 14:05:07 +0000
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Pest extermination with really big objects
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In the USA, freezer trucks are referred to as "Reefers" (for Refrigerated Truck). Their cargo spaces can be up to 26 feet long on a rigid chassis or 53 feet as a semi (UK: articulated truck). They can be rented from firms like Ryder.

Paul Callomon
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From d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de  Mon Sep  8 10:29:24 2025
From: d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de (Dirk Neumann)
Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2025 16:29:24 +0200
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] [EXTERN] Re: Pest extermination with really big
 objects
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... it might be worth checking the option in the port of Stockholm; we explored this option here in Hamburg for large objects. Sometimes authorities can provide cost-free assistance. Ports usually are equipped for heavy duty pest treatment ...

With best wishes
Dirk


Am 08.09.2025 um 16:05 schrieb Callomon,Paul:
In the USA, freezer trucks are referred to as ?Reefers? (for Refrigerated Truck). Their cargo spaces can be up to 26 feet long on a rigid chassis or 53 feet as a semi (UK: articulated truck). They can be rented from firms like Ryder.

Paul Callomon
Collection Manager, Malacology and General Invertebrates
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From cgrinter at calacademy.org  Mon Sep  8 18:44:57 2025
From: cgrinter at calacademy.org (Chris Grinter)
Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2025 15:44:57 -0700
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] [EXTERN] RE: De Minimis removal for imports to the
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Hi everyone,
A few updates for everyone to be aware of. I received two boxes from
Australia safely this week, however USFWS "refused" my import because of
missing Customs Entry numbers (box 6). I have *never* filled this box out
before, but the new de minimis order means we are now responsible for the
following process below (essentially being our own customs broker). I spoke
with an agent out of the LA office who has made it clear that box 6 is now
absolutely required for our 3-177 eDec's. And, all packages must be cleared
*before* import now with that customs entry number. Simply having the 3-177
on the box does not suffice. I'm sure this will vary depending on the
carrier and the customs broker they use, please share what you learn.

1) Have sender generate FedEx label and hold package. The label needs to be
flagged as a wildlife shipment.
2) Contact FedEx/shipper to tell them you have a wildlife shipment
incoming, send them your 3-177 document.
3) Have FedEx give you the customs entry #
4) Update 3-177 with that number, all before the package enters the US.
5) Save all emails with FedEx in case USFWS rejects or has an issue, the
legal burden is on them now.

Cases where this does not happen will be referred to enforcement and
possible criminal violation under 50 CFR 14.52(a).

Good luck,
Chris

*All of the above is based on my personal opinion and should not be
considered legal or expert advice.*


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On Thu, Aug 28, 2025 at 4:48?AM Jacqueline Miller <jmiller at rom.on.ca> wrote:

> Thank you Dirk. Yes, this is exactly how DHL ?lost? a shipment of study
> skin samples that were unfortunately destructively sampled from historical
> skins.  We have been unable to recover, but the last communication was the
> CBP took possession from the third party vendor (land), yet we cannot find
> out which port or office.  It may have us reconsider both DHL and when we
> permit destructive sampling for international requests.
>
> Ironically, this was the result of a labor dispute with DHL Canada, but it
> appears from what I am reading here that it could happen any time with
> respect to inability to track once the POE is crossed.
>
> Thanks again, Jacqui
>
>
>
> *Jacqueline Miller, M.Sc. (She/Her/Hers)*
> Collections Technician II, Mammalogy/Ornithology
>
> 100 Queen's Park
> Toronto, ON M5S 2C6
> 416 586 5769
>
>
>
> ROM acknowledges that this museum sits on the ancestral lands of the
> Wendat, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, and the Anishinaabek Nation, which
> includes the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, since time immemorial
> to today.
>
> Le ROM reconna?t que le Mus?e est situ? sur les terres ancestrales des
> Wendats, de la Conf?d?ration des Haudenosaunee et de la Nation Anishinabek,
> y compris la Premi?re Nation des Mississaugas de Credit, et qu?ils occupent
> ces terres depuis la nuit des temps.
>
>
>
> *From:* Dirk Neumann <d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de>
> *Sent:* August 28, 2025 4:37 AM
> *To:* Jacqueline Miller <jmiller at rom.on.ca>; Bentley, Andrew Charles <
> abentley at ku.edu>; nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu
> *Subject:* Re: [EXTERN] RE: [Nhcoll-l] De Minimis removal for imports to
> the United States
>
>
>
> *[EXTERNAL EMAIL]* DO NOT CLICK links or attachments unless you recognize
> the sender and know the content is safe.
>
> Hi all,
>
>
>
> please be aware that there are two "DHL" carriers, which are strictly
> separated companies:
>
>
>
> - DHL *Express* (originally founded in the US and taken over by German
> (national) Deutsche Post, which then rebranded itself)
>
> - and just DHL (= DHL Paket, the German national postal parcel service,
> which is equivalent e.g. with USPS); they also offer and international
> "express" service, which is handled outside the DHL Express system.
>
>
>
> This similarity of brand names causes frequent confusion.
>
> Jacqui, I assume that DHL Parcel shipments to Canada should still be fine.
> The disadvantage of national postal services however is that you can track
> usually only within their own tracking systems, which means that as soon as
> an international parcel is handed over into an other (national) system, it
> may get a different tracking number and/or can no longer be tracked under
> its original tracking number you received.
>
>
>
> And yes, Andy, the 100 USD exemption is not applicable for us.
>
>
>
> Hope this further clarifies.
>
> Dirk
>
>
>
>
>
> Am 25.08.2025 um 17:18 schrieb Jacqueline Miller:
>
> Good day all;
>
>
>
> Just a clarification, please.  Can Canada still use DHL for international
> museum shipments? This is our vendor of record. We have already had a
> package of specimens go missing this summer under DHL, in limbo somewhere
> with CBP.
>
>
>
> Also, at ROM, we are changing our loans workflow to ensure advance
> notification is made to both USFWS and CBP.  So far I have trialed this
> process with FedEx, and we have had excellent results (the next day with
> full clearances!).
>
>
>
> Cheers, Jacqui
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> *Jacqueline Miller, PhD (She/Her/Hers)*
> Collections Technician 2  -  DNH
>
> 100 Queen's Park
> Toronto, ON M5S 2C6
> 416 586 5769
>
>
>
> ROM acknowledges that this museum sits on the ancestral lands of the
> Wendat, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, and the Anishinaabek Nation, which
> includes the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, since time immemorial
> to today.
>
> Le ROM reconna?t que le Mus?e est situ? sur les terres ancestrales des
> Wendats, de la Conf?d?ration des Haudenosaunee et de la Nation Anishinabek,
> y compris la Premi?re Nation des Mississaugas de Credit, et qu?ils occupent
> ces terres depuis la nuit des temps.
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* Nhcoll-l <nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu>
> <nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu> *On Behalf Of *Bentley, Andrew Charles
> *Sent:* August 25, 2025 10:18 AM
> *To:* Dirk Neumann <d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de> <d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de>;
> nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu
> *Subject:* Re: [Nhcoll-l] De Minimis removal for imports to the United
> States
>
>
>
> You don't often get email from abentley at ku.edu. Learn why this is
> important
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> *[EXTERNAL EMAIL]* DO NOT CLICK links or attachments unless you recognize
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>
> Thanks for this info Dirk.  The news is starting to trickle down to us
> here in the US and still trying to figure out the ramifications for natural
> history loans, however there are still two things that are true.
>
>
>
>    1. Important to send materials by courier (FedEx or UPS) and not
>    national postal service (DHL is transferred into the US postal service upon
>    arrival) so that it can be tracked, and
>
>
>    2. Most important to alert us to any material that is being returned
>    or sent our way so that we can provide the necessary import paperwork
>    (USFWS 3-177) to ensure clearing of customs in an expedited manner.
>
>
>
> There is still an exemption to import tariffs for material under $100 so
> we should still be OK but always good to be safe than sorry.
>
>
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
> Andy
>
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> Andy Bentley
> Ichthyology Collection Manager
> University of Kansas
> Biodiversity Institute
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> Dyche Hall
> 1345 Jayhawk Boulevard
> Lawrence, KS, 66045-7561
> USA
>
> Tel: (785) 864-3863
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> *From:* Nhcoll-l <nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu> on behalf of Dirk
> Neumann <d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de>
> *Sent:* Friday, August 22, 2025 8:02 AM
> *To:* nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu <nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu>
> *Subject:* [Nhcoll-l] De Minimis removal for imports to the United States
>
>
>
> Dear colleagues,
>
> the Executive order suspending the De Minimis Treatment For All Countries"
> gets effective on 29 August, 00:01 Eastern Daylight Time.
>
>
> https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/07/suspending-duty-free-de-minimis-treatment-for-all-countries/
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> This removed the low-value exemption for all shipments into the US and
> introduces measures to increase screening for illegal substances or drugs.
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> This may affect postal shipments handled/forwarded within national postal
> systems for import to the US / into USPS systems. DHL parcel, i.e. national
> German parcel service, (which is not the same as DHL Express), declared to
> suspend all services to the US from 26 August.
>
> The announcement of DHL states, that several other national postal
> services, are suspending services tot he US, e.g.
>
>    - Post Nord in Sweden and Denmark;
>    https://group.postnord.com/news-media/2025/postnord-is-temporarily-pausing-certain-goods-to-the-united-states-and-puerto-rico/
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>    - BPost in Belgium;
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> of Biodiversity Change
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> --
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From: d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de (Dirk Neumann)
Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2025 07:42:13 +0200
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] [EXTERN] RE: De Minimis removal for imports to the
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Hi Chris,

thanks a lot for this really useful update and keeping the community posted!

Quick question: colleagues in Australia usually still ship via national postal systems. Did your parcel arrive in the USPS-system, or was it send via express service, e.g. FedEx?

I am wondering because you mention that you had to order brokerage. This is only required, if parcels get stranded in national postal systems. If you ship via express service, brokerage is included (that's why express shipping is more costly; 'more' service, but also more control and options to interfere, when things go wrong).

With best wishes
Dirk


Am 09.09.2025 um 00:44 schrieb Chris Grinter:
Hi everyone,
A few updates for everyone to be aware of. I received two boxes from Australia safely this week, however USFWS "refused" my import because of missing Customs Entry numbers (box 6). I have never filled this box out before, but the new de minimis order means we are now responsible for the following process below (essentially being our own customs broker). I spoke with an agent out of the LA office who has made it clear that box 6 is now absolutely required for our 3-177 eDec's. And, all packages must be cleared before import now with that customs entry number. Simply having the 3-177 on the box does not suffice. I'm sure this will vary depending on the carrier and the customs broker they use, please share what you learn.

1) Have sender generate FedEx label and hold package. The label needs to be flagged as a wildlife shipment.
2) Contact FedEx/shipper to tell them you have a wildlife shipment incoming, send them your 3-177 document.
3) Have FedEx give you the customs entry #
4) Update 3-177 with that number, all before the package enters the US.
5) Save all emails with FedEx in case USFWS rejects or has an issue, the legal burden is on them now.

Cases where this does not happen will be referred to enforcement and possible criminal violation under 50 CFR 14.52(a).

Good luck,
Chris

All of the above is based on my personal opinion and should not be considered legal or expert advice.


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On Thu, Aug 28, 2025 at 4:48?AM Jacqueline Miller <jmiller at rom.on.ca<mailto:jmiller at rom.on.ca>> wrote:
Thank you Dirk. Yes, this is exactly how DHL ?lost? a shipment of study skin samples that were unfortunately destructively sampled from historical skins.  We have been unable to recover, but the last communication was the CBP took possession from the third party vendor (land), yet we cannot find out which port or office.  It may have us reconsider both DHL and when we permit destructive sampling for international requests.
Ironically, this was the result of a labor dispute with DHL Canada, but it appears from what I am reading here that it could happen any time with respect to inability to track once the POE is crossed.
Thanks again, Jacqui

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Jacqueline Miller, M.Sc. (She/Her/Hers)
Collections Technician II, Mammalogy/Ornithology

100 Queen's Park
Toronto, ON M5S 2C6
416 586 5769


ROM acknowledges that this museum sits on the ancestral lands of the Wendat, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, and the Anishinaabek Nation, which includes the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, since time immemorial to today.

Le ROM reconna?t que le Mus?e est situ? sur les terres ancestrales des Wendats, de la Conf?d?ration des Haudenosaunee et de la Nation Anishinabek, y compris la Premi?re Nation des Mississaugas de Credit, et qu?ils occupent ces terres depuis la nuit des temps.


From: Dirk Neumann <d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de<mailto:d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de>>
Sent: August 28, 2025 4:37 AM
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Hi all,

please be aware that there are two "DHL" carriers, which are strictly separated companies:

- DHL Express (originally founded in the US and taken over by German (national) Deutsche Post, which then rebranded itself)
- and just DHL (= DHL Paket, the German national postal parcel service, which is equivalent e.g. with USPS); they also offer and international "express" service, which is handled outside the DHL Express system.

This similarity of brand names causes frequent confusion.
Jacqui, I assume that DHL Parcel shipments to Canada should still be fine. The disadvantage of national postal services however is that you can track usually only within their own tracking systems, which means that as soon as an international parcel is handed over into an other (national) system, it may get a different tracking number and/or can no longer be tracked under its original tracking number you received.

And yes, Andy, the 100 USD exemption is not applicable for us.

Hope this further clarifies.
Dirk


Am 25.08.2025 um 17:18 schrieb Jacqueline Miller:
Good day all;

Just a clarification, please.  Can Canada still use DHL for international museum shipments? This is our vendor of record. We have already had a package of specimens go missing this summer under DHL, in limbo somewhere with CBP.

Also, at ROM, we are changing our loans workflow to ensure advance notification is made to both USFWS and CBP.  So far I have trialed this process with FedEx, and we have had excellent results (the next day with full clearances!).

Cheers, Jacqui



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Jacqueline Miller, PhD (She/Her/Hers)
Collections Technician 2  -  DNH

100 Queen's Park
Toronto, ON M5S 2C6
416 586 5769


ROM acknowledges that this museum sits on the ancestral lands of the Wendat, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, and the Anishinaabek Nation, which includes the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, since time immemorial to today.

Le ROM reconna?t que le Mus?e est situ? sur les terres ancestrales des Wendats, de la Conf?d?ration des Haudenosaunee et de la Nation Anishinabek, y compris la Premi?re Nation des Mississaugas de Credit, et qu?ils occupent ces terres depuis la nuit des temps.



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Thanks for this info Dirk.  The news is starting to trickle down to us here in the US and still trying to figure out the ramifications for natural history loans, however there are still two things that are true.


  1.  Important to send materials by courier (FedEx or UPS) and not national postal service (DHL is transferred into the US postal service upon arrival) so that it can be tracked, and

  1.  Most important to alert us to any material that is being returned or sent our way so that we can provide the necessary import paperwork (USFWS 3-177) to ensure clearing of customs in an expedited manner.

There is still an exemption to import tariffs for material under $100 so we should still be OK but always good to be safe than sorry.

Thanks

Andy

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Subject: [Nhcoll-l] De Minimis removal for imports to the United States


Dear colleagues,

the Executive order suspending the De Minimis Treatment For All Countries" gets effective on 29 August, 00:01 Eastern Daylight Time.

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This removed the low-value exemption for all shipments into the US and introduces measures to increase screening for illegal substances or drugs.

This may affect postal shipments handled/forwarded within national postal systems for import to the US / into USPS systems. DHL parcel, i.e. national German parcel service, (which is not the same as DHL Express), declared to suspend all services to the US from 26 August.

The announcement of DHL states, that several other national postal services, are suspending services tot he US, e.g.

  *   Post Nord in Sweden and Denmark; https://group.postnord.com/news-media/2025/postnord-is-temporarily-pausing-certain-goods-to-the-united-states-and-puerto-rico/<https://url.avanan.click/v2/r01/___https://group.postnord.com/news-media/2025/postnord-is-temporarily-pausing-certain-goods-to-the-united-states-and-puerto-rico/___.YXAzOmNhbGFjYWRlbXk6YTpnOmNmZjM5ODg5Y2E5MDllYjUwNDY3MjIzZTJkMjUwZTUyOjc6OTViNDo1NjJkMmFkMWZkNzc5N2ZiMGMwYjk3MWQ2MDVjYWFkN2VjNWQ3MjE0ZDcwNzUwZjhlYWI1MjkwMjE2YTM5YmVlOmg6VDpO>
  *   BPost in Belgium; https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/en/2025/08/20/bpost-to-suspend-parcel-service-to-the-us-from-friday/<https://url.avanan.click/v2/r01/___https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/en/2025/08/20/bpost-to-suspend-parcel-service-to-the-us-from-friday/___.YXAzOmNhbGFjYWRlbXk6YTpnOmNmZjM5ODg5Y2E5MDllYjUwNDY3MjIzZTJkMjUwZTUyOjc6MTNhNjo4YTA4OTAyMjFiZDg3NGM4YWFmM2Q1ZjYyODYxNWUzMWE4ZTVhMWE3Yjk2MjJjNzc3ZjdhOThlZTkzNDM0MGJjOmg6VDpO>
  *   ?PAG in Austria; https://www.post.at/en/p/c/shipments-usa<https://url.avanan.click/v2/r01/___https://www.post.at/en/p/c/shipments-usa___.YXAzOmNhbGFjYWRlbXk6YTpnOmNmZjM5ODg5Y2E5MDllYjUwNDY3MjIzZTJkMjUwZTUyOjc6MmY3YToyNTFkNTNkYzk1NjYwM2VhZjllNTAyZGVjYjRkZTg4ZGI1OTY5NjA3N2Y5MWJmOWFlM2YwY2QxNmY0ZDgyODM5Omg6VDpO>



Please check your the information of your local postal carrier to avoid problems with your shipments into the US and keep yourself informed about potential changes.

With best wishes

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From Adrian.Lenninger at nrm.se  Tue Sep  9 02:52:53 2025
From: Adrian.Lenninger at nrm.se (Adrian Lenninger)
Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2025 06:52:53 +0000
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Pest extermination with really big objects
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I just want to say thanks to everyone who has answered this far.

Many interesting suggestions and we are looking in to anoxia bubbles and innovative freezing locations simultaneously. Unfortunately  the big freight forwarders in our area has been reluctant to handle our material in their facilities and reefer trucks does not seem to be as big here as in the states (everything is bigger in America) but the search goes on.

Please keep the good advice coming,
Adrian


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From: Nhcoll-l <nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu> On Behalf Of Adrian Lenninger
Sent: den 8 september 2025 14:21
To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Pest extermination with really big objects

Hello!
We at the Swedish Museum of Natural History are moving material, mostly bones and mounted mammals, from one external storage facility to another. The facility that we are evacuating is riddled with pests, mainly the dermestid Trogoderma angustum, so everything has to undergo some sort of pest managing procedure before installation at the new place.
Unfortunately, a few bone objects are too big to fit in available freezing containers or our own walk-in freezers, and we are struggling to find a way to kill of pests that are sure to reside in the objects. The biggest object is a sperm whale skull measuring 275 * 590 cm at the base with a height of 215 cm.
We have tried to find businesses that might dispose of huge freezers without any luck, and we have failed to find clever ways of tilting the objects in to the freezing containers.
Does anyone have any ideas here? All thoughts are welcome as we really don?t know what to do at this point. If you have worked with fumigation, we are interested in what compounds where used and if you were happy with the results.
Best regards,
Adrian Lenninger


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From Lennart.Lennuk at loodusmuuseum.ee  Tue Sep  9 05:15:34 2025
From: Lennart.Lennuk at loodusmuuseum.ee (Lennart Lennuk)
Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2025 09:15:34 +0000
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Pest extermination with really big objects
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Hi!

I am in discussion with one Theatre that has Estonias one of the biggest walk-in freezers to freeze the costumes and stage design elements. I know that other museums have used their freezer rooms before. Maybe there is also similar chance in some Sweden theatre?
Also there is one company you can order all the

Best!
Lennart Lennuk
Head of collections
Estonian Museum of Natural History

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Hi Adrian,

Anoxia is a great option but it takes time, so I would be mindful about that (I'd say 2-3 weeks per bubble). It is a great option for other materials that are at risk in a freezer, so it's always nice to keep in mind.

If you are still looking into freezing, I would look into freezer trucks, where you will be able to put multiple large bones at the same time. Some truck beds are huge!

Best of luck,
Mariana

Mariana Di Giacomo, PhD
Natural History Conservator, Yale Peabody Museum
Associate Editor, Collection Forum, SPNHC

On Mon, Sep 8, 2025, 09:55 Tocci, Genevieve E. <glewis-g at oeb.harvard.edu<mailto:glewis-g at oeb.harvard.edu>> wrote:
Dear Adrian,

In addition to anoxia, sometimes people can rent walk in freezers. Humidity can be an issue with some of them, but if you can wrap your materials it should be ok.

I also encourage you to reach out to the MuseumPests.net PestList as there are many professionals there who may have additional solutions or may be more local and can offer direct assistance. https://museumpests.net/join-the-pestlist/

Best of luck,
Genevieve


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Dear Adrian,

did you check with some other museum in your location if they have a nitrogen chamber?

You might try to reach out with some other conservators from cultural heritage. This method is very common for treating large object like furniture.

Here is a German company that offers a lot of great services and might know some contact in Sweden: https://llfa.eu/conservation/pest-management.html<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__llfa.eu_conservation_pest-2Dmanagement.html&d=DwMDaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=EYdhJ0HrhAMcA2aVQ-I4N7lml00zxsXPbHYeP7843No&m=T435cjMVWojGgnKXDCd1KDyTt9i3lRe8925Yl3_QfC3myWFrqWIGcBpAhBrjiZ8A&s=6DHngyGeCR_-Yeg8p4lH1CAxRGHH5GafB1YoHik4yhI&e=>



All the best!
Am 08.09.25 um 14:21 schrieb Adrian Lenninger:

Hello!

We at the Swedish Museum of Natural History are moving material, mostly bones and mounted mammals, from one external storage facility to another. The facility that we are evacuating is riddled with pests, mainly the dermestid Trogoderma angustum, so everything has to undergo some sort of pest managing procedure before installation at the new place.

Unfortunately, a few bone objects are too big to fit in available freezing containers or our own walk-in freezers, and we are struggling to find a way to kill of pests that are sure to reside in the objects. The biggest object is a sperm whale skull measuring 275 * 590 cm at the base with a height of 215 cm.

We have tried to find businesses that might dispose of huge freezers without any luck, and we have failed to find clever ways of tilting the objects in to the freezing containers.

Does anyone have any ideas here? All thoughts are welcome as we really don?t know what to do at this point. If you have worked with fumigation, we are interested in what compounds where used and if you were happy with the results.

Best regards,

Adrian Lenninger





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ZOO
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From jmiller at rom.on.ca  Tue Sep  9 08:51:18 2025
From: jmiller at rom.on.ca (Jacqueline Miller)
Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2025 12:51:18 +0000
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] [EXTERN] RE: De Minimis removal for imports to the
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Hi Chris,
This is really helpful.  We are also starting to employ what you have outlined below as routine loan workflow.  However, I would add (from recent experience!), even with FedEx and other international couriers, one should add the location of the inspection office the package needs to be cleared at on the external package labelling.  Below is the gist of what I recommend to colleagues for package labelling:

First label
(contact info for consignor and consignee)

Second label
SCIENTIFIC SPECIMENS, NO COMMERCIAL VALUE
CONTAINS WILDLIFE, EXEMPT ANIMAL SPECIMENS (if no APHIS or CDC permit required), CONTAINS (or doesn?t contain) CITES, APPENDIX (xxx),
USFWS INSPECTION REQUIRED, 3-177

Third label
USFWS INSPECTION REQUIRED ? MEMPHIS  (airport or office location or other identifyer)
(add any UN designation, eg UN1845, UN3373, as applicable)

Fourth label
SCIENTIFIC SPECIMENS, MUSEUM SPECIMENS, NO COMMERCIAL VALUE

With a label for each side of the crate/box, the declarations are visible from all vantages.  This, plus advance notification of the courier FWS lead seems to be working (most times!). The FWS lead disseminates the info to the relevant USFWS office, and CBP.  Both DHL and FedEx have these leads, I would assume all major carriers do also.

NOTE: we have still had some hiccups, even with this workflow, and are also exploring bonded alternatives for special services (art movers, etc). Pricey, but better protection of our assets during shipping.

Cheers, Jacqui



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Collections Technician 2  -  DNH

100 Queen's Park
Toronto, ON M5S 2C6
416 586 5769

ROM acknowledges that this museum sits on the ancestral lands of the Wendat, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, and the Anishinaabek Nation, which includes the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, since time immemorial to today.

Le ROM reconna?t que le Mus?e est situ? sur les terres ancestrales des Wendats, de la Conf?d?ration des Haudenosaunee et de la Nation Anishinabek, y compris la Premi?re Nation des Mississaugas de Credit, et qu?ils occupent ces terres depuis la nuit des temps.


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Cc: Bentley, Andrew Charles <abentley at ku.edu>; nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu; Jacqueline Miller <jmiller at rom.on.ca>
Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] [EXTERN] RE: De Minimis removal for imports to the United States


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Hi Chris,

thanks a lot for this really useful update and keeping the community posted!

Quick question: colleagues in Australia usually still ship via national postal systems. Did your parcel arrive in the USPS-system, or was it send via express service, e.g. FedEx?

I am wondering because you mention that you had to order brokerage. This is only required, if parcels get stranded in national postal systems. If you ship via express service, brokerage is included (that's why express shipping is more costly; 'more' service, but also more control and options to interfere, when things go wrong).

With best wishes
Dirk


Am 09.09.2025 um 00:44 schrieb Chris Grinter:
Hi everyone,
A few updates for everyone to be aware of. I received two boxes from Australia safely this week, however USFWS "refused" my import because of missing Customs Entry numbers (box 6). I have never filled this box out before, but the new de minimis order means we are now responsible for the following process below (essentially being our own customs broker). I spoke with an agent out of the LA office who has made it clear that box 6 is now absolutely required for our 3-177 eDec's. And, all packages must be cleared before import now with that customs entry number. Simply having the 3-177 on the box does not suffice. I'm sure this will vary depending on the carrier and the customs broker they use, please share what you learn.

1) Have sender generate FedEx label and hold package. The label needs to be flagged as a wildlife shipment.
2) Contact FedEx/shipper to tell them you have a wildlife shipment incoming, send them your 3-177 document.
3) Have FedEx give you the customs entry #
4) Update 3-177 with that number, all before the package enters the US.
5) Save all emails with FedEx in case USFWS rejects or has an issue, the legal burden is on them now.

Cases where this does not happen will be referred to enforcement and possible criminal violation under 50 CFR 14.52(a).

Good luck,
Chris

All of the above is based on my personal opinion and should not be considered legal or expert advice.


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On Thu, Aug 28, 2025 at 4:48?AM Jacqueline Miller <jmiller at rom.on.ca<mailto:jmiller at rom.on.ca>> wrote:
Thank you Dirk. Yes, this is exactly how DHL ?lost? a shipment of study skin samples that were unfortunately destructively sampled from historical skins.  We have been unable to recover, but the last communication was the CBP took possession from the third party vendor (land), yet we cannot find out which port or office.  It may have us reconsider both DHL and when we permit destructive sampling for international requests.
Ironically, this was the result of a labor dispute with DHL Canada, but it appears from what I am reading here that it could happen any time with respect to inability to track once the POE is crossed.
Thanks again, Jacqui

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416 586 5769

ROM acknowledges that this museum sits on the ancestral lands of the Wendat, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, and the Anishinaabek Nation, which includes the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, since time immemorial to today.

Le ROM reconna?t que le Mus?e est situ? sur les terres ancestrales des Wendats, de la Conf?d?ration des Haudenosaunee et de la Nation Anishinabek, y compris la Premi?re Nation des Mississaugas de Credit, et qu?ils occupent ces terres depuis la nuit des temps.

From: Dirk Neumann <d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de<mailto:d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de>>
Sent: August 28, 2025 4:37 AM
To: Jacqueline Miller <jmiller at rom.on.ca<mailto:jmiller at rom.on.ca>>; Bentley, Andrew Charles <abentley at ku.edu<mailto:abentley at ku.edu>>; nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu<mailto:nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu>
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Hi all,

please be aware that there are two "DHL" carriers, which are strictly separated companies:

- DHL Express (originally founded in the US and taken over by German (national) Deutsche Post, which then rebranded itself)
- and just DHL (= DHL Paket, the German national postal parcel service, which is equivalent e.g. with USPS); they also offer and international "express" service, which is handled outside the DHL Express system.

This similarity of brand names causes frequent confusion.
Jacqui, I assume that DHL Parcel shipments to Canada should still be fine. The disadvantage of national postal services however is that you can track usually only within their own tracking systems, which means that as soon as an international parcel is handed over into an other (national) system, it may get a different tracking number and/or can no longer be tracked under its original tracking number you received.

And yes, Andy, the 100 USD exemption is not applicable for us.

Hope this further clarifies.
Dirk


Am 25.08.2025 um 17:18 schrieb Jacqueline Miller:
Good day all;

Just a clarification, please.  Can Canada still use DHL for international museum shipments? This is our vendor of record. We have already had a package of specimens go missing this summer under DHL, in limbo somewhere with CBP.

Also, at ROM, we are changing our loans workflow to ensure advance notification is made to both USFWS and CBP.  So far I have trialed this process with FedEx, and we have had excellent results (the next day with full clearances!).

Cheers, Jacqui



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Jacqueline Miller, PhD (She/Her/Hers)
Collections Technician 2  -  DNH

100 Queen's Park
Toronto, ON M5S 2C6
416 586 5769

ROM acknowledges that this museum sits on the ancestral lands of the Wendat, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, and the Anishinaabek Nation, which includes the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, since time immemorial to today.

Le ROM reconna?t que le Mus?e est situ? sur les terres ancestrales des Wendats, de la Conf?d?ration des Haudenosaunee et de la Nation Anishinabek, y compris la Premi?re Nation des Mississaugas de Credit, et qu?ils occupent ces terres depuis la nuit des temps.


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Thanks for this info Dirk.  The news is starting to trickle down to us here in the US and still trying to figure out the ramifications for natural history loans, however there are still two things that are true.


  1.  Important to send materials by courier (FedEx or UPS) and not national postal service (DHL is transferred into the US postal service upon arrival) so that it can be tracked, and

  1.  Most important to alert us to any material that is being returned or sent our way so that we can provide the necessary import paperwork (USFWS 3-177) to ensure clearing of customs in an expedited manner.

There is still an exemption to import tariffs for material under $100 so we should still be OK but always good to be safe than sorry.

Thanks

Andy

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Subject: [Nhcoll-l] De Minimis removal for imports to the United States


Dear colleagues,

the Executive order suspending the De Minimis Treatment For All Countries" gets effective on 29 August, 00:01 Eastern Daylight Time.

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This removed the low-value exemption for all shipments into the US and introduces measures to increase screening for illegal substances or drugs.

This may affect postal shipments handled/forwarded within national postal systems for import to the US / into USPS systems. DHL parcel, i.e. national German parcel service, (which is not the same as DHL Express), declared to suspend all services to the US from 26 August.

The announcement of DHL states, that several other national postal services, are suspending services tot he US, e.g.

  *   Post Nord in Sweden and Denmark; https://group.postnord.com/news-media/2025/postnord-is-temporarily-pausing-certain-goods-to-the-united-states-and-puerto-rico/<https://url.avanan.click/v2/r01/___https:/group.postnord.com/news-media/2025/postnord-is-temporarily-pausing-certain-goods-to-the-united-states-and-puerto-rico/___.YXAzOmNhbGFjYWRlbXk6YTpnOmNmZjM5ODg5Y2E5MDllYjUwNDY3MjIzZTJkMjUwZTUyOjc6OTViNDo1NjJkMmFkMWZkNzc5N2ZiMGMwYjk3MWQ2MDVjYWFkN2VjNWQ3MjE0ZDcwNzUwZjhlYWI1MjkwMjE2YTM5YmVlOmg6VDpO>
  *   BPost in Belgium; https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/en/2025/08/20/bpost-to-suspend-parcel-service-to-the-us-from-friday/<https://url.avanan.click/v2/r01/___https:/www.vrt.be/vrtnws/en/2025/08/20/bpost-to-suspend-parcel-service-to-the-us-from-friday/___.YXAzOmNhbGFjYWRlbXk6YTpnOmNmZjM5ODg5Y2E5MDllYjUwNDY3MjIzZTJkMjUwZTUyOjc6MTNhNjo4YTA4OTAyMjFiZDg3NGM4YWFmM2Q1ZjYyODYxNWUzMWE4ZTVhMWE3Yjk2MjJjNzc3ZjdhOThlZTkzNDM0MGJjOmg6VDpO>
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Please check your the information of your local postal carrier to avoid problems with your shipments into the US and keep yourself informed about potential changes.

With best wishes

Dirk




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From: d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de (Dirk Neumann)
Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2025 15:35:29 +0200
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] [EXTERN] RE: De Minimis removal for imports to the
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Hi Jacqui and all,

I would advocate for PRESERVED MUSEUM SPECIMENS; "SCIENTIFIC SPECIMENS" can be any weird samples for an university based researcher, this wording frequently is red-taping consignments (at least for imports to the EU).

If I remember correctly (others that attended our symposium with local USFWS officers at the SPHNC conference in San Francisco may correct me), at least the USFWS officers there were ok with the wording 'preserved museum specimens' to distinguish our preserved stuff from hunting trophies etc.

Would it be worth designing a standardised label? We discussed this way back in time (2009?), but the fear back then was that we would flag our parcels to be called for inspection. We had a template for a one-stop-shop declaration on one label, need to dig this out. If this would be interesting?

With best wishes
Dirk

Am 09.09.2025 um 14:51 schrieb Jacqueline Miller:
Hi Chris,
This is really helpful.  We are also starting to employ what you have outlined below as routine loan workflow.  However, I would add (from recent experience!), even with FedEx and other international couriers, one should add the location of the inspection office the package needs to be cleared at on the external package labelling.  Below is the gist of what I recommend to colleagues for package labelling:

First label
(contact info for consignor and consignee)

Second label
SCIENTIFIC SPECIMENS, NO COMMERCIAL VALUE
CONTAINS WILDLIFE, EXEMPT ANIMAL SPECIMENS (if no APHIS or CDC permit required), CONTAINS (or doesn?t contain) CITES, APPENDIX (xxx),
USFWS INSPECTION REQUIRED, 3-177

Third label
USFWS INSPECTION REQUIRED ? MEMPHIS  (airport or office location or other identifyer)
(add any UN designation, eg UN1845, UN3373, as applicable)

Fourth label
SCIENTIFIC SPECIMENS, MUSEUM SPECIMENS, NO COMMERCIAL VALUE

With a label for each side of the crate/box, the declarations are visible from all vantages.  This, plus advance notification of the courier FWS lead seems to be working (most times!). The FWS lead disseminates the info to the relevant USFWS office, and CBP.  Both DHL and FedEx have these leads, I would assume all major carriers do also.

NOTE: we have still had some hiccups, even with this workflow, and are also exploring bonded alternatives for special services (art movers, etc). Pricey, but better protection of our assets during shipping.

Cheers, Jacqui



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ROM acknowledges that this museum sits on the ancestral lands of the Wendat, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, and the Anishinaabek Nation, which includes the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, since time immemorial to today.

Le ROM reconna?t que le Mus?e est situ? sur les terres ancestrales des Wendats, de la Conf?d?ration des Haudenosaunee et de la Nation Anishinabek, y compris la Premi?re Nation des Mississaugas de Credit, et qu?ils occupent ces terres depuis la nuit des temps.



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Hi Chris,

thanks a lot for this really useful update and keeping the community posted!

Quick question: colleagues in Australia usually still ship via national postal systems. Did your parcel arrive in the USPS-system, or was it send via express service, e.g. FedEx?

I am wondering because you mention that you had to order brokerage. This is only required, if parcels get stranded in national postal systems. If you ship via express service, brokerage is included (that's why express shipping is more costly; 'more' service, but also more control and options to interfere, when things go wrong).

With best wishes
Dirk


Am 09.09.2025 um 00:44 schrieb Chris Grinter:
Hi everyone,
A few updates for everyone to be aware of. I received two boxes from Australia safely this week, however USFWS "refused" my import because of missing Customs Entry numbers (box 6). I have never filled this box out before, but the new de minimis order means we are now responsible for the following process below (essentially being our own customs broker). I spoke with an agent out of the LA office who has made it clear that box 6 is now absolutely required for our 3-177 eDec's. And, all packages must be cleared before import now with that customs entry number. Simply having the 3-177 on the box does not suffice. I'm sure this will vary depending on the carrier and the customs broker they use, please share what you learn.

1) Have sender generate FedEx label and hold package. The label needs to be flagged as a wildlife shipment.
2) Contact FedEx/shipper to tell them you have a wildlife shipment incoming, send them your 3-177 document.
3) Have FedEx give you the customs entry #
4) Update 3-177 with that number, all before the package enters the US.
5) Save all emails with FedEx in case USFWS rejects or has an issue, the legal burden is on them now.

Cases where this does not happen will be referred to enforcement and possible criminal violation under 50 CFR 14.52(a).

Good luck,
Chris

All of the above is based on my personal opinion and should not be considered legal or expert advice.


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On Thu, Aug 28, 2025 at 4:48?AM Jacqueline Miller <jmiller at rom.on.ca<mailto:jmiller at rom.on.ca>> wrote:
Thank you Dirk. Yes, this is exactly how DHL ?lost? a shipment of study skin samples that were unfortunately destructively sampled from historical skins.  We have been unable to recover, but the last communication was the CBP took possession from the third party vendor (land), yet we cannot find out which port or office.  It may have us reconsider both DHL and when we permit destructive sampling for international requests.
Ironically, this was the result of a labor dispute with DHL Canada, but it appears from what I am reading here that it could happen any time with respect to inability to track once the POE is crossed.
Thanks again, Jacqui

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Collections Technician II, Mammalogy/Ornithology

100 Queen's Park
Toronto, ON M5S 2C6
416 586 5769


ROM acknowledges that this museum sits on the ancestral lands of the Wendat, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, and the Anishinaabek Nation, which includes the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, since time immemorial to today.

Le ROM reconna?t que le Mus?e est situ? sur les terres ancestrales des Wendats, de la Conf?d?ration des Haudenosaunee et de la Nation Anishinabek, y compris la Premi?re Nation des Mississaugas de Credit, et qu?ils occupent ces terres depuis la nuit des temps.


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Sent: August 28, 2025 4:37 AM
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Hi all,

please be aware that there are two "DHL" carriers, which are strictly separated companies:

- DHL Express (originally founded in the US and taken over by German (national) Deutsche Post, which then rebranded itself)
- and just DHL (= DHL Paket, the German national postal parcel service, which is equivalent e.g. with USPS); they also offer and international "express" service, which is handled outside the DHL Express system.

This similarity of brand names causes frequent confusion.
Jacqui, I assume that DHL Parcel shipments to Canada should still be fine. The disadvantage of national postal services however is that you can track usually only within their own tracking systems, which means that as soon as an international parcel is handed over into an other (national) system, it may get a different tracking number and/or can no longer be tracked under its original tracking number you received.

And yes, Andy, the 100 USD exemption is not applicable for us.

Hope this further clarifies.
Dirk


Am 25.08.2025 um 17:18 schrieb Jacqueline Miller:
Good day all;

Just a clarification, please.  Can Canada still use DHL for international museum shipments? This is our vendor of record. We have already had a package of specimens go missing this summer under DHL, in limbo somewhere with CBP.

Also, at ROM, we are changing our loans workflow to ensure advance notification is made to both USFWS and CBP.  So far I have trialed this process with FedEx, and we have had excellent results (the next day with full clearances!).

Cheers, Jacqui



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Jacqueline Miller, PhD (She/Her/Hers)
Collections Technician 2  -  DNH

100 Queen's Park
Toronto, ON M5S 2C6
416 586 5769


ROM acknowledges that this museum sits on the ancestral lands of the Wendat, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, and the Anishinaabek Nation, which includes the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, since time immemorial to today.

Le ROM reconna?t que le Mus?e est situ? sur les terres ancestrales des Wendats, de la Conf?d?ration des Haudenosaunee et de la Nation Anishinabek, y compris la Premi?re Nation des Mississaugas de Credit, et qu?ils occupent ces terres depuis la nuit des temps.



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Thanks for this info Dirk.  The news is starting to trickle down to us here in the US and still trying to figure out the ramifications for natural history loans, however there are still two things that are true.


  1.  Important to send materials by courier (FedEx or UPS) and not national postal service (DHL is transferred into the US postal service upon arrival) so that it can be tracked, and

  1.  Most important to alert us to any material that is being returned or sent our way so that we can provide the necessary import paperwork (USFWS 3-177) to ensure clearing of customs in an expedited manner.

There is still an exemption to import tariffs for material under $100 so we should still be OK but always good to be safe than sorry.

Thanks

Andy

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Dear colleagues,

the Executive order suspending the De Minimis Treatment For All Countries" gets effective on 29 August, 00:01 Eastern Daylight Time.

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This removed the low-value exemption for all shipments into the US and introduces measures to increase screening for illegal substances or drugs.

This may affect postal shipments handled/forwarded within national postal systems for import to the US / into USPS systems. DHL parcel, i.e. national German parcel service, (which is not the same as DHL Express), declared to suspend all services to the US from 26 August.

The announcement of DHL states, that several other national postal services, are suspending services tot he US, e.g.

  *   Post Nord in Sweden and Denmark; https://group.postnord.com/news-media/2025/postnord-is-temporarily-pausing-certain-goods-to-the-united-states-and-puerto-rico/<https://url.avanan.click/v2/r01/___https:/group.postnord.com/news-media/2025/postnord-is-temporarily-pausing-certain-goods-to-the-united-states-and-puerto-rico/___.YXAzOmNhbGFjYWRlbXk6YTpnOmNmZjM5ODg5Y2E5MDllYjUwNDY3MjIzZTJkMjUwZTUyOjc6OTViNDo1NjJkMmFkMWZkNzc5N2ZiMGMwYjk3MWQ2MDVjYWFkN2VjNWQ3MjE0ZDcwNzUwZjhlYWI1MjkwMjE2YTM5YmVlOmg6VDpO>
  *   BPost in Belgium; https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/en/2025/08/20/bpost-to-suspend-parcel-service-to-the-us-from-friday/<https://url.avanan.click/v2/r01/___https:/www.vrt.be/vrtnws/en/2025/08/20/bpost-to-suspend-parcel-service-to-the-us-from-friday/___.YXAzOmNhbGFjYWRlbXk6YTpnOmNmZjM5ODg5Y2E5MDllYjUwNDY3MjIzZTJkMjUwZTUyOjc6MTNhNjo4YTA4OTAyMjFiZDg3NGM4YWFmM2Q1ZjYyODYxNWUzMWE4ZTVhMWE3Yjk2MjJjNzc3ZjdhOThlZTkzNDM0MGJjOmg6VDpO>
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Please check your the information of your local postal carrier to avoid problems with your shipments into the US and keep yourself informed about potential changes.

With best wishes

Dirk




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From jmiller at rom.on.ca  Tue Sep  9 09:41:33 2025
From: jmiller at rom.on.ca (Jacqueline Miller)
Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2025 13:41:33 +0000
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] [EXTERN] RE: De Minimis removal for imports to the
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Noted, Dirk, thank you! That is a good point.  I would be in favour of a discussion regarding standardized labels, especially if we can eventually run them by the various Government offices for their input.  These days I feel ?flagging? packages is appropriate, and clearly advertises transparency and compliance.

Thanks again, Jacqui

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Toronto, ON M5S 2C6
416 586 5769

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Sent: September 9, 2025 9:35 AM
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Hi Jacqui and all,

I would advocate for PRESERVED MUSEUM SPECIMENS; "SCIENTIFIC SPECIMENS" can be any weird samples for an university based researcher, this wording frequently is red-taping consignments (at least for imports to the EU).

If I remember correctly (others that attended our symposium with local USFWS officers at the SPHNC conference in San Francisco may correct me), at least the USFWS officers there were ok with the wording 'preserved museum specimens' to distinguish our preserved stuff from hunting trophies etc.

Would it be worth designing a standardised label? We discussed this way back in time (2009?), but the fear back then was that we would flag our parcels to be called for inspection. We had a template for a one-stop-shop declaration on one label, need to dig this out. If this would be interesting?

With best wishes
Dirk

Am 09.09.2025 um 14:51 schrieb Jacqueline Miller:
Hi Chris,
This is really helpful.  We are also starting to employ what you have outlined below as routine loan workflow.  However, I would add (from recent experience!), even with FedEx and other international couriers, one should add the location of the inspection office the package needs to be cleared at on the external package labelling.  Below is the gist of what I recommend to colleagues for package labelling:

First label
(contact info for consignor and consignee)

Second label
SCIENTIFIC SPECIMENS, NO COMMERCIAL VALUE
CONTAINS WILDLIFE, EXEMPT ANIMAL SPECIMENS (if no APHIS or CDC permit required), CONTAINS (or doesn?t contain) CITES, APPENDIX (xxx),
USFWS INSPECTION REQUIRED, 3-177

Third label
USFWS INSPECTION REQUIRED ? MEMPHIS  (airport or office location or other identifyer)
(add any UN designation, eg UN1845, UN3373, as applicable)

Fourth label
SCIENTIFIC SPECIMENS, MUSEUM SPECIMENS, NO COMMERCIAL VALUE

With a label for each side of the crate/box, the declarations are visible from all vantages.  This, plus advance notification of the courier FWS lead seems to be working (most times!). The FWS lead disseminates the info to the relevant USFWS office, and CBP.  Both DHL and FedEx have these leads, I would assume all major carriers do also.

NOTE: we have still had some hiccups, even with this workflow, and are also exploring bonded alternatives for special services (art movers, etc). Pricey, but better protection of our assets during shipping.

Cheers, Jacqui



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Jacqueline Miller, PhD (She/Her/Hers)
Collections Technician 2  -  DNH

100 Queen's Park
Toronto, ON M5S 2C6
416 586 5769

ROM acknowledges that this museum sits on the ancestral lands of the Wendat, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, and the Anishinaabek Nation, which includes the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, since time immemorial to today.

Le ROM reconna?t que le Mus?e est situ? sur les terres ancestrales des Wendats, de la Conf?d?ration des Haudenosaunee et de la Nation Anishinabek, y compris la Premi?re Nation des Mississaugas de Credit, et qu?ils occupent ces terres depuis la nuit des temps.


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Sent: September 9, 2025 1:42 AM
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Cc: Bentley, Andrew Charles <abentley at ku.edu><mailto:abentley at ku.edu>; nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu<mailto:nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu>; Jacqueline Miller <jmiller at rom.on.ca><mailto:jmiller at rom.on.ca>
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Hi Chris,

thanks a lot for this really useful update and keeping the community posted!

Quick question: colleagues in Australia usually still ship via national postal systems. Did your parcel arrive in the USPS-system, or was it send via express service, e.g. FedEx?

I am wondering because you mention that you had to order brokerage. This is only required, if parcels get stranded in national postal systems. If you ship via express service, brokerage is included (that's why express shipping is more costly; 'more' service, but also more control and options to interfere, when things go wrong).

With best wishes
Dirk


Am 09.09.2025 um 00:44 schrieb Chris Grinter:
Hi everyone,
A few updates for everyone to be aware of. I received two boxes from Australia safely this week, however USFWS "refused" my import because of missing Customs Entry numbers (box 6). I have never filled this box out before, but the new de minimis order means we are now responsible for the following process below (essentially being our own customs broker). I spoke with an agent out of the LA office who has made it clear that box 6 is now absolutely required for our 3-177 eDec's. And, all packages must be cleared before import now with that customs entry number. Simply having the 3-177 on the box does not suffice. I'm sure this will vary depending on the carrier and the customs broker they use, please share what you learn.

1) Have sender generate FedEx label and hold package. The label needs to be flagged as a wildlife shipment.
2) Contact FedEx/shipper to tell them you have a wildlife shipment incoming, send them your 3-177 document.
3) Have FedEx give you the customs entry #
4) Update 3-177 with that number, all before the package enters the US.
5) Save all emails with FedEx in case USFWS rejects or has an issue, the legal burden is on them now.

Cases where this does not happen will be referred to enforcement and possible criminal violation under 50 CFR 14.52(a).

Good luck,
Chris

All of the above is based on my personal opinion and should not be considered legal or expert advice.


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On Thu, Aug 28, 2025 at 4:48?AM Jacqueline Miller <jmiller at rom.on.ca<mailto:jmiller at rom.on.ca>> wrote:
Thank you Dirk. Yes, this is exactly how DHL ?lost? a shipment of study skin samples that were unfortunately destructively sampled from historical skins.  We have been unable to recover, but the last communication was the CBP took possession from the third party vendor (land), yet we cannot find out which port or office.  It may have us reconsider both DHL and when we permit destructive sampling for international requests.
Ironically, this was the result of a labor dispute with DHL Canada, but it appears from what I am reading here that it could happen any time with respect to inability to track once the POE is crossed.
Thanks again, Jacqui

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Collections Technician II, Mammalogy/Ornithology

100 Queen's Park
Toronto, ON M5S 2C6
416 586 5769

ROM acknowledges that this museum sits on the ancestral lands of the Wendat, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, and the Anishinaabek Nation, which includes the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, since time immemorial to today.

Le ROM reconna?t que le Mus?e est situ? sur les terres ancestrales des Wendats, de la Conf?d?ration des Haudenosaunee et de la Nation Anishinabek, y compris la Premi?re Nation des Mississaugas de Credit, et qu?ils occupent ces terres depuis la nuit des temps.

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Sent: August 28, 2025 4:37 AM
To: Jacqueline Miller <jmiller at rom.on.ca<mailto:jmiller at rom.on.ca>>; Bentley, Andrew Charles <abentley at ku.edu<mailto:abentley at ku.edu>>; nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu<mailto:nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu>
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Hi all,

please be aware that there are two "DHL" carriers, which are strictly separated companies:

- DHL Express (originally founded in the US and taken over by German (national) Deutsche Post, which then rebranded itself)
- and just DHL (= DHL Paket, the German national postal parcel service, which is equivalent e.g. with USPS); they also offer and international "express" service, which is handled outside the DHL Express system.

This similarity of brand names causes frequent confusion.
Jacqui, I assume that DHL Parcel shipments to Canada should still be fine. The disadvantage of national postal services however is that you can track usually only within their own tracking systems, which means that as soon as an international parcel is handed over into an other (national) system, it may get a different tracking number and/or can no longer be tracked under its original tracking number you received.

And yes, Andy, the 100 USD exemption is not applicable for us.

Hope this further clarifies.
Dirk


Am 25.08.2025 um 17:18 schrieb Jacqueline Miller:
Good day all;

Just a clarification, please.  Can Canada still use DHL for international museum shipments? This is our vendor of record. We have already had a package of specimens go missing this summer under DHL, in limbo somewhere with CBP.

Also, at ROM, we are changing our loans workflow to ensure advance notification is made to both USFWS and CBP.  So far I have trialed this process with FedEx, and we have had excellent results (the next day with full clearances!).

Cheers, Jacqui



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Jacqueline Miller, PhD (She/Her/Hers)
Collections Technician 2  -  DNH

100 Queen's Park
Toronto, ON M5S 2C6
416 586 5769

ROM acknowledges that this museum sits on the ancestral lands of the Wendat, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, and the Anishinaabek Nation, which includes the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, since time immemorial to today.

Le ROM reconna?t que le Mus?e est situ? sur les terres ancestrales des Wendats, de la Conf?d?ration des Haudenosaunee et de la Nation Anishinabek, y compris la Premi?re Nation des Mississaugas de Credit, et qu?ils occupent ces terres depuis la nuit des temps.


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Thanks for this info Dirk.  The news is starting to trickle down to us here in the US and still trying to figure out the ramifications for natural history loans, however there are still two things that are true.


  1.  Important to send materials by courier (FedEx or UPS) and not national postal service (DHL is transferred into the US postal service upon arrival) so that it can be tracked, and

  1.  Most important to alert us to any material that is being returned or sent our way so that we can provide the necessary import paperwork (USFWS 3-177) to ensure clearing of customs in an expedited manner.

There is still an exemption to import tariffs for material under $100 so we should still be OK but always good to be safe than sorry.

Thanks

Andy

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Subject: [Nhcoll-l] De Minimis removal for imports to the United States


Dear colleagues,

the Executive order suspending the De Minimis Treatment For All Countries" gets effective on 29 August, 00:01 Eastern Daylight Time.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/07/suspending-duty-free-de-minimis-treatment-for-all-countries/<https://url.avanan.click/v2/r01/___https:/www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/07/suspending-duty-free-de-minimis-treatment-for-all-countries/___.YXAzOmNhbGFjYWRlbXk6YTpnOmNmZjM5ODg5Y2E5MDllYjUwNDY3MjIzZTJkMjUwZTUyOjc6ZmJhMzowOWU2YmJhOGNhZTIxZGYzOGMwNDFhNjQ2MzM2NTAxZDIxNTE4ZGMzZWI5ZDRlY2Q0MGRhYjE3ZTA0NzJmYWMyOmg6VDpO>

This removed the low-value exemption for all shipments into the US and introduces measures to increase screening for illegal substances or drugs.

This may affect postal shipments handled/forwarded within national postal systems for import to the US / into USPS systems. DHL parcel, i.e. national German parcel service, (which is not the same as DHL Express), declared to suspend all services to the US from 26 August.

The announcement of DHL states, that several other national postal services, are suspending services tot he US, e.g.

  *   Post Nord in Sweden and Denmark; https://group.postnord.com/news-media/2025/postnord-is-temporarily-pausing-certain-goods-to-the-united-states-and-puerto-rico/<https://url.avanan.click/v2/r01/___https:/group.postnord.com/news-media/2025/postnord-is-temporarily-pausing-certain-goods-to-the-united-states-and-puerto-rico/___.YXAzOmNhbGFjYWRlbXk6YTpnOmNmZjM5ODg5Y2E5MDllYjUwNDY3MjIzZTJkMjUwZTUyOjc6OTViNDo1NjJkMmFkMWZkNzc5N2ZiMGMwYjk3MWQ2MDVjYWFkN2VjNWQ3MjE0ZDcwNzUwZjhlYWI1MjkwMjE2YTM5YmVlOmg6VDpO>
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  *   ?PAG in Austria; https://www.post.at/en/p/c/shipments-usa<https://url.avanan.click/v2/r01/___https:/www.post.at/en/p/c/shipments-usa___.YXAzOmNhbGFjYWRlbXk6YTpnOmNmZjM5ODg5Y2E5MDllYjUwNDY3MjIzZTJkMjUwZTUyOjc6MmY3YToyNTFkNTNkYzk1NjYwM2VhZjllNTAyZGVjYjRkZTg4ZGI1OTY5NjA3N2Y5MWJmOWFlM2YwY2QxNmY0ZDgyODM5Omg6VDpO>



Please check your the information of your local postal carrier to avoid problems with your shipments into the US and keep yourself informed about potential changes.

With best wishes

Dirk




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From: d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de (Dirk Neumann)
Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2025 15:46:15 +0200
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] [EXTERN] RE: De Minimis removal for imports to the
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Hi Jacqui,

a second key-point would be to come up with an agreed syllabus for eDec entries (electronic Declarations); a main issue is that apriori declaration and clearance is based on eDecs nowadays. Too many people, too many possible interpretations.

With best wishes
Dirk


Am 09.09.2025 um 15:41 schrieb Jacqueline Miller:
Noted, Dirk, thank you! That is a good point.  I would be in favour of a discussion regarding standardized labels, especially if we can eventually run them by the various Government offices for their input.  These days I feel ?flagging? packages is appropriate, and clearly advertises transparency and compliance.

Thanks again, Jacqui

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ROM acknowledges that this museum sits on the ancestral lands of the Wendat, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, and the Anishinaabek Nation, which includes the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, since time immemorial to today.

Le ROM reconna?t que le Mus?e est situ? sur les terres ancestrales des Wendats, de la Conf?d?ration des Haudenosaunee et de la Nation Anishinabek, y compris la Premi?re Nation des Mississaugas de Credit, et qu?ils occupent ces terres depuis la nuit des temps.



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Sent: September 9, 2025 9:35 AM
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Hi Jacqui and all,

I would advocate for PRESERVED MUSEUM SPECIMENS; "SCIENTIFIC SPECIMENS" can be any weird samples for an university based researcher, this wording frequently is red-taping consignments (at least for imports to the EU).

If I remember correctly (others that attended our symposium with local USFWS officers at the SPHNC conference in San Francisco may correct me), at least the USFWS officers there were ok with the wording 'preserved museum specimens' to distinguish our preserved stuff from hunting trophies etc.

Would it be worth designing a standardised label? We discussed this way back in time (2009?), but the fear back then was that we would flag our parcels to be called for inspection. We had a template for a one-stop-shop declaration on one label, need to dig this out. If this would be interesting?

With best wishes
Dirk

Am 09.09.2025 um 14:51 schrieb Jacqueline Miller:
Hi Chris,
This is really helpful.  We are also starting to employ what you have outlined below as routine loan workflow.  However, I would add (from recent experience!), even with FedEx and other international couriers, one should add the location of the inspection office the package needs to be cleared at on the external package labelling.  Below is the gist of what I recommend to colleagues for package labelling:

First label
(contact info for consignor and consignee)

Second label
SCIENTIFIC SPECIMENS, NO COMMERCIAL VALUE
CONTAINS WILDLIFE, EXEMPT ANIMAL SPECIMENS (if no APHIS or CDC permit required), CONTAINS (or doesn?t contain) CITES, APPENDIX (xxx),
USFWS INSPECTION REQUIRED, 3-177

Third label
USFWS INSPECTION REQUIRED ? MEMPHIS  (airport or office location or other identifyer)
(add any UN designation, eg UN1845, UN3373, as applicable)

Fourth label
SCIENTIFIC SPECIMENS, MUSEUM SPECIMENS, NO COMMERCIAL VALUE

With a label for each side of the crate/box, the declarations are visible from all vantages.  This, plus advance notification of the courier FWS lead seems to be working (most times!). The FWS lead disseminates the info to the relevant USFWS office, and CBP.  Both DHL and FedEx have these leads, I would assume all major carriers do also.

NOTE: we have still had some hiccups, even with this workflow, and are also exploring bonded alternatives for special services (art movers, etc). Pricey, but better protection of our assets during shipping.

Cheers, Jacqui



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416 586 5769


ROM acknowledges that this museum sits on the ancestral lands of the Wendat, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, and the Anishinaabek Nation, which includes the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, since time immemorial to today.

Le ROM reconna?t que le Mus?e est situ? sur les terres ancestrales des Wendats, de la Conf?d?ration des Haudenosaunee et de la Nation Anishinabek, y compris la Premi?re Nation des Mississaugas de Credit, et qu?ils occupent ces terres depuis la nuit des temps.



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Hi Chris,

thanks a lot for this really useful update and keeping the community posted!

Quick question: colleagues in Australia usually still ship via national postal systems. Did your parcel arrive in the USPS-system, or was it send via express service, e.g. FedEx?

I am wondering because you mention that you had to order brokerage. This is only required, if parcels get stranded in national postal systems. If you ship via express service, brokerage is included (that's why express shipping is more costly; 'more' service, but also more control and options to interfere, when things go wrong).

With best wishes
Dirk


Am 09.09.2025 um 00:44 schrieb Chris Grinter:
Hi everyone,
A few updates for everyone to be aware of. I received two boxes from Australia safely this week, however USFWS "refused" my import because of missing Customs Entry numbers (box 6). I have never filled this box out before, but the new de minimis order means we are now responsible for the following process below (essentially being our own customs broker). I spoke with an agent out of the LA office who has made it clear that box 6 is now absolutely required for our 3-177 eDec's. And, all packages must be cleared before import now with that customs entry number. Simply having the 3-177 on the box does not suffice. I'm sure this will vary depending on the carrier and the customs broker they use, please share what you learn.

1) Have sender generate FedEx label and hold package. The label needs to be flagged as a wildlife shipment.
2) Contact FedEx/shipper to tell them you have a wildlife shipment incoming, send them your 3-177 document.
3) Have FedEx give you the customs entry #
4) Update 3-177 with that number, all before the package enters the US.
5) Save all emails with FedEx in case USFWS rejects or has an issue, the legal burden is on them now.

Cases where this does not happen will be referred to enforcement and possible criminal violation under 50 CFR 14.52(a).

Good luck,
Chris

All of the above is based on my personal opinion and should not be considered legal or expert advice.


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On Thu, Aug 28, 2025 at 4:48?AM Jacqueline Miller <jmiller at rom.on.ca<mailto:jmiller at rom.on.ca>> wrote:
Thank you Dirk. Yes, this is exactly how DHL ?lost? a shipment of study skin samples that were unfortunately destructively sampled from historical skins.  We have been unable to recover, but the last communication was the CBP took possession from the third party vendor (land), yet we cannot find out which port or office.  It may have us reconsider both DHL and when we permit destructive sampling for international requests.
Ironically, this was the result of a labor dispute with DHL Canada, but it appears from what I am reading here that it could happen any time with respect to inability to track once the POE is crossed.
Thanks again, Jacqui

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416 586 5769


ROM acknowledges that this museum sits on the ancestral lands of the Wendat, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, and the Anishinaabek Nation, which includes the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, since time immemorial to today.

Le ROM reconna?t que le Mus?e est situ? sur les terres ancestrales des Wendats, de la Conf?d?ration des Haudenosaunee et de la Nation Anishinabek, y compris la Premi?re Nation des Mississaugas de Credit, et qu?ils occupent ces terres depuis la nuit des temps.


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Hi all,

please be aware that there are two "DHL" carriers, which are strictly separated companies:

- DHL Express (originally founded in the US and taken over by German (national) Deutsche Post, which then rebranded itself)
- and just DHL (= DHL Paket, the German national postal parcel service, which is equivalent e.g. with USPS); they also offer and international "express" service, which is handled outside the DHL Express system.

This similarity of brand names causes frequent confusion.
Jacqui, I assume that DHL Parcel shipments to Canada should still be fine. The disadvantage of national postal services however is that you can track usually only within their own tracking systems, which means that as soon as an international parcel is handed over into an other (national) system, it may get a different tracking number and/or can no longer be tracked under its original tracking number you received.

And yes, Andy, the 100 USD exemption is not applicable for us.

Hope this further clarifies.
Dirk


Am 25.08.2025 um 17:18 schrieb Jacqueline Miller:
Good day all;

Just a clarification, please.  Can Canada still use DHL for international museum shipments? This is our vendor of record. We have already had a package of specimens go missing this summer under DHL, in limbo somewhere with CBP.

Also, at ROM, we are changing our loans workflow to ensure advance notification is made to both USFWS and CBP.  So far I have trialed this process with FedEx, and we have had excellent results (the next day with full clearances!).

Cheers, Jacqui



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Collections Technician 2  -  DNH

100 Queen's Park
Toronto, ON M5S 2C6
416 586 5769


ROM acknowledges that this museum sits on the ancestral lands of the Wendat, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, and the Anishinaabek Nation, which includes the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, since time immemorial to today.

Le ROM reconna?t que le Mus?e est situ? sur les terres ancestrales des Wendats, de la Conf?d?ration des Haudenosaunee et de la Nation Anishinabek, y compris la Premi?re Nation des Mississaugas de Credit, et qu?ils occupent ces terres depuis la nuit des temps.



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Thanks for this info Dirk.  The news is starting to trickle down to us here in the US and still trying to figure out the ramifications for natural history loans, however there are still two things that are true.


  1.  Important to send materials by courier (FedEx or UPS) and not national postal service (DHL is transferred into the US postal service upon arrival) so that it can be tracked, and

  1.  Most important to alert us to any material that is being returned or sent our way so that we can provide the necessary import paperwork (USFWS 3-177) to ensure clearing of customs in an expedited manner.

There is still an exemption to import tariffs for material under $100 so we should still be OK but always good to be safe than sorry.

Thanks

Andy

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Dear colleagues,

the Executive order suspending the De Minimis Treatment For All Countries" gets effective on 29 August, 00:01 Eastern Daylight Time.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/07/suspending-duty-free-de-minimis-treatment-for-all-countries/<https://url.avanan.click/v2/r01/___https:/www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/07/suspending-duty-free-de-minimis-treatment-for-all-countries/___.YXAzOmNhbGFjYWRlbXk6YTpnOmNmZjM5ODg5Y2E5MDllYjUwNDY3MjIzZTJkMjUwZTUyOjc6ZmJhMzowOWU2YmJhOGNhZTIxZGYzOGMwNDFhNjQ2MzM2NTAxZDIxNTE4ZGMzZWI5ZDRlY2Q0MGRhYjE3ZTA0NzJmYWMyOmg6VDpO>

This removed the low-value exemption for all shipments into the US and introduces measures to increase screening for illegal substances or drugs.

This may affect postal shipments handled/forwarded within national postal systems for import to the US / into USPS systems. DHL parcel, i.e. national German parcel service, (which is not the same as DHL Express), declared to suspend all services to the US from 26 August.

The announcement of DHL states, that several other national postal services, are suspending services tot he US, e.g.

  *   Post Nord in Sweden and Denmark; https://group.postnord.com/news-media/2025/postnord-is-temporarily-pausing-certain-goods-to-the-united-states-and-puerto-rico/<https://url.avanan.click/v2/r01/___https:/group.postnord.com/news-media/2025/postnord-is-temporarily-pausing-certain-goods-to-the-united-states-and-puerto-rico/___.YXAzOmNhbGFjYWRlbXk6YTpnOmNmZjM5ODg5Y2E5MDllYjUwNDY3MjIzZTJkMjUwZTUyOjc6OTViNDo1NjJkMmFkMWZkNzc5N2ZiMGMwYjk3MWQ2MDVjYWFkN2VjNWQ3MjE0ZDcwNzUwZjhlYWI1MjkwMjE2YTM5YmVlOmg6VDpO>
  *   BPost in Belgium; https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/en/2025/08/20/bpost-to-suspend-parcel-service-to-the-us-from-friday/<https://url.avanan.click/v2/r01/___https:/www.vrt.be/vrtnws/en/2025/08/20/bpost-to-suspend-parcel-service-to-the-us-from-friday/___.YXAzOmNhbGFjYWRlbXk6YTpnOmNmZjM5ODg5Y2E5MDllYjUwNDY3MjIzZTJkMjUwZTUyOjc6MTNhNjo4YTA4OTAyMjFiZDg3NGM4YWFmM2Q1ZjYyODYxNWUzMWE4ZTVhMWE3Yjk2MjJjNzc3ZjdhOThlZTkzNDM0MGJjOmg6VDpO>
  *   ?PAG in Austria; https://www.post.at/en/p/c/shipments-usa<https://url.avanan.click/v2/r01/___https:/www.post.at/en/p/c/shipments-usa___.YXAzOmNhbGFjYWRlbXk6YTpnOmNmZjM5ODg5Y2E5MDllYjUwNDY3MjIzZTJkMjUwZTUyOjc6MmY3YToyNTFkNTNkYzk1NjYwM2VhZjllNTAyZGVjYjRkZTg4ZGI1OTY5NjA3N2Y5MWJmOWFlM2YwY2QxNmY0ZDgyODM5Omg6VDpO>



Please check your the information of your local postal carrier to avoid problems with your shipments into the US and keep yourself informed about potential changes.

With best wishes

Dirk




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Hi all

I created the attached document some time ago for our staff to formalize eDec entries.  It has some institutional specific information but may be helpful to others.  I may need to amend it now with the new information:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zat4CLpagKX0XQAYOXN6sWhXxhYlpxvI4KzKYignPlY/edit?usp=sharing

Also, the language required on the outside of packages in SP A180 is "scientific research specimens" so we should probably stick with that if possible.

We had the attached package labels made up for domestic and international shipments.

Andy


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Hi Jacqui,

a second key-point would be to come up with an agreed syllabus for eDec entries (electronic Declarations); a main issue is that apriori declaration and clearance is based on eDecs nowadays. Too many people, too many possible interpretations.

With best wishes
Dirk


Am 09.09.2025 um 15:41 schrieb Jacqueline Miller:

Noted, Dirk, thank you! That is a good point.  I would be in favour of a discussion regarding standardized labels, especially if we can eventually run them by the various Government offices for their input.  These days I feel ?flagging? packages is appropriate, and clearly advertises transparency and compliance.



Thanks again, Jacqui



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Le ROM reconna?t que le Mus?e est situ? sur les terres ancestrales des Wendats, de la Conf?d?ration des Haudenosaunee et de la Nation Anishinabek, y compris la Premi?re Nation des Mississaugas de Credit, et qu?ils occupent ces terres depuis la nuit des temps.





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Hi Jacqui and all,



I would advocate for PRESERVED MUSEUM SPECIMENS; "SCIENTIFIC SPECIMENS" can be any weird samples for an university based researcher, this wording frequently is red-taping consignments (at least for imports to the EU).



If I remember correctly (others that attended our symposium with local USFWS officers at the SPHNC conference in San Francisco may correct me), at least the USFWS officers there were ok with the wording 'preserved museum specimens' to distinguish our preserved stuff from hunting trophies etc.



Would it be worth designing a standardised label? We discussed this way back in time (2009?), but the fear back then was that we would flag our parcels to be called for inspection. We had a template for a one-stop-shop declaration on one label, need to dig this out. If this would be interesting?



With best wishes

Dirk



Am 09.09.2025 um 14:51 schrieb Jacqueline Miller:

Hi Chris,

This is really helpful.  We are also starting to employ what you have outlined below as routine loan workflow.  However, I would add (from recent experience!), even with FedEx and other international couriers, one should add the location of the inspection office the package needs to be cleared at on the external package labelling.  Below is the gist of what I recommend to colleagues for package labelling:



First label

(contact info for consignor and consignee)



Second label

SCIENTIFIC SPECIMENS, NO COMMERCIAL VALUE

CONTAINS WILDLIFE, EXEMPT ANIMAL SPECIMENS (if no APHIS or CDC permit required), CONTAINS (or doesn?t contain) CITES, APPENDIX (xxx),

USFWS INSPECTION REQUIRED, 3-177



Third label

USFWS INSPECTION REQUIRED ? MEMPHIS  (airport or office location or other identifyer)

(add any UN designation, eg UN1845, UN3373, as applicable)



Fourth label

SCIENTIFIC SPECIMENS, MUSEUM SPECIMENS, NO COMMERCIAL VALUE



With a label for each side of the crate/box, the declarations are visible from all vantages.  This, plus advance notification of the courier FWS lead seems to be working (most times!). The FWS lead disseminates the info to the relevant USFWS office, and CBP.  Both DHL and FedEx have these leads, I would assume all major carriers do also.



NOTE: we have still had some hiccups, even with this workflow, and are also exploring bonded alternatives for special services (art movers, etc). Pricey, but better protection of our assets during shipping.



Cheers, Jacqui







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416 586 5769



ROM acknowledges that this museum sits on the ancestral lands of the Wendat, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, and the Anishinaabek Nation, which includes the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, since time immemorial to today.

Le ROM reconna?t que le Mus?e est situ? sur les terres ancestrales des Wendats, de la Conf?d?ration des Haudenosaunee et de la Nation Anishinabek, y compris la Premi?re Nation des Mississaugas de Credit, et qu?ils occupent ces terres depuis la nuit des temps.





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Hi Chris,



thanks a lot for this really useful update and keeping the community posted!



Quick question: colleagues in Australia usually still ship via national postal systems. Did your parcel arrive in the USPS-system, or was it send via express service, e.g. FedEx?



I am wondering because you mention that you had to order brokerage. This is only required, if parcels get stranded in national postal systems. If you ship via express service, brokerage is included (that's why express shipping is more costly; 'more' service, but also more control and options to interfere, when things go wrong).



With best wishes

Dirk





Am 09.09.2025 um 00:44 schrieb Chris Grinter:

Hi everyone,

A few updates for everyone to be aware of. I received two boxes from Australia safely this week, however USFWS "refused" my import because of missing Customs Entry numbers (box 6). I have never filled this box out before, but the new de minimis order means we are now responsible for the following process below (essentially being our own customs broker). I spoke with an agent out of the LA office who has made it clear that box 6 is now absolutely required for our 3-177 eDec's. And, all packages must be cleared before import now with that customs entry number. Simply having the 3-177 on the box does not suffice. I'm sure this will vary depending on the carrier and the customs broker they use, please share what you learn.



1) Have sender generate FedEx label and hold package. The label needs to be flagged as a wildlife shipment.

2) Contact FedEx/shipper to tell them you have a wildlife shipment incoming, send them your 3-177 document.

3) Have FedEx give you the customs entry #

4) Update 3-177 with that number, all before the package enters the US.

5) Save all emails with FedEx in case USFWS rejects or has an issue, the legal burden is on them now.



Cases where this does not happen will be referred to enforcement and possible criminal violation under 50 CFR 14.52(a).



Good luck,

Chris



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On Thu, Aug 28, 2025 at 4:48?AM Jacqueline Miller <jmiller at rom.on.ca<mailto:jmiller at rom.on.ca>> wrote:

Thank you Dirk. Yes, this is exactly how DHL ?lost? a shipment of study skin samples that were unfortunately destructively sampled from historical skins.  We have been unable to recover, but the last communication was the CBP took possession from the third party vendor (land), yet we cannot find out which port or office.  It may have us reconsider both DHL and when we permit destructive sampling for international requests.

Ironically, this was the result of a labor dispute with DHL Canada, but it appears from what I am reading here that it could happen any time with respect to inability to track once the POE is crossed.

Thanks again, Jacqui



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ROM acknowledges that this museum sits on the ancestral lands of the Wendat, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, and the Anishinaabek Nation, which includes the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, since time immemorial to today.

Le ROM reconna?t que le Mus?e est situ? sur les terres ancestrales des Wendats, de la Conf?d?ration des Haudenosaunee et de la Nation Anishinabek, y compris la Premi?re Nation des Mississaugas de Credit, et qu?ils occupent ces terres depuis la nuit des temps.



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Hi all,



please be aware that there are two "DHL" carriers, which are strictly separated companies:



- DHL Express (originally founded in the US and taken over by German (national) Deutsche Post, which then rebranded itself)

- and just DHL (= DHL Paket, the German national postal parcel service, which is equivalent e.g. with USPS); they also offer and international "express" service, which is handled outside the DHL Express system.



This similarity of brand names causes frequent confusion.

Jacqui, I assume that DHL Parcel shipments to Canada should still be fine. The disadvantage of national postal services however is that you can track usually only within their own tracking systems, which means that as soon as an international parcel is handed over into an other (national) system, it may get a different tracking number and/or can no longer be tracked under its original tracking number you received.



And yes, Andy, the 100 USD exemption is not applicable for us.



Hope this further clarifies.

Dirk





Am 25.08.2025 um 17:18 schrieb Jacqueline Miller:

Good day all;



Just a clarification, please.  Can Canada still use DHL for international museum shipments? This is our vendor of record. We have already had a package of specimens go missing this summer under DHL, in limbo somewhere with CBP.



Also, at ROM, we are changing our loans workflow to ensure advance notification is made to both USFWS and CBP.  So far I have trialed this process with FedEx, and we have had excellent results (the next day with full clearances!).



Cheers, Jacqui







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100 Queen's Park
Toronto, ON M5S 2C6
416 586 5769



ROM acknowledges that this museum sits on the ancestral lands of the Wendat, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, and the Anishinaabek Nation, which includes the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, since time immemorial to today.

Le ROM reconna?t que le Mus?e est situ? sur les terres ancestrales des Wendats, de la Conf?d?ration des Haudenosaunee et de la Nation Anishinabek, y compris la Premi?re Nation des Mississaugas de Credit, et qu?ils occupent ces terres depuis la nuit des temps.





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Thanks for this info Dirk.  The news is starting to trickle down to us here in the US and still trying to figure out the ramifications for natural history loans, however there are still two things that are true.



  1.  Important to send materials by courier (FedEx or UPS) and not national postal service (DHL is transferred into the US postal service upon arrival) so that it can be tracked, and

  1.  Most important to alert us to any material that is being returned or sent our way so that we can provide the necessary import paperwork (USFWS 3-177) to ensure clearing of customs in an expedited manner.



There is still an exemption to import tariffs for material under $100 so we should still be OK but always good to be safe than sorry.



Thanks



Andy

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Subject: [Nhcoll-l] De Minimis removal for imports to the United States



Dear colleagues,

the Executive order suspending the De Minimis Treatment For All Countries" gets effective on 29 August, 00:01 Eastern Daylight Time.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/07/suspending-duty-free-de-minimis-treatment-for-all-countries/<https://url.avanan.click/v2/r01/___https:/www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/07/suspending-duty-free-de-minimis-treatment-for-all-countries/___.YXAzOmNhbGFjYWRlbXk6YTpnOmNmZjM5ODg5Y2E5MDllYjUwNDY3MjIzZTJkMjUwZTUyOjc6ZmJhMzowOWU2YmJhOGNhZTIxZGYzOGMwNDFhNjQ2MzM2NTAxZDIxNTE4ZGMzZWI5ZDRlY2Q0MGRhYjE3ZTA0NzJmYWMyOmg6VDpO>

This removed the low-value exemption for all shipments into the US and introduces measures to increase screening for illegal substances or drugs.

This may affect postal shipments handled/forwarded within national postal systems for import to the US / into USPS systems. DHL parcel, i.e. national German parcel service, (which is not the same as DHL Express), declared to suspend all services to the US from 26 August.

The announcement of DHL states, that several other national postal services, are suspending services tot he US, e.g.

  *   Post Nord in Sweden and Denmark; https://group.postnord.com/news-media/2025/postnord-is-temporarily-pausing-certain-goods-to-the-united-states-and-puerto-rico/<https://url.avanan.click/v2/r01/___https:/group.postnord.com/news-media/2025/postnord-is-temporarily-pausing-certain-goods-to-the-united-states-and-puerto-rico/___.YXAzOmNhbGFjYWRlbXk6YTpnOmNmZjM5ODg5Y2E5MDllYjUwNDY3MjIzZTJkMjUwZTUyOjc6OTViNDo1NjJkMmFkMWZkNzc5N2ZiMGMwYjk3MWQ2MDVjYWFkN2VjNWQ3MjE0ZDcwNzUwZjhlYWI1MjkwMjE2YTM5YmVlOmg6VDpO>
  *   BPost in Belgium; https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/en/2025/08/20/bpost-to-suspend-parcel-service-to-the-us-from-friday/<https://url.avanan.click/v2/r01/___https:/www.vrt.be/vrtnws/en/2025/08/20/bpost-to-suspend-parcel-service-to-the-us-from-friday/___.YXAzOmNhbGFjYWRlbXk6YTpnOmNmZjM5ODg5Y2E5MDllYjUwNDY3MjIzZTJkMjUwZTUyOjc6MTNhNjo4YTA4OTAyMjFiZDg3NGM4YWFmM2Q1ZjYyODYxNWUzMWE4ZTVhMWE3Yjk2MjJjNzc3ZjdhOThlZTkzNDM0MGJjOmg6VDpO>
  *   ?PAG in Austria; https://www.post.at/en/p/c/shipments-usa<https://url.avanan.click/v2/r01/___https:/www.post.at/en/p/c/shipments-usa___.YXAzOmNhbGFjYWRlbXk6YTpnOmNmZjM5ODg5Y2E5MDllYjUwNDY3MjIzZTJkMjUwZTUyOjc6MmY3YToyNTFkNTNkYzk1NjYwM2VhZjllNTAyZGVjYjRkZTg4ZGI1OTY5NjA3N2Y5MWJmOWFlM2YwY2QxNmY0ZDgyODM5Omg6VDpO>



Please check your the information of your local postal carrier to avoid problems with your shipments into the US and keep yourself informed about potential changes.

With best wishes

Dirk





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From Joachim.Haendel at zns.uni-halle.de  Tue Sep  9 10:19:32 2025
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Date: Tue, 09 Sep 2025 16:19:32 +0200
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Antw: Re: [EXTERN] RE: De Minimis removal for imports to
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Dear all,

Yes ? the term ?SCIENTIFIC SPECIMENS? could trigger a veterinary
inspection because they are obviously (or at least not certainly) not
preserved.
That's what my colleagues at customs explained to me over coffee.

All the best,
Joachim


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>>> Dirk Neumann <d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de> schrieb am 09.09.2025 um
15:35:
Hi Jacqui and all,

I would advocate for PRESERVED MUSEUM SPECIMENS; "SCIENTIFIC SPECIMENS"
can be any weird samples for an university based researcher, this
wording frequently is red-taping consignments (at least for imports to
the EU).

If I remember correctly (others that attended our symposium with local
USFWS officers at the SPHNC conference in San Francisco may correct me),
at least the USFWS officers there were ok with the wording 'preserved
museum specimens' to distinguish our preserved stuff from hunting
trophies etc.

Would it be worth designing a standardised label? We discussed this way
back in time (2009?), but the fear back then was that we would flag our
parcels to be called for inspection. We had a template for a
one-stop-shop declaration on one label, need to dig this out. If this
would be interesting? 

With best wishes
Dirk

Am 09.09.2025 um 14:51 schrieb Jacqueline Miller:


Hi Chris,
This is really helpful. We are also starting to employ what you have
outlined below as routine loan workflow. However, I would add (from
recent experience!), even with FedEx and other international couriers,
one should add the location of the inspection office the package needs
to be cleared at on the external package labelling. Below is the gist of
what I recommend to colleagues for package labelling: 
 
First label
(contact info for consignor and consignee)
 
Second label
SCIENTIFIC SPECIMENS, NO COMMERCIAL VALUE
CONTAINS WILDLIFE, EXEMPT ANIMAL SPECIMENS (if no APHIS or CDC permit
required), CONTAINS (or doesn?t contain) CITES, APPENDIX (xxx),
USFWS INSPECTION REQUIRED, 3-177
 
Third label
USFWS INSPECTION REQUIRED ? MEMPHIS (airport or office location or
other identifyer)
(add any UN designation, eg UN1845, UN3373, as applicable)
 
Fourth label
SCIENTIFIC SPECIMENS, MUSEUM SPECIMENS, NO COMMERCIAL VALUE
 
With a label for each side of the crate/box, the declarations are
visible from all vantages. This, plus advance notification of the
courier FWS lead seems to be working (most times!). The FWS lead
disseminates the info to the relevant USFWS office, and CBP. Both DHL
and FedEx have these leads, I would assume all major carriers do also. 
 
NOTE: we have still had some hiccups, even with this workflow, and are
also exploring bonded alternatives for special services (art movers,
etc). Pricey, but better protection of our assets during shipping.
 
Cheers, Jacqui
 
 
 

Jacqueline Miller, PhD (She/Her/Hers)
Collections Technician 2 - DNH 

100 Queen's Park
Toronto, ON M5S 2C6
416 586 5769
 
ROM acknowledges that this museum sits on the ancestral lands of the
Wendat, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, and the Anishinaabek Nation,
which includes the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, since time
immemorial to today.

Le ROM reconna?t que le Mus?e est situ? sur les terres ancestrales des
Wendats, de la Conf?d?ration des Haudenosaunee et de la Nation
Anishinabek, y compris la Premi?re Nation des Mississaugas de Credit, et
qu?ils occupent ces terres depuis la nuit des temps.
 
 
From: Dirk Neumann<d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de>
( mailto:d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de) 
Sent: September 9, 2025 1:42 AM
To: Chris Grinter <cgrinter at calacademy.org>
( mailto:cgrinter at calacademy.org) 
Cc: Bentley, Andrew Charles <abentley at ku.edu>
( mailto:abentley at ku.edu) ; nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu
( mailto:nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu) ; Jacqueline Miller
<jmiller at rom.on.ca>
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Hi Chris,
 
thanks a lot for this really useful update and keeping the community
posted!
 
Quick question: colleagues in Australia usually still ship via national
postal systems. Did your parcel arrive in the USPS-system, or was it
send via express service, e.g. FedEx?
 
I am wondering because you mention that you had to order brokerage.
This is only required, if parcels get stranded in national postal
systems. If you ship via express service, brokerage is included (that's
why express shipping is more costly; 'more' service, but also more
control and options to interfere, when things go wrong).
 
With best wishes
Dirk  
 
 
Am 09.09.2025 um 00:44 schrieb Chris Grinter:


Hi everyone,
A few updates for everyone to be aware of. I received two boxes from
Australia safely this week, however USFWS "refused" my import because of
missing Customs Entry numbers (box 6). I havenever filled this box out
before, but the new de minimis order means we are now responsible for
the following process below (essentially being our own customs broker).
I spoke with an agent out of the LA office who has made it clear that
box 6 is now absolutely required for our 3-177 eDec's. And, all packages
must be cleared before import now with that customs entry number. Simply
having the 3-177 on the box does not suffice. I'm sure this will vary
depending on the carrier and the customs broker they use, please share
what you learn.
 
1) Have sender generate FedEx label and hold package. The label needs
to be flagged as a wildlife shipment.
2) Contact FedEx/shipper to tell them you have a wildlife shipment
incoming, send them your 3-177 document.
3) Have FedEx give you the customs entry #
4) Update 3-177 with that number, all before the package enters the US.

5) Save all emails with FedEx in case USFWS rejects or has an issue,
the legal burden is on them now.
 
Cases where this does not happen will be referred to enforcement and
possible criminal violation under 50 CFR 14.52(a).
 
Good luck,
Chris
 
All of the above is based on my personal opinion and should not be
considered legal or expert advice.
 
 
Christopher C. Grinter
Senior Collection Manager of Entomology
Secretary, The Lepidopterists? Society
Subject Editor: Lepidoptera, The Pacific Coast Entomological Society
California Academy of Sciences
55 Music Concourse Dr
San Francisco, CA 94118
T 415.379.5320
We regenerate the natural world through science, learning, and
collaboration.
Learn more atcalacademy.org
( http://www.calacademy.org/) 
 
 
On Thu, Aug 28, 2025 at 4:48?AM Jacqueline Miller <jmiller at rom.on.ca>
wrote:


Thank you Dirk. Yes, this is exactly how DHL ?lost? a shipment of study
skin samples that were unfortunately destructively sampled from
historical skins. We have been unable to recover, but the last
communication was the CBP took possession from the third party vendor
(land), yet we cannot find out which port or office. It may have us
reconsider both DHL and when we permit destructive sampling for
international requests.
Ironically, this was the result of a labor dispute with DHL Canada, but
it appears from what I am reading here that it could happen any time
with respect to inability to track once the POE is crossed.
Thanks again, Jacqui
 

Jacqueline Miller, M.Sc. (She/Her/Hers)
Collections Technician II, Mammalogy/Ornithology

100 Queen's Park
Toronto, ON M5S 2C6
416 586 5769
 
ROM acknowledges that this museum sits on the ancestral lands of the
Wendat, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, and the Anishinaabek Nation,
which includes the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, since time
immemorial to today.

Le ROM reconna?t que le Mus?e est situ? sur les terres ancestrales des
Wendats, de la Conf?d?ration des Haudenosaunee et de la Nation
Anishinabek, y compris la Premi?re Nation des Mississaugas de Credit, et
qu?ils occupent ces terres depuis la nuit des temps.
 
From: Dirk Neumann <d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de>
Sent: August 28, 2025 4:37 AM
To: Jacqueline Miller <jmiller at rom.on.ca>; Bentley, Andrew Charles
<abentley at ku.edu>;nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu
( mailto:nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu) 
Subject: Re: [EXTERN] RE: [Nhcoll-l] De Minimis removal for imports to
the United States
 
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Hi all,
 
please be aware that there are two "DHL" carriers, which are strictly
separated companies:
 
- DHLExpress (originally founded in the US and taken over by German
(national) Deutsche Post, which then rebranded itself)
- and just DHL (= DHL Paket, the German national postal parcel service,
which is equivalent e.g. with USPS); they also offer and international
"express" service, which is handled outside the DHL Express system.
 
This similarity of brand names causes frequent confusion.
Jacqui, I assume that DHL Parcel shipments to Canada should still be
fine. The disadvantage of national postal services however is that you
can track usually only within their own tracking systems, which means
that as soon as an international parcel is handed over into an other
(national) system, it may get a different tracking number and/or can no
longer be tracked under its original tracking number you received.
 
And yes, Andy, the 100 USD exemption is not applicable for us.
 
Hope this further clarifies.
Dirk
 
 
Am 25.08.2025 um 17:18 schrieb Jacqueline Miller:


Good day all;
 
Just a clarification, please. Can Canada still use DHL for
international museum shipments? This is our vendor of record. We have
already had a package of specimens go missing this summer under DHL, in
limbo somewhere with CBP. 
 
Also, at ROM, we are changing our loans workflow to ensure advance
notification is made to both USFWS and CBP. So far I have trialed this
process with FedEx, and we have had excellent results (the next day with
full clearances!). 
 
Cheers, Jacqui
 
 
 

Jacqueline Miller, PhD (She/Her/Hers)
Collections Technician 2 - DNH 

100 Queen's Park
Toronto, ON M5S 2C6
416 586 5769
 
ROM acknowledges that this museum sits on the ancestral lands of the
Wendat, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, and the Anishinaabek Nation,
which includes the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, since time
immemorial to today.

Le ROM reconna?t que le Mus?e est situ? sur les terres ancestrales des
Wendats, de la Conf?d?ration des Haudenosaunee et de la Nation
Anishinabek, y compris la Premi?re Nation des Mississaugas de Credit, et
qu?ils occupent ces terres depuis la nuit des temps.
 
 
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( mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu)  On Behalf Of Bentley,
Andrew Charles
Sent: August 25, 2025 10:18 AM
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Thanks for this info Dirk. The news is starting to trickle down to us
here in the US and still trying to figure out the ramifications for
natural history loans, however there are still two things that are
true.
 
Important to send materials by courier (FedEx or UPS) and not national
postal service (DHL is transferred into the US postal service upon
arrival) so that it can be tracked, and
Most important to alert us to any material that is being returned or
sent our way so that we can provide the necessary import paperwork
(USFWS 3-177) to ensure clearing of customs in an expedited manner.
 
There is still an exemption to import tariffs for material under $100
so we should still be OK but always good to be safe than sorry.
 
Thanks
 
Andy
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Subject: [Nhcoll-l] De Minimis removal for imports to the United
States
 
Dear colleagues, 
the Executive order suspending the De Minimis Treatment For All
Countries" gets effective on 29 August, 00:01 Eastern Daylight Time.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/07/suspending-duty-free-de-minimis-treatment-for-all-countries/
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This removed the low-value exemption for all shipments into the US and
introduces measures to increase screening for illegal substances or
drugs. 
This may affect postal shipments handled/forwarded within national
postal systems for import to the US / into USPS systems. DHL parcel,
i.e. national German parcel service, (which is not the same as DHL
Express), declared to suspend all services to the US from 26 August.
The announcement of DHL states, that several other national postal
services, are suspending services tot he US, e.g. 
Post Nord in Sweden and Denmark;
https://group.postnord.com/news-media/2025/postnord-is-temporarily-pausing-certain-goods-to-the-united-states-and-puerto-rico/
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?PAG in Austria; https://www.post.at/en/p/c/shipments-usa
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Please check your the information of your local postal carrier to avoid
problems with your shipments into the US and keep yourself informed
about potential changes.
With best wishes
Dirk
 
 
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From: jmiller at rom.on.ca (Jacqueline Miller)
Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2025 15:28:57 +0000
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Antw: Re: [EXTERN] RE: De Minimis removal for
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Canada still undertakes veterinary inspection, even for museum materials under the HS extension 9818.   Just forwarning folks, Zoosanitation or phytosanitation certificates are necessary importing into Canada, pretty much any time an import permit is required for biologicals.  This is irrespective of treatment for pests/zoonoses.

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Dear all,

Yes ? the term ?SCIENTIFIC SPECIMENS? could trigger a veterinary inspection because they are obviously (or at least not certainly) not preserved.
That's what my colleagues at customs explained to me over coffee.

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>>> Dirk Neumann <d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de<mailto:d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de>> schrieb am 09.09.2025 um 15:35:
Hi Jacqui and all,

I would advocate for PRESERVED MUSEUM SPECIMENS; "SCIENTIFIC SPECIMENS" can be any weird samples for an university based researcher, this wording frequently is red-taping consignments (at least for imports to the EU).

If I remember correctly (others that attended our symposium with local USFWS officers at the SPHNC conference in San Francisco may correct me), at least the USFWS officers there were ok with the wording 'preserved museum specimens' to distinguish our preserved stuff from hunting trophies etc.

Would it be worth designing a standardised label? We discussed this way back in time (2009?), but the fear back then was that we would flag our parcels to be called for inspection. We had a template for a one-stop-shop declaration on one label, need to dig this out. If this would be interesting?

With best wishes
Dirk

Am 09.09.2025 um 14:51 schrieb Jacqueline Miller:
Hi Chris,
This is really helpful. We are also starting to employ what you have outlined below as routine loan workflow. However, I would add (from recent experience!), even with FedEx and other international couriers, one should add the location of the inspection office the package needs to be cleared at on the external package labelling. Below is the gist of what I recommend to colleagues for package labelling:

First label
(contact info for consignor and consignee)

Second label
SCIENTIFIC SPECIMENS, NO COMMERCIAL VALUE
CONTAINS WILDLIFE, EXEMPT ANIMAL SPECIMENS (if no APHIS or CDC permit required), CONTAINS (or doesn?t contain) CITES, APPENDIX (xxx),
USFWS INSPECTION REQUIRED, 3-177

Third label
USFWS INSPECTION REQUIRED ? MEMPHIS (airport or office location or other identifyer)
(add any UN designation, eg UN1845, UN3373, as applicable)

Fourth label
SCIENTIFIC SPECIMENS, MUSEUM SPECIMENS, NO COMMERCIAL VALUE

With a label for each side of the crate/box, the declarations are visible from all vantages. This, plus advance notification of the courier FWS lead seems to be working (most times!). The FWS lead disseminates the info to the relevant USFWS office, and CBP. Both DHL and FedEx have these leads, I would assume all major carriers do also.

NOTE: we have still had some hiccups, even with this workflow, and are also exploring bonded alternatives for special services (art movers, etc). Pricey, but better protection of our assets during shipping.

Cheers, Jacqui



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Toronto, ON M5S 2C6
416 586 5769

ROM acknowledges that this museum sits on the ancestral lands of the Wendat, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, and the Anishinaabek Nation, which includes the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, since time immemorial to today.

Le ROM reconna?t que le Mus?e est situ? sur les terres ancestrales des Wendats, de la Conf?d?ration des Haudenosaunee et de la Nation Anishinabek, y compris la Premi?re Nation des Mississaugas de Credit, et qu?ils occupent ces terres depuis la nuit des temps.


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Hi Chris,

thanks a lot for this really useful update and keeping the community posted!

Quick question: colleagues in Australia usually still ship via national postal systems. Did your parcel arrive in the USPS-system, or was it send via express service, e.g. FedEx?

I am wondering because you mention that you had to order brokerage. This is only required, if parcels get stranded in national postal systems. If you ship via express service, brokerage is included (that's why express shipping is more costly; 'more' service, but also more control and options to interfere, when things go wrong).

With best wishes
Dirk


Am 09.09.2025 um 00:44 schrieb Chris Grinter:
Hi everyone,
A few updates for everyone to be aware of. I received two boxes from Australia safely this week, however USFWS "refused" my import because of missing Customs Entry numbers (box 6). I have never filled this box out before, but the new de minimis order means we are now responsible for the following process below (essentially being our own customs broker). I spoke with an agent out of the LA office who has made it clear that box 6 is now absolutely required for our 3-177 eDec's. And, all packages must be cleared before import now with that customs entry number. Simply having the 3-177 on the box does not suffice. I'm sure this will vary depending on the carrier and the customs broker they use, please share what you learn.

1) Have sender generate FedEx label and hold package. The label needs to be flagged as a wildlife shipment.
2) Contact FedEx/shipper to tell them you have a wildlife shipment incoming, send them your 3-177 document.
3) Have FedEx give you the customs entry #
4) Update 3-177 with that number, all before the package enters the US.
5) Save all emails with FedEx in case USFWS rejects or has an issue, the legal burden is on them now.

Cases where this does not happen will be referred to enforcement and possible criminal violation under 50 CFR 14.52(a).

Good luck,
Chris

All of the above is based on my personal opinion and should not be considered legal or expert advice.


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On Thu, Aug 28, 2025 at 4:48?AM Jacqueline Miller <jmiller at rom.on.ca<mailto:jmiller at rom.on.ca>> wrote:
Thank you Dirk. Yes, this is exactly how DHL ?lost? a shipment of study skin samples that were unfortunately destructively sampled from historical skins. We have been unable to recover, but the last communication was the CBP took possession from the third party vendor (land), yet we cannot find out which port or office. It may have us reconsider both DHL and when we permit destructive sampling for international requests.
Ironically, this was the result of a labor dispute with DHL Canada, but it appears from what I am reading here that it could happen any time with respect to inability to track once the POE is crossed.
Thanks again, Jacqui

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ROM acknowledges that this museum sits on the ancestral lands of the Wendat, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, and the Anishinaabek Nation, which includes the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, since time immemorial to today.

Le ROM reconna?t que le Mus?e est situ? sur les terres ancestrales des Wendats, de la Conf?d?ration des Haudenosaunee et de la Nation Anishinabek, y compris la Premi?re Nation des Mississaugas de Credit, et qu?ils occupent ces terres depuis la nuit des temps.

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Hi all,

please be aware that there are two "DHL" carriers, which are strictly separated companies:

- DHL Express (originally founded in the US and taken over by German (national) Deutsche Post, which then rebranded itself)
- and just DHL (= DHL Paket, the German national postal parcel service, which is equivalent e.g. with USPS); they also offer and international "express" service, which is handled outside the DHL Express system.

This similarity of brand names causes frequent confusion.
Jacqui, I assume that DHL Parcel shipments to Canada should still be fine. The disadvantage of national postal services however is that you can track usually only within their own tracking systems, which means that as soon as an international parcel is handed over into an other (national) system, it may get a different tracking number and/or can no longer be tracked under its original tracking number you received.

And yes, Andy, the 100 USD exemption is not applicable for us.

Hope this further clarifies.
Dirk


Am 25.08.2025 um 17:18 schrieb Jacqueline Miller:
Good day all;

Just a clarification, please. Can Canada still use DHL for international museum shipments? This is our vendor of record. We have already had a package of specimens go missing this summer under DHL, in limbo somewhere with CBP.

Also, at ROM, we are changing our loans workflow to ensure advance notification is made to both USFWS and CBP. So far I have trialed this process with FedEx, and we have had excellent results (the next day with full clearances!).

Cheers, Jacqui



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Toronto, ON M5S 2C6
416 586 5769

ROM acknowledges that this museum sits on the ancestral lands of the Wendat, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, and the Anishinaabek Nation, which includes the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, since time immemorial to today.

Le ROM reconna?t que le Mus?e est situ? sur les terres ancestrales des Wendats, de la Conf?d?ration des Haudenosaunee et de la Nation Anishinabek, y compris la Premi?re Nation des Mississaugas de Credit, et qu?ils occupent ces terres depuis la nuit des temps.


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Thanks for this info Dirk. The news is starting to trickle down to us here in the US and still trying to figure out the ramifications for natural history loans, however there are still two things that are true.


  1.  Important to send materials by courier (FedEx or UPS) and not national postal service (DHL is transferred into the US postal service upon arrival) so that it can be tracked, and

  1.  Most important to alert us to any material that is being returned or sent our way so that we can provide the necessary import paperwork (USFWS 3-177) to ensure clearing of customs in an expedited manner.

There is still an exemption to import tariffs for material under $100 so we should still be OK but always good to be safe than sorry.

Thanks

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Dear colleagues,
the Executive order suspending the De Minimis Treatment For All Countries" gets effective on 29 August, 00:01 Eastern Daylight Time.
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This removed the low-value exemption for all shipments into the US and introduces measures to increase screening for illegal substances or drugs.
This may affect postal shipments handled/forwarded within national postal systems for import to the US / into USPS systems. DHL parcel, i.e. national German parcel service, (which is not the same as DHL Express), declared to suspend all services to the US from 26 August.
The announcement of DHL states, that several other national postal services, are suspending services tot he US, e.g.

  *   Post Nord in Sweden and Denmark; https://group.postnord.com/news-media/2025/postnord-is-temporarily-pausing-certain-goods-to-the-united-states-and-puerto-rico/<https://url.avanan.click/v2/r01/___https:/group.postnord.com/news-media/2025/postnord-is-temporarily-pausing-certain-goods-to-the-united-states-and-puerto-rico/___.YXAzOmNhbGFjYWRlbXk6YTpnOmNmZjM5ODg5Y2E5MDllYjUwNDY3MjIzZTJkMjUwZTUyOjc6OTViNDo1NjJkMmFkMWZkNzc5N2ZiMGMwYjk3MWQ2MDVjYWFkN2VjNWQ3MjE0ZDcwNzUwZjhlYWI1MjkwMjE2YTM5YmVlOmg6VDpO>
  *   BPost in Belgium; https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/en/2025/08/20/bpost-to-suspend-parcel-service-to-the-us-from-friday/<https://url.avanan.click/v2/r01/___https:/www.vrt.be/vrtnws/en/2025/08/20/bpost-to-suspend-parcel-service-to-the-us-from-friday/___.YXAzOmNhbGFjYWRlbXk6YTpnOmNmZjM5ODg5Y2E5MDllYjUwNDY3MjIzZTJkMjUwZTUyOjc6MTNhNjo4YTA4OTAyMjFiZDg3NGM4YWFmM2Q1ZjYyODYxNWUzMWE4ZTVhMWE3Yjk2MjJjNzc3ZjdhOThlZTkzNDM0MGJjOmg6VDpO>
  *   ?PAG in Austria; https://www.post.at/en/p/c/shipments-usa<https://url.avanan.click/v2/r01/___https:/www.post.at/en/p/c/shipments-usa___.YXAzOmNhbGFjYWRlbXk6YTpnOmNmZjM5ODg5Y2E5MDllYjUwNDY3MjIzZTJkMjUwZTUyOjc6MmY3YToyNTFkNTNkYzk1NjYwM2VhZjllNTAyZGVjYjRkZTg4ZGI1OTY5NjA3N2Y5MWJmOWFlM2YwY2QxNmY0ZDgyODM5Omg6VDpO>

Please check your the information of your local postal carrier to avoid problems with your shipments into the US and keep yourself informed about potential changes.
With best wishes
Dirk


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From cgrinter at calacademy.org  Tue Sep  9 13:07:14 2025
From: cgrinter at calacademy.org (Chris Grinter)
Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2025 10:07:14 -0700
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Antw: Re: [EXTERN] RE: De Minimis removal for
 imports to the United States
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Hi all,
Andy, I use a similar label for packages departing CAS and now send
warnings in packages to be contacted before returns are made (although I
have 598 international borrowers who still have loans with CAS...)

Dirk to your question I asked our colleagues in Australia to send via FedEx
which they were happy to do for types. I will certainly be utilizing the
brokers at FedEx or other companies more than I have been in the past, I've
been used to doing this 3-177 filing myself and since we're paying for it
we might as well use their brokers (and they assume legal responsibilities,
although I do worry they don't know exactly what they are doing and may
inadvertently lose or destroy important shipments).

It seems that this box-6 requirement is mostly coming from the LA port,
although the NY port has given me major problems in the past and has
written me up on at least one violation for a box that was labeled in
mandarin not english (declaration was left inside the box, which they
refused to accept).

One thing I left out is the importance of flagging the package *on the
waybill in the description as "requires USFWS clearance"*. The description
of the items in the box doesn't matter, it's the flag for USFWS that is
necessary. We can write whatever we want on the package with whatever
custom label we create, but it can be covered up or ignored, if it's not in
the "correct" place we will be penalized.

Chris

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On Tue, Sep 9, 2025 at 8:29?AM Jacqueline Miller <jmiller at rom.on.ca> wrote:

> Canada still undertakes veterinary inspection, even for museum materials
> under the HS extension 9818.   Just forwarning folks, Zoosanitation or
> phytosanitation certificates are necessary importing into Canada, pretty
> much any time an import permit is required for biologicals.  This is
> irrespective of treatment for pests/zoonoses.
>
>
>
> *Jacqueline Miller, PhD (She/Her/Hers)*
> Collections Technician 2  -  DNH
>
> 100 Queen's Park
> Toronto, ON M5S 2C6
> 416 586 5769
>
>
>
> ROM acknowledges that this museum sits on the ancestral lands of the
> Wendat, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, and the Anishinaabek Nation, which
> includes the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, since time immemorial
> to today.
>
> Le ROM reconna?t que le Mus?e est situ? sur les terres ancestrales des
> Wendats, de la Conf?d?ration des Haudenosaunee et de la Nation Anishinabek,
> y compris la Premi?re Nation des Mississaugas de Credit, et qu?ils occupent
> ces terres depuis la nuit des temps.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Warm regards, Jacqui
>
> *From:* Hans-Joachim H?ndel <Joachim.Haendel at zns.uni-halle.de>
> *Sent:* September 9, 2025 10:20 AM
> *To:* Chris Grinter <cgrinter at calacademy.org>; Dirk Neumann <
> d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de>; Jacqueline Miller <jmiller at rom.on.ca>
> *Cc:* nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu
> *Subject:* Antw: Re: [Nhcoll-l] [EXTERN] RE: De Minimis removal for
> imports to the United States
>
>
>
> You don't often get email from joachim.haendel at zns.uni-halle.de. Learn
> why this is important
> <https://url.avanan.click/v2/r01/___https://aka.ms/LearnAboutSenderIdentification___.YXAzOmNhbGFjYWRlbXk6YTpnOjUwMjM4ZWE1ODFjNWIyOTIzZDEyNDkxMGQ2MTc4YTQ1Ojc6MTRkMjpiM2ZjNDNhNDk3MzI5MjVhZGY0YTllMDBhNTE5YTI2NmNkOWQ1NjFiNTdlNzI5ZTI2ZDgwNmRjYTIyODY2MzgzOmg6VDpO>
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>
> Dear all,
>
>
>
> Yes ? the term ?SCIENTIFIC SPECIMENS? could trigger a veterinary
> inspection because they are obviously (or at least not certainly) not
> preserved.
>
> That's what my colleagues at customs explained to me over coffee.
>
>
>
> All the best,
>
> Joachim
>
>
>
>
>
> --
>
> Joachim Haendel
>
>
>
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> of the Martin Luther University (ZNS)
> - Zoological Collection -
>
> Domplatz 4
> D-06099 Halle (Saale)
> Germany
>
> Phone:  +49 345 - 55 26 447
> Email: joachim.haendel at zns.uni-halle.de
>
>
>
>
>
> >>> Dirk Neumann <d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de> schrieb am 09.09.2025 um
> 15:35:
>
> Hi Jacqui and all,
>
>
>
> I would advocate for PRESERVED MUSEUM SPECIMENS; "SCIENTIFIC SPECIMENS"
> can be any weird samples for an university based researcher, this wording
> frequently is red-taping consignments (at least for imports to the EU).
>
>
>
> If I remember correctly (others that attended our symposium with local
> USFWS officers at the SPHNC conference in San Francisco may correct me), at
> least the USFWS officers there were ok with the wording 'preserved museum
> specimens' to distinguish our preserved stuff from hunting trophies etc.
>
>
>
> Would it be worth designing a standardised label? We discussed this way
> back in time (2009?), but the fear back then was that we would flag our
> parcels to be called for inspection. We had a template for a one-stop-shop
> declaration on one label, need to dig this out. If this would be
> interesting?
>
>
>
> With best wishes
>
> Dirk
>
>
>
> Am 09.09.2025 um 14:51 schrieb Jacqueline Miller:
>
> Hi Chris,
>
> This is really helpful. We are also starting to employ what you have
> outlined below as routine loan workflow. However, I would add (from recent
> experience!), even with FedEx and other international couriers, one should
> add the location of the inspection office the package needs to be cleared
> at on the external package labelling. Below is the gist of what I recommend
> to colleagues for package labelling:
>
>
>
> *First label*
>
> (contact info for consignor and consignee)
>
>
>
> *Second label*
>
> SCIENTIFIC SPECIMENS, NO COMMERCIAL VALUE
>
> CONTAINS WILDLIFE, EXEMPT ANIMAL SPECIMENS (if no APHIS or CDC permit
> required), CONTAINS (or doesn?t contain) CITES, APPENDIX (xxx),
>
> USFWS INSPECTION REQUIRED, 3-177
>
>
>
> *Third label*
>
> USFWS INSPECTION REQUIRED ? MEMPHIS (airport or office location or other
> identifyer)
>
> (add any UN designation, eg UN1845, UN3373, as applicable)
>
>
>
> *Fourth label*
>
> SCIENTIFIC SPECIMENS, MUSEUM SPECIMENS, NO COMMERCIAL VALUE
>
>
>
> With a label for each side of the crate/box, the declarations are visible
> from all vantages. This, plus advance notification of the courier FWS lead
> seems to be working (most times!). The FWS lead disseminates the info to
> the relevant USFWS office, and CBP. Both DHL and FedEx have these leads, I
> would assume all major carriers do also.
>
>
>
> NOTE: we have still had some hiccups, even with this workflow, and are
> also exploring bonded alternatives for special services (art movers, etc).
> Pricey, but better protection of our assets during shipping.
>
>
>
> Cheers, Jacqui
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> *Jacqueline Miller, PhD (She/Her/Hers)*
> Collections Technician 2 - DNH
>
> 100 Queen's Park
> Toronto, ON M5S 2C6
> 416 586 5769
>
>
>
> ROM acknowledges that this museum sits on the ancestral lands of the
> Wendat, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, and the Anishinaabek Nation, which
> includes the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, since time immemorial
> to today.
>
> Le ROM reconna?t que le Mus?e est situ? sur les terres ancestrales des
> Wendats, de la Conf?d?ration des Haudenosaunee et de la Nation Anishinabek,
> y compris la Premi?re Nation des Mississaugas de Credit, et qu?ils occupent
> ces terres depuis la nuit des temps.
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* Dirk Neumann <d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de> <d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de>
> *Sent:* September 9, 2025 1:42 AM
> *To:* Chris Grinter <cgrinter at calacademy.org> <cgrinter at calacademy.org>
> *Cc:* Bentley, Andrew Charles <abentley at ku.edu> <abentley at ku.edu>;
> nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu; Jacqueline Miller <jmiller at rom.on.ca>
> <jmiller at rom.on.ca>
> *Subject:* Re: [Nhcoll-l] [EXTERN] RE: De Minimis removal for imports to
> the United States
>
>
>
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> Hi Chris,
>
>
>
> thanks a lot for this really useful update and keeping the community
> posted!
>
>
>
> Quick question: colleagues in Australia usually still ship via national
> postal systems. Did your parcel arrive in the USPS-system, or was it send
> via express service, e.g. FedEx?
>
>
>
> I am wondering because you mention that you had to order brokerage. This
> is only required, if parcels get stranded in national postal systems. If
> you ship via express service, brokerage is included (that's why express
> shipping is more costly; 'more' service, but also more control and options
> to interfere, when things go wrong).
>
>
>
> With best wishes
>
> Dirk
>
>
>
>
>
> Am 09.09.2025 um 00:44 schrieb Chris Grinter:
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> A few updates for everyone to be aware of. I received two boxes from
> Australia safely this week, however USFWS "refused" my import because of
> missing Customs Entry numbers (box 6). I have *never* filled this box out
> before, but the new de minimis order means we are now responsible for the
> following process below (essentially being our own customs broker). I spoke
> with an agent out of the LA office who has made it clear that box 6 is now
> absolutely required for our 3-177 eDec's. And, all packages must be cleared
> *before* import now with that customs entry number. Simply having the
> 3-177 on the box does not suffice. I'm sure this will vary depending on the
> carrier and the customs broker they use, please share what you learn.
>
>
>
> 1) Have sender generate FedEx label and hold package. The label needs to
> be flagged as a wildlife shipment.
>
> 2) Contact FedEx/shipper to tell them you have a wildlife shipment
> incoming, send them your 3-177 document.
>
> 3) Have FedEx give you the customs entry #
>
> 4) Update 3-177 with that number, all before the package enters the US.
>
> 5) Save all emails with FedEx in case USFWS rejects or has an issue, the
> legal burden is on them now.
>
>
>
> Cases where this does not happen will be referred to enforcement and
> possible criminal violation under 50 CFR 14.52(a).
>
>
>
> Good luck,
>
> Chris
>
>
>
> *All of the above is based on my personal opinion and should not be
> considered legal or expert advice.*
>
>
>
>
>
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>
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>
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> On Thu, Aug 28, 2025 at 4:48?AM Jacqueline Miller <jmiller at rom.on.ca>
> wrote:
>
> Thank you Dirk. Yes, this is exactly how DHL ?lost? a shipment of study
> skin samples that were unfortunately destructively sampled from historical
> skins. We have been unable to recover, but the last communication was the
> CBP took possession from the third party vendor (land), yet we cannot find
> out which port or office. It may have us reconsider both DHL and when we
> permit destructive sampling for international requests.
>
> Ironically, this was the result of a labor dispute with DHL Canada, but it
> appears from what I am reading here that it could happen any time with
> respect to inability to track once the POE is crossed.
>
> Thanks again, Jacqui
>
>
>
> *Jacqueline Miller, M.Sc. (She/Her/Hers)*
> Collections Technician II, Mammalogy/Ornithology
>
> 100 Queen's Park
> Toronto, ON M5S 2C6
> 416 586 5769
>
>
>
> ROM acknowledges that this museum sits on the ancestral lands of the
> Wendat, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, and the Anishinaabek Nation, which
> includes the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, since time immemorial
> to today.
>
> Le ROM reconna?t que le Mus?e est situ? sur les terres ancestrales des
> Wendats, de la Conf?d?ration des Haudenosaunee et de la Nation Anishinabek,
> y compris la Premi?re Nation des Mississaugas de Credit, et qu?ils occupent
> ces terres depuis la nuit des temps.
>
>
>
> *From:* Dirk Neumann <d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de>
> *Sent:* August 28, 2025 4:37 AM
> *To:* Jacqueline Miller <jmiller at rom.on.ca>; Bentley, Andrew Charles <
> abentley at ku.edu>; nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu
> *Subject:* Re: [EXTERN] RE: [Nhcoll-l] De Minimis removal for imports to
> the United States
>
>
>
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>
> Hi all,
>
>
>
> please be aware that there are two "DHL" carriers, which are strictly
> separated companies:
>
>
>
> - DHL *Express* (originally founded in the US and taken over by German
> (national) Deutsche Post, which then rebranded itself)
>
> - and just DHL (= DHL Paket, the German national postal parcel service,
> which is equivalent e.g. with USPS); they also offer and international
> "express" service, which is handled outside the DHL Express system.
>
>
>
> This similarity of brand names causes frequent confusion.
>
> Jacqui, I assume that DHL Parcel shipments to Canada should still be fine.
> The disadvantage of national postal services however is that you can track
> usually only within their own tracking systems, which means that as soon as
> an international parcel is handed over into an other (national) system, it
> may get a different tracking number and/or can no longer be tracked under
> its original tracking number you received.
>
>
>
> And yes, Andy, the 100 USD exemption is not applicable for us.
>
>
>
> Hope this further clarifies.
>
> Dirk
>
>
>
>
>
> Am 25.08.2025 um 17:18 schrieb Jacqueline Miller:
>
> Good day all;
>
>
>
> Just a clarification, please. Can Canada still use DHL for international
> museum shipments? This is our vendor of record. We have already had a
> package of specimens go missing this summer under DHL, in limbo somewhere
> with CBP.
>
>
>
> Also, at ROM, we are changing our loans workflow to ensure advance
> notification is made to both USFWS and CBP. So far I have trialed this
> process with FedEx, and we have had excellent results (the next day with
> full clearances!).
>
>
>
> Cheers, Jacqui
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> *Jacqueline Miller, PhD (She/Her/Hers)*
> Collections Technician 2 - DNH
>
> 100 Queen's Park
> Toronto, ON M5S 2C6
> 416 586 5769
>
>
>
> ROM acknowledges that this museum sits on the ancestral lands of the
> Wendat, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, and the Anishinaabek Nation, which
> includes the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, since time immemorial
> to today.
>
> Le ROM reconna?t que le Mus?e est situ? sur les terres ancestrales des
> Wendats, de la Conf?d?ration des Haudenosaunee et de la Nation Anishinabek,
> y compris la Premi?re Nation des Mississaugas de Credit, et qu?ils occupent
> ces terres depuis la nuit des temps.
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* Nhcoll-l <nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu>
> <nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu> *On Behalf Of *Bentley, Andrew Charles
> *Sent:* August 25, 2025 10:18 AM
> *To:* Dirk Neumann <d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de> <d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de>;
> nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu
> *Subject:* Re: [Nhcoll-l] De Minimis removal for imports to the United
> States
>
>
>
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> Thanks for this info Dirk. The news is starting to trickle down to us here
> in the US and still trying to figure out the ramifications for natural
> history loans, however there are still two things that are true.
>
>
>
>    1. Important to send materials by courier (FedEx or UPS) and not
>    national postal service (DHL is transferred into the US postal service upon
>    arrival) so that it can be tracked, and
>
>
>    2. Most important to alert us to any material that is being returned
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>
>
>
> There is still an exemption to import tariffs for material under $100 so
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>
>
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
> Andy
>
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> *From:* Nhcoll-l <nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu> on behalf of Dirk
> Neumann <d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de>
> *Sent:* Friday, August 22, 2025 8:02 AM
> *To:* nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu <nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu>
> *Subject:* [Nhcoll-l] De Minimis removal for imports to the United States
>
>
>
> Dear colleagues,
>
> the Executive order suspending the De Minimis Treatment For All Countries"
> gets effective on 29 August, 00:01 Eastern Daylight Time.
>
>
> https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/07/suspending-duty-free-de-minimis-treatment-for-all-countries/
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>
> This removed the low-value exemption for all shipments into the US and
> introduces measures to increase screening for illegal substances or drugs.
>
> This may affect postal shipments handled/forwarded within national postal
> systems for import to the US / into USPS systems. DHL parcel, i.e. national
> German parcel service, (which is not the same as DHL Express), declared to
> suspend all services to the US from 26 August.
>
> The announcement of DHL states, that several other national postal
> services, are suspending services tot he US, e.g.
>
>    - Post Nord in Sweden and Denmark;
>    https://group.postnord.com/news-media/2025/postnord-is-temporarily-pausing-certain-goods-to-the-united-states-and-puerto-rico/
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>
>
> Please check your the information of your local postal carrier to avoid
> problems with your shipments into the US and keep yourself informed about
> potential changes.
>
> With best wishes
>
> Dirk
>
>
>
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> Postal address:
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>
> Dirk Neumann
>
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From: jmiller at rom.on.ca (Jacqueline Miller)
Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2025 17:20:47 +0000
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Antw: Re: [EXTERN] RE: De Minimis removal for
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Indeed. We always do and this is good advice. We also add on the waybill notes any special considerations (eg. ?contains CITES?, ?A-180 Not Restricted?, etc).
Best, Jacqui

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Sent: September 9, 2025 1:07 PM
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Subject: Re: Antw: Re: [Nhcoll-l] [EXTERN] RE: De Minimis removal for imports to the United States


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Hi all,
Andy, I use a similar label for packages departing CAS and now send warnings in packages to be contacted before returns are made (although I have 598 international borrowers who still have loans with CAS...)

Dirk to your question I asked our colleagues in Australia to send via FedEx which they were happy to do for types. I will certainly be utilizing the brokers at FedEx or other companies more than I have been in the past, I've been used to doing this 3-177 filing myself and since we're paying for it we might as well use their brokers (and they assume legal responsibilities, although I do worry they don't know exactly what they are doing and may inadvertently lose or destroy important shipments).

It seems that this box-6 requirement is mostly coming from the LA port, although the NY port has given me major problems in the past and has written me up on at least one violation for a box that was labeled in mandarin not english (declaration was left inside the box, which they refused to accept).

One thing I left out is the importance of flagging the package on the waybill in the description as "requires USFWS clearance". The description of the items in the box doesn't matter, it's the flag for USFWS that is necessary. We can write whatever we want on the package with whatever custom label we create, but it can be covered up or ignored, if it's not in the "correct" place we will be penalized.

Chris

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On Tue, Sep 9, 2025 at 8:29?AM Jacqueline Miller <jmiller at rom.on.ca<mailto:jmiller at rom.on.ca>> wrote:
Canada still undertakes veterinary inspection, even for museum materials under the HS extension 9818.   Just forwarning folks, Zoosanitation or phytosanitation certificates are necessary importing into Canada, pretty much any time an import permit is required for biologicals.  This is irrespective of treatment for pests/zoonoses.

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ROM acknowledges that this museum sits on the ancestral lands of the Wendat, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, and the Anishinaabek Nation, which includes the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, since time immemorial to today.

Le ROM reconna?t que le Mus?e est situ? sur les terres ancestrales des Wendats, de la Conf?d?ration des Haudenosaunee et de la Nation Anishinabek, y compris la Premi?re Nation des Mississaugas de Credit, et qu?ils occupent ces terres depuis la nuit des temps.



Warm regards, Jacqui
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Dear all,

Yes ? the term ?SCIENTIFIC SPECIMENS? could trigger a veterinary inspection because they are obviously (or at least not certainly) not preserved.
That's what my colleagues at customs explained to me over coffee.

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>>> Dirk Neumann <d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de<mailto:d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de>> schrieb am 09.09.2025 um 15:35:
Hi Jacqui and all,

I would advocate for PRESERVED MUSEUM SPECIMENS; "SCIENTIFIC SPECIMENS" can be any weird samples for an university based researcher, this wording frequently is red-taping consignments (at least for imports to the EU).

If I remember correctly (others that attended our symposium with local USFWS officers at the SPHNC conference in San Francisco may correct me), at least the USFWS officers there were ok with the wording 'preserved museum specimens' to distinguish our preserved stuff from hunting trophies etc.

Would it be worth designing a standardised label? We discussed this way back in time (2009?), but the fear back then was that we would flag our parcels to be called for inspection. We had a template for a one-stop-shop declaration on one label, need to dig this out. If this would be interesting?

With best wishes
Dirk

Am 09.09.2025 um 14:51 schrieb Jacqueline Miller:
Hi Chris,
This is really helpful. We are also starting to employ what you have outlined below as routine loan workflow. However, I would add (from recent experience!), even with FedEx and other international couriers, one should add the location of the inspection office the package needs to be cleared at on the external package labelling. Below is the gist of what I recommend to colleagues for package labelling:

First label
(contact info for consignor and consignee)

Second label
SCIENTIFIC SPECIMENS, NO COMMERCIAL VALUE
CONTAINS WILDLIFE, EXEMPT ANIMAL SPECIMENS (if no APHIS or CDC permit required), CONTAINS (or doesn?t contain) CITES, APPENDIX (xxx),
USFWS INSPECTION REQUIRED, 3-177

Third label
USFWS INSPECTION REQUIRED ? MEMPHIS (airport or office location or other identifyer)
(add any UN designation, eg UN1845, UN3373, as applicable)

Fourth label
SCIENTIFIC SPECIMENS, MUSEUM SPECIMENS, NO COMMERCIAL VALUE

With a label for each side of the crate/box, the declarations are visible from all vantages. This, plus advance notification of the courier FWS lead seems to be working (most times!). The FWS lead disseminates the info to the relevant USFWS office, and CBP. Both DHL and FedEx have these leads, I would assume all major carriers do also.

NOTE: we have still had some hiccups, even with this workflow, and are also exploring bonded alternatives for special services (art movers, etc). Pricey, but better protection of our assets during shipping.

Cheers, Jacqui



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Hi Chris,

thanks a lot for this really useful update and keeping the community posted!

Quick question: colleagues in Australia usually still ship via national postal systems. Did your parcel arrive in the USPS-system, or was it send via express service, e.g. FedEx?

I am wondering because you mention that you had to order brokerage. This is only required, if parcels get stranded in national postal systems. If you ship via express service, brokerage is included (that's why express shipping is more costly; 'more' service, but also more control and options to interfere, when things go wrong).

With best wishes
Dirk


Am 09.09.2025 um 00:44 schrieb Chris Grinter:
Hi everyone,
A few updates for everyone to be aware of. I received two boxes from Australia safely this week, however USFWS "refused" my import because of missing Customs Entry numbers (box 6). I have never filled this box out before, but the new de minimis order means we are now responsible for the following process below (essentially being our own customs broker). I spoke with an agent out of the LA office who has made it clear that box 6 is now absolutely required for our 3-177 eDec's. And, all packages must be cleared before import now with that customs entry number. Simply having the 3-177 on the box does not suffice. I'm sure this will vary depending on the carrier and the customs broker they use, please share what you learn.

1) Have sender generate FedEx label and hold package. The label needs to be flagged as a wildlife shipment.
2) Contact FedEx/shipper to tell them you have a wildlife shipment incoming, send them your 3-177 document.
3) Have FedEx give you the customs entry #
4) Update 3-177 with that number, all before the package enters the US.
5) Save all emails with FedEx in case USFWS rejects or has an issue, the legal burden is on them now.

Cases where this does not happen will be referred to enforcement and possible criminal violation under 50 CFR 14.52(a).

Good luck,
Chris

All of the above is based on my personal opinion and should not be considered legal or expert advice.


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On Thu, Aug 28, 2025 at 4:48?AM Jacqueline Miller <jmiller at rom.on.ca<mailto:jmiller at rom.on.ca>> wrote:
Thank you Dirk. Yes, this is exactly how DHL ?lost? a shipment of study skin samples that were unfortunately destructively sampled from historical skins. We have been unable to recover, but the last communication was the CBP took possession from the third party vendor (land), yet we cannot find out which port or office. It may have us reconsider both DHL and when we permit destructive sampling for international requests.
Ironically, this was the result of a labor dispute with DHL Canada, but it appears from what I am reading here that it could happen any time with respect to inability to track once the POE is crossed.
Thanks again, Jacqui

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416 586 5769

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Le ROM reconna?t que le Mus?e est situ? sur les terres ancestrales des Wendats, de la Conf?d?ration des Haudenosaunee et de la Nation Anishinabek, y compris la Premi?re Nation des Mississaugas de Credit, et qu?ils occupent ces terres depuis la nuit des temps.

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Hi all,

please be aware that there are two "DHL" carriers, which are strictly separated companies:

- DHL Express (originally founded in the US and taken over by German (national) Deutsche Post, which then rebranded itself)
- and just DHL (= DHL Paket, the German national postal parcel service, which is equivalent e.g. with USPS); they also offer and international "express" service, which is handled outside the DHL Express system.

This similarity of brand names causes frequent confusion.
Jacqui, I assume that DHL Parcel shipments to Canada should still be fine. The disadvantage of national postal services however is that you can track usually only within their own tracking systems, which means that as soon as an international parcel is handed over into an other (national) system, it may get a different tracking number and/or can no longer be tracked under its original tracking number you received.

And yes, Andy, the 100 USD exemption is not applicable for us.

Hope this further clarifies.
Dirk


Am 25.08.2025 um 17:18 schrieb Jacqueline Miller:
Good day all;

Just a clarification, please. Can Canada still use DHL for international museum shipments? This is our vendor of record. We have already had a package of specimens go missing this summer under DHL, in limbo somewhere with CBP.

Also, at ROM, we are changing our loans workflow to ensure advance notification is made to both USFWS and CBP. So far I have trialed this process with FedEx, and we have had excellent results (the next day with full clearances!).

Cheers, Jacqui



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Toronto, ON M5S 2C6
416 586 5769

ROM acknowledges that this museum sits on the ancestral lands of the Wendat, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, and the Anishinaabek Nation, which includes the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, since time immemorial to today.

Le ROM reconna?t que le Mus?e est situ? sur les terres ancestrales des Wendats, de la Conf?d?ration des Haudenosaunee et de la Nation Anishinabek, y compris la Premi?re Nation des Mississaugas de Credit, et qu?ils occupent ces terres depuis la nuit des temps.


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Thanks for this info Dirk. The news is starting to trickle down to us here in the US and still trying to figure out the ramifications for natural history loans, however there are still two things that are true.


  1.  Important to send materials by courier (FedEx or UPS) and not national postal service (DHL is transferred into the US postal service upon arrival) so that it can be tracked, and

  1.  Most important to alert us to any material that is being returned or sent our way so that we can provide the necessary import paperwork (USFWS 3-177) to ensure clearing of customs in an expedited manner.

There is still an exemption to import tariffs for material under $100 so we should still be OK but always good to be safe than sorry.

Thanks

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Dear colleagues,
the Executive order suspending the De Minimis Treatment For All Countries" gets effective on 29 August, 00:01 Eastern Daylight Time.
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This removed the low-value exemption for all shipments into the US and introduces measures to increase screening for illegal substances or drugs.
This may affect postal shipments handled/forwarded within national postal systems for import to the US / into USPS systems. DHL parcel, i.e. national German parcel service, (which is not the same as DHL Express), declared to suspend all services to the US from 26 August.
The announcement of DHL states, that several other national postal services, are suspending services tot he US, e.g.

  *   Post Nord in Sweden and Denmark; https://group.postnord.com/news-media/2025/postnord-is-temporarily-pausing-certain-goods-to-the-united-states-and-puerto-rico/<https://url.avanan.click/v2/r01/___https:/group.postnord.com/news-media/2025/postnord-is-temporarily-pausing-certain-goods-to-the-united-states-and-puerto-rico/___.YXAzOmNhbGFjYWRlbXk6YTpnOmNmZjM5ODg5Y2E5MDllYjUwNDY3MjIzZTJkMjUwZTUyOjc6OTViNDo1NjJkMmFkMWZkNzc5N2ZiMGMwYjk3MWQ2MDVjYWFkN2VjNWQ3MjE0ZDcwNzUwZjhlYWI1MjkwMjE2YTM5YmVlOmg6VDpO>
  *   BPost in Belgium; https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/en/2025/08/20/bpost-to-suspend-parcel-service-to-the-us-from-friday/<https://url.avanan.click/v2/r01/___https:/www.vrt.be/vrtnws/en/2025/08/20/bpost-to-suspend-parcel-service-to-the-us-from-friday/___.YXAzOmNhbGFjYWRlbXk6YTpnOmNmZjM5ODg5Y2E5MDllYjUwNDY3MjIzZTJkMjUwZTUyOjc6MTNhNjo4YTA4OTAyMjFiZDg3NGM4YWFmM2Q1ZjYyODYxNWUzMWE4ZTVhMWE3Yjk2MjJjNzc3ZjdhOThlZTkzNDM0MGJjOmg6VDpO>
  *   ?PAG in Austria; https://www.post.at/en/p/c/shipments-usa<https://url.avanan.click/v2/r01/___https:/www.post.at/en/p/c/shipments-usa___.YXAzOmNhbGFjYWRlbXk6YTpnOmNmZjM5ODg5Y2E5MDllYjUwNDY3MjIzZTJkMjUwZTUyOjc6MmY3YToyNTFkNTNkYzk1NjYwM2VhZjllNTAyZGVjYjRkZTg4ZGI1OTY5NjA3N2Y5MWJmOWFlM2YwY2QxNmY0ZDgyODM5Omg6VDpO>

Please check your the information of your local postal carrier to avoid problems with your shipments into the US and keep yourself informed about potential changes.
With best wishes
Dirk


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From: d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de (Dirk Neumann)
Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2025 19:37:03 +0200
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Antw: Re: [EXTERN] RE: De Minimis removal for
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Hi Chris,

yes, the problem is if this requirement cannot be tagged or clicked in the eDec, it is not carried forward. And the eDec and electronic customs systems are not capable to handle scientific loans/shipments.

It might be worth considering squeezing this information in the description of goods field, even though the number of characters is limited.

As for the costs, at least FedEx and UPS offer the option to choose "bill receiver for import taxes"; this might be useful, if cost-splitting is wanted. But the shipper needs enter this selection when launching the shipment; these entries cannot be changed later on.

Andy, to your questions regarding the A180 marking, yes, you are right, but this is a physical marking requirement for the parcel itself. It should not be an issue to add a short one-shop-stop customs declaration on this label, it would nor create a contradiction, as long as the IATA marking is proper and legible. To be compliant with the IATA marking, you would need to shift/flip your red inserts, they should not sit in between the text of the IATA marking - this can compromise the marking requirement.

With best wishes
Dirk



Am 09.09.2025 um 19:07 schrieb Chris Grinter:
Hi all,
Andy, I use a similar label for packages departing CAS and now send warnings in packages to be contacted before returns are made (although I have 598 international borrowers who still have loans with CAS...)

Dirk to your question I asked our colleagues in Australia to send via FedEx which they were happy to do for types. I will certainly be utilizing the brokers at FedEx or other companies more than I have been in the past, I've been used to doing this 3-177 filing myself and since we're paying for it we might as well use their brokers (and they assume legal responsibilities, although I do worry they don't know exactly what they are doing and may inadvertently lose or destroy important shipments).

It seems that this box-6 requirement is mostly coming from the LA port, although the NY port has given me major problems in the past and has written me up on at least one violation for a box that was labeled in mandarin not english (declaration was left inside the box, which they refused to accept).

One thing I left out is the importance of flagging the package on the waybill in the description as "requires USFWS clearance". The description of the items in the box doesn't matter, it's the flag for USFWS that is necessary. We can write whatever we want on the package with whatever custom label we create, but it can be covered up or ignored, if it's not in the "correct" place we will be penalized.

Chris

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On Tue, Sep 9, 2025 at 8:29?AM Jacqueline Miller <jmiller at rom.on.ca<mailto:jmiller at rom.on.ca>> wrote:
Canada still undertakes veterinary inspection, even for museum materials under the HS extension 9818.   Just forwarning folks, Zoosanitation or phytosanitation certificates are necessary importing into Canada, pretty much any time an import permit is required for biologicals.  This is irrespective of treatment for pests/zoonoses.

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ROM acknowledges that this museum sits on the ancestral lands of the Wendat, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, and the Anishinaabek Nation, which includes the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, since time immemorial to today.

Le ROM reconna?t que le Mus?e est situ? sur les terres ancestrales des Wendats, de la Conf?d?ration des Haudenosaunee et de la Nation Anishinabek, y compris la Premi?re Nation des Mississaugas de Credit, et qu?ils occupent ces terres depuis la nuit des temps.




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Dear all,

Yes ? the term ?SCIENTIFIC SPECIMENS? could trigger a veterinary inspection because they are obviously (or at least not certainly) not preserved.
That's what my colleagues at customs explained to me over coffee.

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>>> Dirk Neumann <d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de<mailto:d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de>> schrieb am 09.09.2025 um 15:35:
Hi Jacqui and all,

I would advocate for PRESERVED MUSEUM SPECIMENS; "SCIENTIFIC SPECIMENS" can be any weird samples for an university based researcher, this wording frequently is red-taping consignments (at least for imports to the EU).

If I remember correctly (others that attended our symposium with local USFWS officers at the SPHNC conference in San Francisco may correct me), at least the USFWS officers there were ok with the wording 'preserved museum specimens' to distinguish our preserved stuff from hunting trophies etc.

Would it be worth designing a standardised label? We discussed this way back in time (2009?), but the fear back then was that we would flag our parcels to be called for inspection. We had a template for a one-stop-shop declaration on one label, need to dig this out. If this would be interesting?

With best wishes
Dirk

Am 09.09.2025 um 14:51 schrieb Jacqueline Miller:
Hi Chris,
This is really helpful. We are also starting to employ what you have outlined below as routine loan workflow. However, I would add (from recent experience!), even with FedEx and other international couriers, one should add the location of the inspection office the package needs to be cleared at on the external package labelling. Below is the gist of what I recommend to colleagues for package labelling:

First label
(contact info for consignor and consignee)

Second label
SCIENTIFIC SPECIMENS, NO COMMERCIAL VALUE
CONTAINS WILDLIFE, EXEMPT ANIMAL SPECIMENS (if no APHIS or CDC permit required), CONTAINS (or doesn?t contain) CITES, APPENDIX (xxx),
USFWS INSPECTION REQUIRED, 3-177

Third label
USFWS INSPECTION REQUIRED ? MEMPHIS (airport or office location or other identifyer)
(add any UN designation, eg UN1845, UN3373, as applicable)

Fourth label
SCIENTIFIC SPECIMENS, MUSEUM SPECIMENS, NO COMMERCIAL VALUE

With a label for each side of the crate/box, the declarations are visible from all vantages. This, plus advance notification of the courier FWS lead seems to be working (most times!). The FWS lead disseminates the info to the relevant USFWS office, and CBP. Both DHL and FedEx have these leads, I would assume all major carriers do also.

NOTE: we have still had some hiccups, even with this workflow, and are also exploring bonded alternatives for special services (art movers, etc). Pricey, but better protection of our assets during shipping.

Cheers, Jacqui



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Hi Chris,

thanks a lot for this really useful update and keeping the community posted!

Quick question: colleagues in Australia usually still ship via national postal systems. Did your parcel arrive in the USPS-system, or was it send via express service, e.g. FedEx?

I am wondering because you mention that you had to order brokerage. This is only required, if parcels get stranded in national postal systems. If you ship via express service, brokerage is included (that's why express shipping is more costly; 'more' service, but also more control and options to interfere, when things go wrong).

With best wishes
Dirk


Am 09.09.2025 um 00:44 schrieb Chris Grinter:
Hi everyone,
A few updates for everyone to be aware of. I received two boxes from Australia safely this week, however USFWS "refused" my import because of missing Customs Entry numbers (box 6). I have never filled this box out before, but the new de minimis order means we are now responsible for the following process below (essentially being our own customs broker). I spoke with an agent out of the LA office who has made it clear that box 6 is now absolutely required for our 3-177 eDec's. And, all packages must be cleared before import now with that customs entry number. Simply having the 3-177 on the box does not suffice. I'm sure this will vary depending on the carrier and the customs broker they use, please share what you learn.

1) Have sender generate FedEx label and hold package. The label needs to be flagged as a wildlife shipment.
2) Contact FedEx/shipper to tell them you have a wildlife shipment incoming, send them your 3-177 document.
3) Have FedEx give you the customs entry #
4) Update 3-177 with that number, all before the package enters the US.
5) Save all emails with FedEx in case USFWS rejects or has an issue, the legal burden is on them now.

Cases where this does not happen will be referred to enforcement and possible criminal violation under 50 CFR 14.52(a).

Good luck,
Chris

All of the above is based on my personal opinion and should not be considered legal or expert advice.


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Secretary, The Lepidopterists? Society
Subject Editor: Lepidoptera, The Pacific Coast Entomological Society
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On Thu, Aug 28, 2025 at 4:48?AM Jacqueline Miller <jmiller at rom.on.ca<mailto:jmiller at rom.on.ca>> wrote:
Thank you Dirk. Yes, this is exactly how DHL ?lost? a shipment of study skin samples that were unfortunately destructively sampled from historical skins. We have been unable to recover, but the last communication was the CBP took possession from the third party vendor (land), yet we cannot find out which port or office. It may have us reconsider both DHL and when we permit destructive sampling for international requests.
Ironically, this was the result of a labor dispute with DHL Canada, but it appears from what I am reading here that it could happen any time with respect to inability to track once the POE is crossed.
Thanks again, Jacqui

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Hi all,

please be aware that there are two "DHL" carriers, which are strictly separated companies:

- DHL Express (originally founded in the US and taken over by German (national) Deutsche Post, which then rebranded itself)
- and just DHL (= DHL Paket, the German national postal parcel service, which is equivalent e.g. with USPS); they also offer and international "express" service, which is handled outside the DHL Express system.

This similarity of brand names causes frequent confusion.
Jacqui, I assume that DHL Parcel shipments to Canada should still be fine. The disadvantage of national postal services however is that you can track usually only within their own tracking systems, which means that as soon as an international parcel is handed over into an other (national) system, it may get a different tracking number and/or can no longer be tracked under its original tracking number you received.

And yes, Andy, the 100 USD exemption is not applicable for us.

Hope this further clarifies.
Dirk


Am 25.08.2025 um 17:18 schrieb Jacqueline Miller:
Good day all;

Just a clarification, please. Can Canada still use DHL for international museum shipments? This is our vendor of record. We have already had a package of specimens go missing this summer under DHL, in limbo somewhere with CBP.

Also, at ROM, we are changing our loans workflow to ensure advance notification is made to both USFWS and CBP. So far I have trialed this process with FedEx, and we have had excellent results (the next day with full clearances!).

Cheers, Jacqui



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Thanks for this info Dirk. The news is starting to trickle down to us here in the US and still trying to figure out the ramifications for natural history loans, however there are still two things that are true.


  1.  Important to send materials by courier (FedEx or UPS) and not national postal service (DHL is transferred into the US postal service upon arrival) so that it can be tracked, and

  1.  Most important to alert us to any material that is being returned or sent our way so that we can provide the necessary import paperwork (USFWS 3-177) to ensure clearing of customs in an expedited manner.

There is still an exemption to import tariffs for material under $100 so we should still be OK but always good to be safe than sorry.

Thanks

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Subject: [Nhcoll-l] De Minimis removal for imports to the United States

Dear colleagues,
the Executive order suspending the De Minimis Treatment For All Countries" gets effective on 29 August, 00:01 Eastern Daylight Time.
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This removed the low-value exemption for all shipments into the US and introduces measures to increase screening for illegal substances or drugs.
This may affect postal shipments handled/forwarded within national postal systems for import to the US / into USPS systems. DHL parcel, i.e. national German parcel service, (which is not the same as DHL Express), declared to suspend all services to the US from 26 August.
The announcement of DHL states, that several other national postal services, are suspending services tot he US, e.g.

  *   Post Nord in Sweden and Denmark; https://group.postnord.com/news-media/2025/postnord-is-temporarily-pausing-certain-goods-to-the-united-states-and-puerto-rico/<https://url.avanan.click/v2/r01/___https:/group.postnord.com/news-media/2025/postnord-is-temporarily-pausing-certain-goods-to-the-united-states-and-puerto-rico/___.YXAzOmNhbGFjYWRlbXk6YTpnOmNmZjM5ODg5Y2E5MDllYjUwNDY3MjIzZTJkMjUwZTUyOjc6OTViNDo1NjJkMmFkMWZkNzc5N2ZiMGMwYjk3MWQ2MDVjYWFkN2VjNWQ3MjE0ZDcwNzUwZjhlYWI1MjkwMjE2YTM5YmVlOmg6VDpO>
  *   BPost in Belgium; https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/en/2025/08/20/bpost-to-suspend-parcel-service-to-the-us-from-friday/<https://url.avanan.click/v2/r01/___https:/www.vrt.be/vrtnws/en/2025/08/20/bpost-to-suspend-parcel-service-to-the-us-from-friday/___.YXAzOmNhbGFjYWRlbXk6YTpnOmNmZjM5ODg5Y2E5MDllYjUwNDY3MjIzZTJkMjUwZTUyOjc6MTNhNjo4YTA4OTAyMjFiZDg3NGM4YWFmM2Q1ZjYyODYxNWUzMWE4ZTVhMWE3Yjk2MjJjNzc3ZjdhOThlZTkzNDM0MGJjOmg6VDpO>
  *   ?PAG in Austria; https://www.post.at/en/p/c/shipments-usa<https://url.avanan.click/v2/r01/___https:/www.post.at/en/p/c/shipments-usa___.YXAzOmNhbGFjYWRlbXk6YTpnOmNmZjM5ODg5Y2E5MDllYjUwNDY3MjIzZTJkMjUwZTUyOjc6MmY3YToyNTFkNTNkYzk1NjYwM2VhZjllNTAyZGVjYjRkZTg4ZGI1OTY5NjA3N2Y5MWJmOWFlM2YwY2QxNmY0ZDgyODM5Omg6VDpO>

Please check your the information of your local postal carrier to avoid problems with your shipments into the US and keep yourself informed about potential changes.
With best wishes
Dirk


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From troberts at nhm.org  Tue Sep  9 13:42:17 2025
From: troberts at nhm.org (Trina Roberts)
Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2025 10:42:17 -0700
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] [EXTERN] RE: De Minimis removal for imports to the
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My understanding is that FedEx, DHL Express, and UPS are all
"broker-inclusive," so we are automatically paying them to manage the
customs clearance process for us--they (FedEx Logistics) act as our customs
broker.  This is in itself very useful, especially in the current
international trade environment!  But if we also want them to do the eDec,
they can do that, but there is an additional fee ($20 or so depending on
the carrier).  We haven't tested whether they really treat that as a flat
$20 fee, or whether they would increase it if we asked them to file an eDec
with 200 species on it.  This is what USFWS seems to have been envisioning
with that pesky customs entry number field -- that number doesn't exist yet
at the point at which most of us do our eDecs (in advance); requiring it at
the point of filing the eDec really only makes sense if the eDec is filed
after the customs entry process is started.

We haven't tried this yet, but if any of you (who can be trusted to control
the package and process on the sending end) have anything reasonably
straightforward to send back to LA I'd be happy to pay the fee to do a
controlled test.

I agree with others that this will only work if the airbill specifically
says an eDec and FWS clearance are needed.  Demonstrably, just having clear
descriptions of animals and specimens is not sufficient (our last two
imports have gone astray despite excellent, detailed descriptions and
labels).  Sometimes even clear language like Jacqui's that FWS clearance is
needed isn't enough.  But at least then FedEx is to blame, not us.

We are not worrying about the Customs Entry Number for imports that don't
enter at LAX, until/unless staff at another port tell us we need it.  So
far we have been told that only by OLE at LAX.




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On Mon, Sep 8, 2025 at 3:45?PM Chris Grinter <cgrinter at calacademy.org>
wrote:

> Hi everyone, A few updates for everyone to be aware of. I received two
> boxes from Australia safely this week, however USFWS "refused" my import
> because of missing Customs Entry numbers (box 6). I have never filled this
> box out before,
> 
> Hi everyone,
> A few updates for everyone to be aware of. I received two boxes from
> Australia safely this week, however USFWS "refused" my import because of
> missing Customs Entry numbers (box 6). I have *never* filled this box out
> before, but the new de minimis order means we are now responsible for the
> following process below (essentially being our own customs broker). I spoke
> with an agent out of the LA office who has made it clear that box 6 is now
> absolutely required for our 3-177 eDec's. And, all packages must be cleared
> *before* import now with that customs entry number. Simply having the
> 3-177 on the box does not suffice. I'm sure this will vary depending on the
> carrier and the customs broker they use, please share what you learn.
>
> 1) Have sender generate FedEx label and hold package. The label needs to
> be flagged as a wildlife shipment.
> 2) Contact FedEx/shipper to tell them you have a wildlife shipment
> incoming, send them your 3-177 document.
> 3) Have FedEx give you the customs entry #
> 4) Update 3-177 with that number, all before the package enters the US.
> 5) Save all emails with FedEx in case USFWS rejects or has an issue, the
> legal burden is on them now.
>
> Cases where this does not happen will be referred to enforcement and
> possible criminal violation under 50 CFR 14.52(a).
>
> Good luck,
> Chris
>
> *All of the above is based on my personal opinion and should not be
> considered legal or expert advice.*
>
>
> Christopher C. Grinter
> Senior Collection Manager of Entomology
> Secretary, The Lepidopterists? Society
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> On Thu, Aug 28, 2025 at 4:48?AM Jacqueline Miller <jmiller at rom.on.ca>
> wrote:
>
>> Thank you Dirk. Yes, this is exactly how DHL ?lost? a shipment of study
>> skin samples that were unfortunately destructively sampled from historical
>> skins.  We have been unable to recover, but the last communication was the
>> CBP took possession from the third party vendor (land), yet we cannot find
>> out which port or office.  It may have us reconsider both DHL and when we
>> permit destructive sampling for international requests.
>>
>> Ironically, this was the result of a labor dispute with DHL Canada, but
>> it appears from what I am reading here that it could happen any time with
>> respect to inability to track once the POE is crossed.
>>
>> Thanks again, Jacqui
>>
>>
>>
>> *Jacqueline Miller, M.Sc. (She/Her/Hers)*
>> Collections Technician II, Mammalogy/Ornithology
>>
>> 100 Queen's Park
>> Toronto, ON M5S 2C6
>> 416 586 5769
>>
>>
>>
>> ROM acknowledges that this museum sits on the ancestral lands of the
>> Wendat, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, and the Anishinaabek Nation, which
>> includes the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, since time immemorial
>> to today.
>>
>> Le ROM reconna?t que le Mus?e est situ? sur les terres ancestrales des
>> Wendats, de la Conf?d?ration des Haudenosaunee et de la Nation Anishinabek,
>> y compris la Premi?re Nation des Mississaugas de Credit, et qu?ils occupent
>> ces terres depuis la nuit des temps.
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* Dirk Neumann <d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de>
>> *Sent:* August 28, 2025 4:37 AM
>> *To:* Jacqueline Miller <jmiller at rom.on.ca>; Bentley, Andrew Charles <
>> abentley at ku.edu>; nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu
>> *Subject:* Re: [EXTERN] RE: [Nhcoll-l] De Minimis removal for imports to
>> the United States
>>
>>
>>
>> *[EXTERNAL EMAIL]* DO NOT CLICK links or attachments unless you
>> recognize the sender and know the content is safe.
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>>
>>
>> please be aware that there are two "DHL" carriers, which are strictly
>> separated companies:
>>
>>
>>
>> - DHL *Express* (originally founded in the US and taken over by German
>> (national) Deutsche Post, which then rebranded itself)
>>
>> - and just DHL (= DHL Paket, the German national postal parcel service,
>> which is equivalent e.g. with USPS); they also offer and international
>> "express" service, which is handled outside the DHL Express system.
>>
>>
>>
>> This similarity of brand names causes frequent confusion.
>>
>> Jacqui, I assume that DHL Parcel shipments to Canada should still be
>> fine. The disadvantage of national postal services however is that you can
>> track usually only within their own tracking systems, which means that as
>> soon as an international parcel is handed over into an other (national)
>> system, it may get a different tracking number and/or can no longer be
>> tracked under its original tracking number you received.
>>
>>
>>
>> And yes, Andy, the 100 USD exemption is not applicable for us.
>>
>>
>>
>> Hope this further clarifies.
>>
>> Dirk
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Am 25.08.2025 um 17:18 schrieb Jacqueline Miller:
>>
>> Good day all;
>>
>>
>>
>> Just a clarification, please.  Can Canada still use DHL for international
>> museum shipments? This is our vendor of record. We have already had a
>> package of specimens go missing this summer under DHL, in limbo somewhere
>> with CBP.
>>
>>
>>
>> Also, at ROM, we are changing our loans workflow to ensure advance
>> notification is made to both USFWS and CBP.  So far I have trialed this
>> process with FedEx, and we have had excellent results (the next day with
>> full clearances!).
>>
>>
>>
>> Cheers, Jacqui
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> *Jacqueline Miller, PhD (She/Her/Hers)*
>> Collections Technician 2  -  DNH
>>
>> 100 Queen's Park
>> Toronto, ON M5S 2C6
>> 416 586 5769
>>
>>
>>
>> ROM acknowledges that this museum sits on the ancestral lands of the
>> Wendat, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, and the Anishinaabek Nation, which
>> includes the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, since time immemorial
>> to today.
>>
>> Le ROM reconna?t que le Mus?e est situ? sur les terres ancestrales des
>> Wendats, de la Conf?d?ration des Haudenosaunee et de la Nation Anishinabek,
>> y compris la Premi?re Nation des Mississaugas de Credit, et qu?ils occupent
>> ces terres depuis la nuit des temps.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* Nhcoll-l <nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu>
>> <nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu> *On Behalf Of *Bentley, Andrew
>> Charles
>> *Sent:* August 25, 2025 10:18 AM
>> *To:* Dirk Neumann <d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de> <d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de>;
>> nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu
>> *Subject:* Re: [Nhcoll-l] De Minimis removal for imports to the United
>> States
>>
>>
>>
>> You don't often get email from abentley at ku.edu. Learn why this is
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>> *[EXTERNAL EMAIL]* DO NOT CLICK links or attachments unless you
>> recognize the sender and know the content is safe.
>>
>> Thanks for this info Dirk.  The news is starting to trickle down to us
>> here in the US and still trying to figure out the ramifications for natural
>> history loans, however there are still two things that are true.
>>
>>
>>
>>    1. Important to send materials by courier (FedEx or UPS) and not
>>    national postal service (DHL is transferred into the US postal service upon
>>    arrival) so that it can be tracked, and
>>
>>
>>    2. Most important to alert us to any material that is being returned
>>    or sent our way so that we can provide the necessary import paperwork
>>    (USFWS 3-177) to ensure clearing of customs in an expedited manner.
>>
>>
>>
>> There is still an exemption to import tariffs for material under $100 so
>> we should still be OK but always good to be safe than sorry.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>>
>>
>> Andy
>>
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>> Ichthyology Collection Manager
>> University of Kansas
>> Biodiversity Institute
>>
>> Dyche Hall
>> 1345 Jayhawk Boulevard
>> Lawrence, KS, 66045-7561
>> USA
>>
>> Tel: (785) 864-3863
>> Fax: (785) 864-5335
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>> *From:* Nhcoll-l <nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu> on behalf of Dirk
>> Neumann <d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de>
>> *Sent:* Friday, August 22, 2025 8:02 AM
>> *To:* nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu <nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu>
>> *Subject:* [Nhcoll-l] De Minimis removal for imports to the United States
>>
>>
>>
>> Dear colleagues,
>>
>> the Executive order suspending the De Minimis Treatment For All
>> Countries" gets effective on 29 August, 00:01 Eastern Daylight Time.
>>
>>
>> https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/07/suspending-duty-free-de-minimis-treatment-for-all-countries/
>> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://url.avanan.click/v2/r01/___https:/*www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/07/suspending-duty-free-de-minimis-treatment-for-all-countries/___.YXAzOmNhbGFjYWRlbXk6YTpnOmNmZjM5ODg5Y2E5MDllYjUwNDY3MjIzZTJkMjUwZTUyOjc6ZmJhMzowOWU2YmJhOGNhZTIxZGYzOGMwNDFhNjQ2MzM2NTAxZDIxNTE4ZGMzZWI5ZDRlY2Q0MGRhYjE3ZTA0NzJmYWMyOmg6VDpO__;Lw!!Ljrh0eb5atLX!tx-CdT56XXwyjQIKhdT1n63ccyyQQng_J8rhnUn_e3VrGrAY-XMHxqQEzmY4nlRDdPAlDvx-JhLZIyxSqoo$>
>>
>> This removed the low-value exemption for all shipments into the US and
>> introduces measures to increase screening for illegal substances or drugs.
>>
>> This may affect postal shipments handled/forwarded within national postal
>> systems for import to the US / into USPS systems. DHL parcel, i.e. national
>> German parcel service, (which is not the same as DHL Express), declared to
>> suspend all services to the US from 26 August.
>>
>> The announcement of DHL states, that several other national postal
>> services, are suspending services tot he US, e.g.
>>
>>    - Post Nord in Sweden and Denmark;
>>    https://group.postnord.com/news-media/2025/postnord-is-temporarily-pausing-certain-goods-to-the-united-states-and-puerto-rico/
>>    <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://url.avanan.click/v2/r01/___https:/*group.postnord.com/news-media/2025/postnord-is-temporarily-pausing-certain-goods-to-the-united-states-and-puerto-rico/___.YXAzOmNhbGFjYWRlbXk6YTpnOmNmZjM5ODg5Y2E5MDllYjUwNDY3MjIzZTJkMjUwZTUyOjc6OTViNDo1NjJkMmFkMWZkNzc5N2ZiMGMwYjk3MWQ2MDVjYWFkN2VjNWQ3MjE0ZDcwNzUwZjhlYWI1MjkwMjE2YTM5YmVlOmg6VDpO__;Lw!!Ljrh0eb5atLX!tx-CdT56XXwyjQIKhdT1n63ccyyQQng_J8rhnUn_e3VrGrAY-XMHxqQEzmY4nlRDdPAlDvx-JhLZVQ0HmiI$>
>>    - BPost in Belgium;
>>    https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/en/2025/08/20/bpost-to-suspend-parcel-service-to-the-us-from-friday/
>>    <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://url.avanan.click/v2/r01/___https:/*www.vrt.be/vrtnws/en/2025/08/20/bpost-to-suspend-parcel-service-to-the-us-from-friday/___.YXAzOmNhbGFjYWRlbXk6YTpnOmNmZjM5ODg5Y2E5MDllYjUwNDY3MjIzZTJkMjUwZTUyOjc6MTNhNjo4YTA4OTAyMjFiZDg3NGM4YWFmM2Q1ZjYyODYxNWUzMWE4ZTVhMWE3Yjk2MjJjNzc3ZjdhOThlZTkzNDM0MGJjOmg6VDpO__;Lw!!Ljrh0eb5atLX!tx-CdT56XXwyjQIKhdT1n63ccyyQQng_J8rhnUn_e3VrGrAY-XMHxqQEzmY4nlRDdPAlDvx-JhLZbNOt9Bw$>
>>    - ?PAG in Austria; https://www.post.at/en/p/c/shipments-usa
>>    <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://url.avanan.click/v2/r01/___https:/*www.post.at/en/p/c/shipments-usa___.YXAzOmNhbGFjYWRlbXk6YTpnOmNmZjM5ODg5Y2E5MDllYjUwNDY3MjIzZTJkMjUwZTUyOjc6MmY3YToyNTFkNTNkYzk1NjYwM2VhZjllNTAyZGVjYjRkZTg4ZGI1OTY5NjA3N2Y5MWJmOWFlM2YwY2QxNmY0ZDgyODM5Omg6VDpO__;Lw!!Ljrh0eb5atLX!tx-CdT56XXwyjQIKhdT1n63ccyyQQng_J8rhnUn_e3VrGrAY-XMHxqQEzmY4nlRDdPAlDvx-JhLZeu4aTD4$>
>>
>>
>>
>> Please check your the information of your local postal carrier to avoid
>> problems with your shipments into the US and keep yourself informed about
>> potential changes.
>>
>> With best wishes
>>
>> Dirk
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
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>> ******
>>
>>
>>
>> *Dirk Neumann*
>>
>> Collection Manager, Hamburg
>>
>>
>>
>> Postal address:
>>
>> *Museum of Nature Hamburg*
>> Leibniz Institute for the Analysis
>>
>> of Biodiversity Change
>>
>> Dirk Neumann
>>
>> Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3
>>
>> 20146 Hamburg
>> +49 40 238 317 ? 628
>>
>> *d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de <d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de>*
>>
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>> --
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>>
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>> Gr?ter (Kaufm. Gesch?ftsf?hrer)
>> Sitz der Stiftung: Adenauerallee 160 in Bonn
>> Vorsitzender des Stiftungsrates: Dr. Michael Wappelhorst
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Stiftung Leibniz-Institut zur Analyse des Biodiversit?tswandels
>> Postanschrift: Adenauerallee 127, 53113 Bonn, Germany
>>
>> Stiftung des ?ffentlichen Rechts;
>> Generaldirektion: Prof. Dr. Bernhard Misof (Generaldirektor), Adrian
>> Gr?ter (Kaufm. Gesch?ftsf?hrer)
>> Sitz der Stiftung: Adenauerallee 160 in Bonn
>> Vorsitzender des Stiftungsrates: Dr. Michael H. Wappelhorst
>>
>> On now at ROM, Saints, Sinners, Lovers, and Fools: 300 Years of Flemish
>> Masterworks
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>> Tickets on sale now at rom.ca
>> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://url.avanan.click/v2/r01/___https:/*www.rom.on.ca/en*20___.YXAzOmNhbGFjYWRlbXk6YTpnOmNmZjM5ODg5Y2E5MDllYjUwNDY3MjIzZTJkMjUwZTUyOjc6MDM0ZTo1NzQyODE3OWQxN2RkODE3MmIzMjFhMjJmMzQ4YjVmMWZiZjFiZjc1NTkxZjA0M2UzNzgxOTk5YmQ1NWU0NjNlOmg6VDpO__;LyU!!Ljrh0eb5atLX!tx-CdT56XXwyjQIKhdT1n63ccyyQQng_J8rhnUn_e3VrGrAY-XMHxqQEzmY4nlRDdPAlDvx-JhLZfatH1Cc$>
>> .
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> ? l'affiche : Vice, Vertu, D?sir, Folie : Trois si?cles de chefs-d'?uvre
>> flamands
>> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://url.avanan.click/v2/r01/___https:/*www.rom.on.ca/fr/whats-on/exhibitions/vice-vertu-desir-folie-trois-siecles-de-chefs-doeuvre-flamands___.YXAzOmNhbGFjYWRlbXk6YTpnOmNmZjM5ODg5Y2E5MDllYjUwNDY3MjIzZTJkMjUwZTUyOjc6MTUyZDo2ODJlNmQwZGVmYWE0MDFiOGVlNTAwMTQ5NWEwYmQ4N2M4YWYxYjgzMDE2YTUxZjU1NWNlOGViOGExZjEwZTFhOmg6VDpO__;Lw!!Ljrh0eb5atLX!tx-CdT56XXwyjQIKhdT1n63ccyyQQng_J8rhnUn_e3VrGrAY-XMHxqQEzmY4nlRDdPAlDvx-JhLZV4IBXBk$>.
>> Billets en vente sur rom.ca/fr
>> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://url.avanan.click/v2/r01/___https:/*www.rom.on.ca/fr*20___.YXAzOmNhbGFjYWRlbXk6YTpnOmNmZjM5ODg5Y2E5MDllYjUwNDY3MjIzZTJkMjUwZTUyOjc6NmEyYzowYjU3NDhhYjkxYWExZjBmMzBiOTE0MmUyYjM1YWI3NTZhZjlmN2E5NDM1ZGI2YjlkNjFhZmQ5YzM5MzJmMTk2Omg6VDpO__;LyU!!Ljrh0eb5atLX!tx-CdT56XXwyjQIKhdT1n63ccyyQQng_J8rhnUn_e3VrGrAY-XMHxqQEzmY4nlRDdPAlDvx-JhLZVHyQIgU$>
>> .
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> ******
>>
>>
>>
>> *Dirk Neumann*
>>
>> Collection Manager, Hamburg
>>
>>
>>
>> Postal address:
>>
>> *Museum of Nature Hamburg*
>> Leibniz Institute for the Analysis
>>
>> of Biodiversity Change
>>
>> Dirk Neumann
>>
>> Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3
>>
>> 20146 Hamburg
>> +49 40 238 317 ? 628
>>
>> *d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de <d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de>*
>>
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>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Stiftung Leibniz-Institut zur Analyse des Biodiversit?tswandels
>> Postanschrift: Adenauerallee 127, 53113 Bonn, Germany
>>
>> Stiftung des ?ffentlichen Rechts;
>> Generaldirektion: Prof. Dr. Bernhard Misof (Generaldirektor), Adrian
>> Gr?ter (Kaufm. Gesch?ftsf?hrer)
>> Sitz der Stiftung: Adenauerallee 160 in Bonn
>> Vorsitzender des Stiftungsrates: Dr. Michael Wappelhorst
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Stiftung Leibniz-Institut zur Analyse des Biodiversit?tswandels
>> Postanschrift: Adenauerallee 127, 53113 Bonn, Germany
>>
>> Stiftung des ?ffentlichen Rechts;
>> Generaldirektion: Prof. Dr. Bernhard Misof (Generaldirektor), Adrian
>> Gr?ter (Kaufm. Gesch?ftsf?hrer)
>> Sitz der Stiftung: Adenauerallee 160 in Bonn
>> Vorsitzender des Stiftungsrates: Dr. Michael H. Wappelhorst
>>
>> On now at ROM, Saints, Sinners, Lovers, and Fools: 300 Years of Flemish
>> Masterworks
>> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://url.avanan.click/v2/r01/___https:/*www.rom.on.ca/whats-on/exhibitions/saints-sinners-lovers-and-fools-300-years-flemish-masterworks___.YXAzOmNhbGFjYWRlbXk6YTpnOmNmZjM5ODg5Y2E5MDllYjUwNDY3MjIzZTJkMjUwZTUyOjc6YjY2ZTo4NWRlZmZhYjY4NGUzMTY1NzJjYmI2N2E5MGEwZWQ2ODc3NWU3MjQ0MTgyMTlhN2RiNWU3YmI4ZGQ5ZGVmMTUwOmg6VDpO__;Lw!!Ljrh0eb5atLX!tx-CdT56XXwyjQIKhdT1n63ccyyQQng_J8rhnUn_e3VrGrAY-XMHxqQEzmY4nlRDdPAlDvx-JhLZHuvMVrE$>.
>> Tickets on sale now at rom.ca
>> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.rom.on.ca/en__;!!Ljrh0eb5atLX!tx-CdT56XXwyjQIKhdT1n63ccyyQQng_J8rhnUn_e3VrGrAY-XMHxqQEzmY4nlRDdPAlDvx-JhLZDPGgx4A$>
>> .
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> ? l'affiche : Vice, Vertu, D?sir, Folie : Trois si?cles de chefs-d'?uvre
>> flamands
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From: d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de (Dirk Neumann)
Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2025 19:54:46 +0200
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Hi Trina,

usually this should not costs extra, because carriers shipping to the US or the EU are now (since this year) to enter such data into the respective customs systems. Electronic systems have been available earlier, but some used scans and emails. Now they need to add the data into the new electronic customs systems.

Maybe I am wrong, but this is my last information.

Cheers,
Dirk


Am 09.09.2025 um 19:42 schrieb Trina Roberts:
My understanding is that FedEx, DHL Express, and UPS are all "broker-inclusive," so we are automatically paying them to manage the customs clearance process for us--they (FedEx Logistics) act as our customs broker.  This is in itself very useful, especially in the current international trade environment!  But if we also want them to do the eDec, they can do that, but there is an additional fee ($20 or so depending on the carrier).  We haven't tested whether they really treat that as a flat $20 fee, or whether they would increase it if we asked them to file an eDec with 200 species on it.  This is what USFWS seems to have been envisioning with that pesky customs entry number field -- that number doesn't exist yet at the point at which most of us do our eDecs (in advance); requiring it at the point of filing the eDec really only makes sense if the eDec is filed after the customs entry process is started.

We haven't tried this yet, but if any of you (who can be trusted to control the package and process on the sending end) have anything reasonably straightforward to send back to LA I'd be happy to pay the fee to do a controlled test.

I agree with others that this will only work if the airbill specifically says an eDec and FWS clearance are needed.  Demonstrably, just having clear descriptions of animals and specimens is not sufficient (our last two imports have gone astray despite excellent, detailed descriptions and labels).  Sometimes even clear language like Jacqui's that FWS clearance is needed isn't enough.  But at least then FedEx is to blame, not us.

We are not worrying about the Customs Entry Number for imports that don't enter at LAX, until/unless staff at another port tell us we need it.  So far we have been told that only by OLE at LAX.




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On Mon, Sep 8, 2025 at 3:45?PM Chris Grinter <cgrinter at calacademy.org<mailto:cgrinter at calacademy.org>> wrote:
Hi everyone, A few updates for everyone to be aware of. I received two boxes from Australia safely this week, however USFWS "refused" my import because of missing Customs Entry numbers (box 6). I have never filled this box out before,
Hi everyone,
A few updates for everyone to be aware of. I received two boxes from Australia safely this week, however USFWS "refused" my import because of missing Customs Entry numbers (box 6). I have never filled this box out before, but the new de minimis order means we are now responsible for the following process below (essentially being our own customs broker). I spoke with an agent out of the LA office who has made it clear that box 6 is now absolutely required for our 3-177 eDec's. And, all packages must be cleared before import now with that customs entry number. Simply having the 3-177 on the box does not suffice. I'm sure this will vary depending on the carrier and the customs broker they use, please share what you learn.

1) Have sender generate FedEx label and hold package. The label needs to be flagged as a wildlife shipment.
2) Contact FedEx/shipper to tell them you have a wildlife shipment incoming, send them your 3-177 document.
3) Have FedEx give you the customs entry #
4) Update 3-177 with that number, all before the package enters the US.
5) Save all emails with FedEx in case USFWS rejects or has an issue, the legal burden is on them now.

Cases where this does not happen will be referred to enforcement and possible criminal violation under 50 CFR 14.52(a).

Good luck,
Chris

All of the above is based on my personal opinion and should not be considered legal or expert advice.


Christopher C. Grinter
Senior Collection Manager of Entomology
Secretary, The Lepidopterists? Society
Subject Editor: Lepidoptera, The Pacific Coast Entomological Society
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On Thu, Aug 28, 2025 at 4:48?AM Jacqueline Miller <jmiller at rom.on.ca<mailto:jmiller at rom.on.ca>> wrote:
Thank you Dirk. Yes, this is exactly how DHL ?lost? a shipment of study skin samples that were unfortunately destructively sampled from historical skins.  We have been unable to recover, but the last communication was the CBP took possession from the third party vendor (land), yet we cannot find out which port or office.  It may have us reconsider both DHL and when we permit destructive sampling for international requests.
Ironically, this was the result of a labor dispute with DHL Canada, but it appears from what I am reading here that it could happen any time with respect to inability to track once the POE is crossed.
Thanks again, Jacqui

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Le ROM reconna?t que le Mus?e est situ? sur les terres ancestrales des Wendats, de la Conf?d?ration des Haudenosaunee et de la Nation Anishinabek, y compris la Premi?re Nation des Mississaugas de Credit, et qu?ils occupent ces terres depuis la nuit des temps.


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Hi all,

please be aware that there are two "DHL" carriers, which are strictly separated companies:

- DHL Express (originally founded in the US and taken over by German (national) Deutsche Post, which then rebranded itself)
- and just DHL (= DHL Paket, the German national postal parcel service, which is equivalent e.g. with USPS); they also offer and international "express" service, which is handled outside the DHL Express system.

This similarity of brand names causes frequent confusion.
Jacqui, I assume that DHL Parcel shipments to Canada should still be fine. The disadvantage of national postal services however is that you can track usually only within their own tracking systems, which means that as soon as an international parcel is handed over into an other (national) system, it may get a different tracking number and/or can no longer be tracked under its original tracking number you received.

And yes, Andy, the 100 USD exemption is not applicable for us.

Hope this further clarifies.
Dirk


Am 25.08.2025 um 17:18 schrieb Jacqueline Miller:
Good day all;

Just a clarification, please.  Can Canada still use DHL for international museum shipments? This is our vendor of record. We have already had a package of specimens go missing this summer under DHL, in limbo somewhere with CBP.

Also, at ROM, we are changing our loans workflow to ensure advance notification is made to both USFWS and CBP.  So far I have trialed this process with FedEx, and we have had excellent results (the next day with full clearances!).

Cheers, Jacqui



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416 586 5769


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Le ROM reconna?t que le Mus?e est situ? sur les terres ancestrales des Wendats, de la Conf?d?ration des Haudenosaunee et de la Nation Anishinabek, y compris la Premi?re Nation des Mississaugas de Credit, et qu?ils occupent ces terres depuis la nuit des temps.



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Thanks for this info Dirk.  The news is starting to trickle down to us here in the US and still trying to figure out the ramifications for natural history loans, however there are still two things that are true.


  1.  Important to send materials by courier (FedEx or UPS) and not national postal service (DHL is transferred into the US postal service upon arrival) so that it can be tracked, and

  1.  Most important to alert us to any material that is being returned or sent our way so that we can provide the necessary import paperwork (USFWS 3-177) to ensure clearing of customs in an expedited manner.

There is still an exemption to import tariffs for material under $100 so we should still be OK but always good to be safe than sorry.

Thanks

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Subject: [Nhcoll-l] De Minimis removal for imports to the United States


Dear colleagues,

the Executive order suspending the De Minimis Treatment For All Countries" gets effective on 29 August, 00:01 Eastern Daylight Time.

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This removed the low-value exemption for all shipments into the US and introduces measures to increase screening for illegal substances or drugs.

This may affect postal shipments handled/forwarded within national postal systems for import to the US / into USPS systems. DHL parcel, i.e. national German parcel service, (which is not the same as DHL Express), declared to suspend all services to the US from 26 August.

The announcement of DHL states, that several other national postal services, are suspending services tot he US, e.g.

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  *   BPost in Belgium; https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/en/2025/08/20/bpost-to-suspend-parcel-service-to-the-us-from-friday/<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://url.avanan.click/v2/r01/___https:/*www.vrt.be/vrtnws/en/2025/08/20/bpost-to-suspend-parcel-service-to-the-us-from-friday/___.YXAzOmNhbGFjYWRlbXk6YTpnOmNmZjM5ODg5Y2E5MDllYjUwNDY3MjIzZTJkMjUwZTUyOjc6MTNhNjo4YTA4OTAyMjFiZDg3NGM4YWFmM2Q1ZjYyODYxNWUzMWE4ZTVhMWE3Yjk2MjJjNzc3ZjdhOThlZTkzNDM0MGJjOmg6VDpO__;Lw!!Ljrh0eb5atLX!tx-CdT56XXwyjQIKhdT1n63ccyyQQng_J8rhnUn_e3VrGrAY-XMHxqQEzmY4nlRDdPAlDvx-JhLZbNOt9Bw$>
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Please check your the information of your local postal carrier to avoid problems with your shipments into the US and keep yourself informed about potential changes.

With best wishes

Dirk




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From: troberts at nhm.org (Trina Roberts)
Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2025 11:00:44 -0700
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] [EXTERN] RE: De Minimis removal for imports to the
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The data entry into the U.S. Customs system does not cost extra.  According
to their online fee schedule (
https://www.fedex.com/en-us/ancillary-clearance-service.html), filing an
eDec for us would:

Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) Clearance

The actual fees assessed by the FWS, plus an additional $22 FedEx
administrative fee

We will file the Fish and Wildlife USFWS Form 3-177 (edec) and submit
documents and permits to the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), as required,
for entry of commodities that include living animals and/or products
created from animals.

But again... we haven't actually tried this, and I'm happy to do so when
any of you has something to send us.  I'd be very happy to find out it's
actually free, but have to say I doubt it.


--
Trina E. Roberts, Ph.D.
Associate VP, Collections
Natural History Museums of Los Angeles County
213-763-3330
troberts at nhm.org
she, her, hers


On Tue, Sep 9, 2025 at 10:55?AM Dirk Neumann <d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de>
wrote:

> Hi Trina, usually this should not costs extra, because carriers shipping
> to the US or the EU are now (since this year) to enter such data into the
> respective customs systems. Electronic systems have been available earlier,
> but some used scans
> 
> Hi Trina,
>
> usually this should not costs extra, because carriers shipping to the US
> or the EU are now (since this year) to enter such data into the respective
> customs systems. Electronic systems have been available earlier, but some
> used scans and emails. Now they need to add the data into the new
> electronic customs systems.
>
> Maybe I am wrong, but this is my last information.
>
> Cheers,
> Dirk
>
>
> Am 09.09.2025 um 19:42 schrieb Trina Roberts:
>
> My understanding is that FedEx, DHL Express, and UPS are all
> "broker-inclusive," so we are automatically paying them to manage the
> customs clearance process for us--they (FedEx Logistics) act as our customs
> broker.  This is in itself very useful, especially in the current
> international trade environment!  But if we also want them to do the eDec,
> they can do that, but there is an additional fee ($20 or so depending on
> the carrier).  We haven't tested whether they really treat that as a flat
> $20 fee, or whether they would increase it if we asked them to file an eDec
> with 200 species on it.  This is what USFWS seems to have been envisioning
> with that pesky customs entry number field -- that number doesn't exist yet
> at the point at which most of us do our eDecs (in advance); requiring it at
> the point of filing the eDec really only makes sense if the eDec is filed
> after the customs entry process is started.
>
> We haven't tried this yet, but if any of you (who can be trusted to
> control the package and process on the sending end) have anything
> reasonably straightforward to send back to LA I'd be happy to pay the fee
> to do a controlled test.
>
> I agree with others that this will only work if the airbill specifically
> says an eDec and FWS clearance are needed.  Demonstrably, just having clear
> descriptions of animals and specimens is not sufficient (our last two
> imports have gone astray despite excellent, detailed descriptions and
> labels).  Sometimes even clear language like Jacqui's that FWS clearance is
> needed isn't enough.  But at least then FedEx is to blame, not us.
>
> We are not worrying about the Customs Entry Number for imports that don't
> enter at LAX, until/unless staff at another port tell us we need it.  So
> far we have been told that only by OLE at LAX.
>
>
>
>
> --
> Trina E. Roberts, Ph.D.
> Associate VP, Collections
> Natural History Museums of Los Angeles County
> 213-763-3330
> troberts at nhm.org
> she, her, hers
>
>
> On Mon, Sep 8, 2025 at 3:45?PM Chris Grinter <cgrinter at calacademy.org>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi everyone, A few updates for everyone to be aware of. I received two
>> boxes from Australia safely this week, however USFWS "refused" my import
>> because of missing Customs Entry numbers (box 6). I have never filled this
>> box out before,
>> Hi everyone,
>> A few updates for everyone to be aware of. I received two boxes from
>> Australia safely this week, however USFWS "refused" my import because of
>> missing Customs Entry numbers (box 6). I have *never* filled this box
>> out before, but the new de minimis order means we are now responsible for
>> the following process below (essentially being our own customs broker). I
>> spoke with an agent out of the LA office who has made it clear that box 6
>> is now absolutely required for our 3-177 eDec's. And, all packages must be
>> cleared *before* import now with that customs entry number. Simply
>> having the 3-177 on the box does not suffice. I'm sure this will vary
>> depending on the carrier and the customs broker they use, please share what
>> you learn.
>>
>> 1) Have sender generate FedEx label and hold package. The label needs to
>> be flagged as a wildlife shipment.
>> 2) Contact FedEx/shipper to tell them you have a wildlife shipment
>> incoming, send them your 3-177 document.
>> 3) Have FedEx give you the customs entry #
>> 4) Update 3-177 with that number, all before the package enters the US.
>> 5) Save all emails with FedEx in case USFWS rejects or has an issue, the
>> legal burden is on them now.
>>
>> Cases where this does not happen will be referred to enforcement and
>> possible criminal violation under 50 CFR 14.52(a).
>>
>> Good luck,
>> Chris
>>
>> *All of the above is based on my personal opinion and should not be
>> considered legal or expert advice.*
>>
>>
>> Christopher C. Grinter
>> Senior Collection Manager of Entomology
>> Secretary, The Lepidopterists? Society
>> Subject Editor: Lepidoptera, The Pacific Coast Entomological Society
>> California Academy of Sciences
>> 55 Music Concourse Dr
>> San Francisco, CA 94118
>> T 415.379.5320
>> We regenerate the natural world through science, learning, and
>> collaboration.
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>>
>> On Thu, Aug 28, 2025 at 4:48?AM Jacqueline Miller <jmiller at rom.on.ca>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Thank you Dirk. Yes, this is exactly how DHL ?lost? a shipment of study
>>> skin samples that were unfortunately destructively sampled from historical
>>> skins.  We have been unable to recover, but the last communication was the
>>> CBP took possession from the third party vendor (land), yet we cannot find
>>> out which port or office.  It may have us reconsider both DHL and when we
>>> permit destructive sampling for international requests.
>>>
>>> Ironically, this was the result of a labor dispute with DHL Canada, but
>>> it appears from what I am reading here that it could happen any time with
>>> respect to inability to track once the POE is crossed.
>>>
>>> Thanks again, Jacqui
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *Jacqueline Miller, M.Sc. (She/Her/Hers)*
>>> Collections Technician II, Mammalogy/Ornithology
>>>
>>> 100 Queen's Park
>>> Toronto, ON M5S 2C6
>>> 416 586 5769
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ROM acknowledges that this museum sits on the ancestral lands of the
>>> Wendat, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, and the Anishinaabek Nation, which
>>> includes the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, since time immemorial
>>> to today.
>>>
>>> Le ROM reconna?t que le Mus?e est situ? sur les terres ancestrales des
>>> Wendats, de la Conf?d?ration des Haudenosaunee et de la Nation Anishinabek,
>>> y compris la Premi?re Nation des Mississaugas de Credit, et qu?ils occupent
>>> ces terres depuis la nuit des temps.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *From:* Dirk Neumann <d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de>
>>> *Sent:* August 28, 2025 4:37 AM
>>> *To:* Jacqueline Miller <jmiller at rom.on.ca>; Bentley, Andrew Charles <
>>> abentley at ku.edu>; nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu
>>> *Subject:* Re: [EXTERN] RE: [Nhcoll-l] De Minimis removal for imports
>>> to the United States
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *[EXTERNAL EMAIL]* DO NOT CLICK links or attachments unless you
>>> recognize the sender and know the content is safe.
>>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> please be aware that there are two "DHL" carriers, which are strictly
>>> separated companies:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> - DHL *Express* (originally founded in the US and taken over by German
>>> (national) Deutsche Post, which then rebranded itself)
>>>
>>> - and just DHL (= DHL Paket, the German national postal parcel service,
>>> which is equivalent e.g. with USPS); they also offer and international
>>> "express" service, which is handled outside the DHL Express system.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> This similarity of brand names causes frequent confusion.
>>>
>>> Jacqui, I assume that DHL Parcel shipments to Canada should still be
>>> fine. The disadvantage of national postal services however is that you can
>>> track usually only within their own tracking systems, which means that as
>>> soon as an international parcel is handed over into an other (national)
>>> system, it may get a different tracking number and/or can no longer be
>>> tracked under its original tracking number you received.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> And yes, Andy, the 100 USD exemption is not applicable for us.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Hope this further clarifies.
>>>
>>> Dirk
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Am 25.08.2025 um 17:18 schrieb Jacqueline Miller:
>>>
>>> Good day all;
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Just a clarification, please.  Can Canada still use DHL for
>>> international museum shipments? This is our vendor of record. We have
>>> already had a package of specimens go missing this summer under DHL, in
>>> limbo somewhere with CBP.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Also, at ROM, we are changing our loans workflow to ensure advance
>>> notification is made to both USFWS and CBP.  So far I have trialed this
>>> process with FedEx, and we have had excellent results (the next day with
>>> full clearances!).
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Cheers, Jacqui
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *Jacqueline Miller, PhD (She/Her/Hers)*
>>> Collections Technician 2  -  DNH
>>>
>>> 100 Queen's Park
>>> Toronto, ON M5S 2C6
>>> 416 586 5769
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ROM acknowledges that this museum sits on the ancestral lands of the
>>> Wendat, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, and the Anishinaabek Nation, which
>>> includes the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, since time immemorial
>>> to today.
>>>
>>> Le ROM reconna?t que le Mus?e est situ? sur les terres ancestrales des
>>> Wendats, de la Conf?d?ration des Haudenosaunee et de la Nation Anishinabek,
>>> y compris la Premi?re Nation des Mississaugas de Credit, et qu?ils occupent
>>> ces terres depuis la nuit des temps.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *From:* Nhcoll-l <nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu>
>>> <nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu> *On Behalf Of *Bentley, Andrew
>>> Charles
>>> *Sent:* August 25, 2025 10:18 AM
>>> *To:* Dirk Neumann <d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de> <d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de>;
>>> nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu
>>> *Subject:* Re: [Nhcoll-l] De Minimis removal for imports to the United
>>> States
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> You don't often get email from abentley at ku.edu. Learn why this is
>>> important
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>>>
>>> Thanks for this info Dirk.  The news is starting to trickle down to us
>>> here in the US and still trying to figure out the ramifications for natural
>>> history loans, however there are still two things that are true.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>    1. Important to send materials by courier (FedEx or UPS) and not
>>>    national postal service (DHL is transferred into the US postal service upon
>>>    arrival) so that it can be tracked, and
>>>
>>>
>>>    2. Most important to alert us to any material that is being returned
>>>    or sent our way so that we can provide the necessary import paperwork
>>>    (USFWS 3-177) to ensure clearing of customs in an expedited manner.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> There is still an exemption to import tariffs for material under $100 so
>>> we should still be OK but always good to be safe than sorry.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Andy
>>>
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>>> Andy Bentley
>>> Ichthyology Collection Manager
>>> University of Kansas
>>> Biodiversity Institute
>>>
>>> Dyche Hall
>>> 1345 Jayhawk Boulevard
>>> Lawrence, KS, 66045-7561
>>> USA
>>>
>>> Tel: (785) 864-3863
>>> Fax: (785) 864-5335
>>> Email: abentley at ku.edu
>>>
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>>>
>>> *From:* Nhcoll-l <nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu> on behalf of Dirk
>>> Neumann <d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de>
>>> *Sent:* Friday, August 22, 2025 8:02 AM
>>> *To:* nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu <nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu>
>>> *Subject:* [Nhcoll-l] De Minimis removal for imports to the United
>>> States
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Dear colleagues,
>>>
>>> the Executive order suspending the De Minimis Treatment For All
>>> Countries" gets effective on 29 August, 00:01 Eastern Daylight Time.
>>>
>>>
>>> https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/07/suspending-duty-free-de-minimis-treatment-for-all-countries/
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>>>
>>> This removed the low-value exemption for all shipments into the US and
>>> introduces measures to increase screening for illegal substances or drugs.
>>>
>>> This may affect postal shipments handled/forwarded within national
>>> postal systems for import to the US / into USPS systems. DHL parcel, i.e.
>>> national German parcel service, (which is not the same as DHL Express),
>>> declared to suspend all services to the US from 26 August.
>>>
>>> The announcement of DHL states, that several other national postal
>>> services, are suspending services tot he US, e.g.
>>>
>>>    - Post Nord in Sweden and Denmark;
>>>    https://group.postnord.com/news-media/2025/postnord-is-temporarily-pausing-certain-goods-to-the-united-states-and-puerto-rico/
>>>    <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://url.avanan.click/v2/r01/___https:/*group.postnord.com/news-media/2025/postnord-is-temporarily-pausing-certain-goods-to-the-united-states-and-puerto-rico/___.YXAzOmNhbGFjYWRlbXk6YTpnOmNmZjM5ODg5Y2E5MDllYjUwNDY3MjIzZTJkMjUwZTUyOjc6OTViNDo1NjJkMmFkMWZkNzc5N2ZiMGMwYjk3MWQ2MDVjYWFkN2VjNWQ3MjE0ZDcwNzUwZjhlYWI1MjkwMjE2YTM5YmVlOmg6VDpO__;Lw!!Ljrh0eb5atLX!tx-CdT56XXwyjQIKhdT1n63ccyyQQng_J8rhnUn_e3VrGrAY-XMHxqQEzmY4nlRDdPAlDvx-JhLZVQ0HmiI$>
>>>    - BPost in Belgium;
>>>    https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/en/2025/08/20/bpost-to-suspend-parcel-service-to-the-us-from-friday/
>>>    <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://url.avanan.click/v2/r01/___https:/*www.vrt.be/vrtnws/en/2025/08/20/bpost-to-suspend-parcel-service-to-the-us-from-friday/___.YXAzOmNhbGFjYWRlbXk6YTpnOmNmZjM5ODg5Y2E5MDllYjUwNDY3MjIzZTJkMjUwZTUyOjc6MTNhNjo4YTA4OTAyMjFiZDg3NGM4YWFmM2Q1ZjYyODYxNWUzMWE4ZTVhMWE3Yjk2MjJjNzc3ZjdhOThlZTkzNDM0MGJjOmg6VDpO__;Lw!!Ljrh0eb5atLX!tx-CdT56XXwyjQIKhdT1n63ccyyQQng_J8rhnUn_e3VrGrAY-XMHxqQEzmY4nlRDdPAlDvx-JhLZbNOt9Bw$>
>>>    - ?PAG in Austria; https://www.post.at/en/p/c/shipments-usa
>>>    <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://url.avanan.click/v2/r01/___https:/*www.post.at/en/p/c/shipments-usa___.YXAzOmNhbGFjYWRlbXk6YTpnOmNmZjM5ODg5Y2E5MDllYjUwNDY3MjIzZTJkMjUwZTUyOjc6MmY3YToyNTFkNTNkYzk1NjYwM2VhZjllNTAyZGVjYjRkZTg4ZGI1OTY5NjA3N2Y5MWJmOWFlM2YwY2QxNmY0ZDgyODM5Omg6VDpO__;Lw!!Ljrh0eb5atLX!tx-CdT56XXwyjQIKhdT1n63ccyyQQng_J8rhnUn_e3VrGrAY-XMHxqQEzmY4nlRDdPAlDvx-JhLZeu4aTD4$>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Please check your the information of your local postal carrier to avoid
>>> problems with your shipments into the US and keep yourself informed about
>>> potential changes.
>>>
>>> With best wishes
>>>
>>> Dirk
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> ******
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *Dirk Neumann*
>>>
>>> Collection Manager, Hamburg
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Postal address:
>>>
>>> *Museum of Nature Hamburg*
>>> Leibniz Institute for the Analysis
>>>
>>> of Biodiversity Change
>>>
>>> Dirk Neumann
>>>
>>> Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3
>>>
>>> 20146 Hamburg
>>> +49 40 238 317 ? 628
>>>
>>> *d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de <d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de>*
>>>
>>> www.leibniz-lib.de
>>> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://url.avanan.click/v2/r01/___http:/*www.leibniz-lib.de___.YXAzOmNhbGFjYWRlbXk6YTpnOmNmZjM5ODg5Y2E5MDllYjUwNDY3MjIzZTJkMjUwZTUyOjc6YTc5NDpmZmY5NWFmYzczMDdjNGYxOGYxYzljOTRkNTRkYjAzMjI3YmRjMGU1ODQ2ZjNmYjNmOGMxYzdmYTZiNWJiMmNlOmg6VDpO__;Lw!!Ljrh0eb5atLX!tx-CdT56XXwyjQIKhdT1n63ccyyQQng_J8rhnUn_e3VrGrAY-XMHxqQEzmY4nlRDdPAlDvx-JhLZl5Hi_fc$>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Stiftung Leibniz-Institut zur Analyse des Biodiversit?tswandels
>>> Postanschrift: Adenauerallee 127, 53113 Bonn, Germany
>>>
>>> Stiftung des ?ffentlichen Rechts;
>>> Generaldirektion: Prof. Dr. Bernhard Misof (Generaldirektor), Adrian
>>> Gr?ter (Kaufm. Gesch?ftsf?hrer)
>>> Sitz der Stiftung: Adenauerallee 160 in Bonn
>>> Vorsitzender des Stiftungsrates: Dr. Michael Wappelhorst
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Stiftung Leibniz-Institut zur Analyse des Biodiversit?tswandels
>>> Postanschrift: Adenauerallee 127, 53113 Bonn, Germany
>>>
>>> Stiftung des ?ffentlichen Rechts;
>>> Generaldirektion: Prof. Dr. Bernhard Misof (Generaldirektor), Adrian
>>> Gr?ter (Kaufm. Gesch?ftsf?hrer)
>>> Sitz der Stiftung: Adenauerallee 160 in Bonn
>>> Vorsitzender des Stiftungsrates: Dr. Michael H. Wappelhorst
>>>
>>> On now at ROM, Saints, Sinners, Lovers, and Fools: 300 Years of Flemish
>>> Masterworks
>>> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://url.avanan.click/v2/r01/___https:/*www.rom.on.ca/whats-on/exhibitions/saints-sinners-lovers-and-fools-300-years-flemish-masterworks___.YXAzOmNhbGFjYWRlbXk6YTpnOmNmZjM5ODg5Y2E5MDllYjUwNDY3MjIzZTJkMjUwZTUyOjc6MTVmNDpkZmU5NDhmYmI4NzMzMGVjMzI3YTY0YWUwOTVjMDBjZmVlMTljNzJkNzgzODk1MTc0M2UxM2NkNmYwYWE5YjgyOmg6VDpO__;Lw!!Ljrh0eb5atLX!tx-CdT56XXwyjQIKhdT1n63ccyyQQng_J8rhnUn_e3VrGrAY-XMHxqQEzmY4nlRDdPAlDvx-JhLZZ50u4Lk$>.
>>> Tickets on sale now at rom.ca
>>> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://url.avanan.click/v2/r01/___https:/*www.rom.on.ca/en*20___.YXAzOmNhbGFjYWRlbXk6YTpnOmNmZjM5ODg5Y2E5MDllYjUwNDY3MjIzZTJkMjUwZTUyOjc6MDM0ZTo1NzQyODE3OWQxN2RkODE3MmIzMjFhMjJmMzQ4YjVmMWZiZjFiZjc1NTkxZjA0M2UzNzgxOTk5YmQ1NWU0NjNlOmg6VDpO__;LyU!!Ljrh0eb5atLX!tx-CdT56XXwyjQIKhdT1n63ccyyQQng_J8rhnUn_e3VrGrAY-XMHxqQEzmY4nlRDdPAlDvx-JhLZfatH1Cc$>
>>> .
>>> ------------------------------
>>>
>>> ? l'affiche : Vice, Vertu, D?sir, Folie : Trois si?cles de
>>> chefs-d'?uvre flamands
>>> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://url.avanan.click/v2/r01/___https:/*www.rom.on.ca/fr/whats-on/exhibitions/vice-vertu-desir-folie-trois-siecles-de-chefs-doeuvre-flamands___.YXAzOmNhbGFjYWRlbXk6YTpnOmNmZjM5ODg5Y2E5MDllYjUwNDY3MjIzZTJkMjUwZTUyOjc6MTUyZDo2ODJlNmQwZGVmYWE0MDFiOGVlNTAwMTQ5NWEwYmQ4N2M4YWYxYjgzMDE2YTUxZjU1NWNlOGViOGExZjEwZTFhOmg6VDpO__;Lw!!Ljrh0eb5atLX!tx-CdT56XXwyjQIKhdT1n63ccyyQQng_J8rhnUn_e3VrGrAY-XMHxqQEzmY4nlRDdPAlDvx-JhLZV4IBXBk$>.
>>> Billets en vente sur rom.ca/fr
>>> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://url.avanan.click/v2/r01/___https:/*www.rom.on.ca/fr*20___.YXAzOmNhbGFjYWRlbXk6YTpnOmNmZjM5ODg5Y2E5MDllYjUwNDY3MjIzZTJkMjUwZTUyOjc6NmEyYzowYjU3NDhhYjkxYWExZjBmMzBiOTE0MmUyYjM1YWI3NTZhZjlmN2E5NDM1ZGI2YjlkNjFhZmQ5YzM5MzJmMTk2Omg6VDpO__;LyU!!Ljrh0eb5atLX!tx-CdT56XXwyjQIKhdT1n63ccyyQQng_J8rhnUn_e3VrGrAY-XMHxqQEzmY4nlRDdPAlDvx-JhLZVHyQIgU$>
>>> .
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> ******
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *Dirk Neumann*
>>>
>>> Collection Manager, Hamburg
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Postal address:
>>>
>>> *Museum of Nature Hamburg*
>>> Leibniz Institute for the Analysis
>>>
>>> of Biodiversity Change
>>>
>>> Dirk Neumann
>>>
>>> Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3
>>>
>>> 20146 Hamburg
>>> +49 40 238 317 ? 628
>>>
>>> *d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de <d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de>*
>>>
>>> www.leibniz-lib.de
>>> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.leibniz-lib.de__;!!Ljrh0eb5atLX!tx-CdT56XXwyjQIKhdT1n63ccyyQQng_J8rhnUn_e3VrGrAY-XMHxqQEzmY4nlRDdPAlDvx-JhLZf2HjxZY$>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Stiftung Leibniz-Institut zur Analyse des Biodiversit?tswandels
>>> Postanschrift: Adenauerallee 127, 53113 Bonn, Germany
>>>
>>> Stiftung des ?ffentlichen Rechts;
>>> Generaldirektion: Prof. Dr. Bernhard Misof (Generaldirektor), Adrian
>>> Gr?ter (Kaufm. Gesch?ftsf?hrer)
>>> Sitz der Stiftung: Adenauerallee 160 in Bonn
>>> Vorsitzender des Stiftungsrates: Dr. Michael Wappelhorst
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Stiftung Leibniz-Institut zur Analyse des Biodiversit?tswandels
>>> Postanschrift: Adenauerallee 127, 53113 Bonn, Germany
>>>
>>> Stiftung des ?ffentlichen Rechts;
>>> Generaldirektion: Prof. Dr. Bernhard Misof (Generaldirektor), Adrian
>>> Gr?ter (Kaufm. Gesch?ftsf?hrer)
>>> Sitz der Stiftung: Adenauerallee 160 in Bonn
>>> Vorsitzender des Stiftungsrates: Dr. Michael H. Wappelhorst
>>>
>>> On now at ROM, Saints, Sinners, Lovers, and Fools: 300 Years of Flemish
>>> Masterworks
>>> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://url.avanan.click/v2/r01/___https:/*www.rom.on.ca/whats-on/exhibitions/saints-sinners-lovers-and-fools-300-years-flemish-masterworks___.YXAzOmNhbGFjYWRlbXk6YTpnOmNmZjM5ODg5Y2E5MDllYjUwNDY3MjIzZTJkMjUwZTUyOjc6YjY2ZTo4NWRlZmZhYjY4NGUzMTY1NzJjYmI2N2E5MGEwZWQ2ODc3NWU3MjQ0MTgyMTlhN2RiNWU3YmI4ZGQ5ZGVmMTUwOmg6VDpO__;Lw!!Ljrh0eb5atLX!tx-CdT56XXwyjQIKhdT1n63ccyyQQng_J8rhnUn_e3VrGrAY-XMHxqQEzmY4nlRDdPAlDvx-JhLZHuvMVrE$>.
>>> Tickets on sale now at rom.ca
>>> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.rom.on.ca/en__;!!Ljrh0eb5atLX!tx-CdT56XXwyjQIKhdT1n63ccyyQQng_J8rhnUn_e3VrGrAY-XMHxqQEzmY4nlRDdPAlDvx-JhLZDPGgx4A$>
>>> .
>>> ------------------------------
>>>
>>> ? l'affiche : Vice, Vertu, D?sir, Folie : Trois si?cles de
>>> chefs-d'?uvre flamands
>>> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://url.avanan.click/v2/r01/___https:/*www.rom.on.ca/fr/whats-on/exhibitions/vice-vertu-desir-folie-trois-siecles-de-chefs-doeuvre-flamands___.YXAzOmNhbGFjYWRlbXk6YTpnOmNmZjM5ODg5Y2E5MDllYjUwNDY3MjIzZTJkMjUwZTUyOjc6Nzg5OTo4YjEyNDNlNjdhYjYwM2EyZDRhZmYzZWRlYzcwZmJjMzgxYjYxMmEyMTVkNzFhYTY5NjMxYjdhZGZmZjRiMDQzOmg6VDpO__;Lw!!Ljrh0eb5atLX!tx-CdT56XXwyjQIKhdT1n63ccyyQQng_J8rhnUn_e3VrGrAY-XMHxqQEzmY4nlRDdPAlDvx-JhLZWbobxIc$>.
>>> Billets en vente sur rom.ca/fr
>>> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.rom.on.ca/fr__;!!Ljrh0eb5atLX!tx-CdT56XXwyjQIKhdT1n63ccyyQQng_J8rhnUn_e3VrGrAY-XMHxqQEzmY4nlRDdPAlDvx-JhLZhMacGXg$>
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>
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> --
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Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2025 10:49:57 +0100
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From: mhunter7 at emporia.edu (Mary Hunter)
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2025 18:33:06 +0000
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Restoration of Educational Human Skeleton
Message-ID: <PH0PR10MB57809C3BE7B623A89D1BB2A68715A@PH0PR10MB5780.namprd10.prod.outlook.com>

Hello,

My name is Mary Hunter and I am a professor of nursing at Emporia State University. We have a human skeleton that has been used for education in our school for many years. We are moving buildings soon, and I am hoping to find a way to make sure that the donation of this individual is honored long-term. The skeleton has been used for quite a while, and we would like to restore her as well as re-articulating the pieces that have come off. This is not an area that any of our faculty have expertise in, so I am looking for help and guidance wherever I can find it. Do you have any input into what my next steps should be? I've included a photo of the skeleton being used in the classroom in the past, as well as a few photos of what she looks like today.


Thank you in advance for your help.



Mary E. Hunter, PhD, BSN

Assistant Professor

Nursing

Emporia State University

913-523-5972

www.emporia.edu

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Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2025 05:53:40 -0700
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Walkie Talkie Audioguides Update: Museum Tests Complete
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From bmhess at umich.edu  Tue Sep 16 10:33:54 2025
From: bmhess at umich.edu (Benjamin Hess)
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2025 10:33:54 -0400
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Restoration of Educational Human Skeleton
In-Reply-To: <PH0PR10MB57809C3BE7B623A89D1BB2A68715A@PH0PR10MB5780.namprd10.prod.outlook.com>
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Message-ID: <CAL=eu_onc41+-S-dC3XynDjgtxD2=Yb0faK84C6RwMD94yGr8w@mail.gmail.com>

Mary,

You may want to reach out to other in-state institutions that work with the
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). I listed a
few on a quick search.

   - Kansas State University NAGPRA - https://www.k-state.edu/nagpra/
   - The University of Kansas NAGPRA - https://repatriation.ku.edu/
   - Kansas Museums Association NAGPRA -
   https://ksmuseums.org/resources/native-american-graves-protection-and-repatriation-act-nagpra-resources

Sincerely,

Ben

On Mon, Sep 15, 2025 at 2:42?PM Mary Hunter <mhunter7 at emporia.edu> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> My name is Mary Hunter and I am a professor of nursing at Emporia State
> University. We have a human skeleton that has been used for education in
> our school for many years. We are moving buildings soon, and I am hoping to
> find a way to make sure that the donation of this individual is honored
> long-term. The skeleton has been used for quite a while, and we would like
> to restore her as well as re-articulating the pieces that have come off.
> This is not an area that any of our faculty have expertise in, so I am
> looking for help and guidance wherever I can find it. Do you have any input
> into what my next steps should be? I've included a photo of the skeleton
> being used in the classroom in the past, as well as a few photos of what
> she looks like today.
>
>
> Thank you in advance for your help.
>
>
>
> *Mary E. Hunter, PhD, BSN*
>
> Assistant Professor
>
> Nursing
>
> Emporia State University
>
> 913-523-5972
>
> www.emporia.edu
>
> [image: A black and yellow logo AI-generated content may be incorrect.]
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> natural history collections to ensure their continuing value to
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> Advertising on NH-COLL-L is inappropriate.
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From fowle358 at umn.edu  Tue Sep 16 11:34:40 2025
From: fowle358 at umn.edu (Anna Fowler)
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2025 10:34:40 -0500
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Restoration of Educational Human Skeleton
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Message-ID: <870E658A-DD1D-4725-921F-354FECD8C398@umn.edu>

Hi Mary,

I recommend you also try reaching out to the Denver Museum of Nature and Science (probably Dr. Michelle Koons) and Dr. Chip Colwell (former DMNS Senior Curator of Anthropology). DMNS is generally regarded as the gold standard approach to repatriation and NAGPRA related practices in the wider museum world. Dr. Colwell wrote an excellent book some years ago on the efforts at DMNS - Plundered Skulls and Stolen Spirits. 

http://www.chipcolwell.com/

https://www.dmns.org/science/science-staff/#Anthropology

Cheers,
Anna Fowler (She/her)
Curatorial Technician - Data Manager
Bell Museum
University of Minnesota

Hours: Mo-Fri 8:15 AM- 4:45 PM

612-625-0529

fowle358 at umn.edu <mailto:fowle358 at umn.edu>
bellmuseum.umn.edu <http://bellmuseum.umn.edu/>





> On Sep 16, 2025, at 9:33?AM, Benjamin Hess <bmhess at umich.edu> wrote:
> 
> Mary,
> 
> You may want to reach out to other in-state institutions that work with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). I listed a few on a quick search.
> Kansas State University NAGPRA - https://www.k-state.edu/nagpra/ <https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.k-state.edu/nagpra/&source=gmail-imap&ust=1758638085000000&usg=AOvVaw2btBEQWFdCJqcwGVOZ4S2Q>
> The University of Kansas NAGPRA - https://repatriation.ku.edu/ <https://www.google.com/url?q=https://repatriation.ku.edu/&source=gmail-imap&ust=1758638085000000&usg=AOvVaw2EESkz87gV1JJ8RvJWBREK>
> Kansas Museums Association NAGPRA - https://ksmuseums.org/resources/native-american-graves-protection-and-repatriation-act-nagpra-resources <https://www.google.com/url?q=https://ksmuseums.org/resources/native-american-graves-protection-and-repatriation-act-nagpra-resources&source=gmail-imap&ust=1758638085000000&usg=AOvVaw2cqQia14NTiKrgw-LRgBD2>
> Sincerely,
> 
> Ben
> 
> On Mon, Sep 15, 2025 at 2:42?PM Mary Hunter <mhunter7 at emporia.edu <mailto:mhunter7 at emporia.edu>> wrote:
>> Hello, 
>> My name is Mary Hunter and I am a professor of nursing at Emporia State University. We have a human skeleton that has been used for education in our school for many years. We are moving buildings soon, and I am hoping to find a way to make sure that the donation of this individual is honored long-term. The skeleton has been used for quite a while, and we would like to restore her as well as re-articulating the pieces that have come off. This is not an area that any of our faculty have expertise in, so I am looking for help and guidance wherever I can find it. Do you have any input into what my next steps should be? I've included a photo of the skeleton being used in the classroom in the past, as well as a few photos of what she looks like today. 
>> 
>> Thank you in advance for your help. 
>> 
>> 
>> Mary E. Hunter, PhD, BSN
>> Assistant Professor
>> Nursing
>> Emporia State University
>> 913-523-5972
>> www.emporia.edu <https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.emporia.edu&source=gmail-imap&ust=1758638085000000&usg=AOvVaw0iICTScb6j2IsCPGzA7IdE>
>> <Outlook-A black an.png>
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>> Natural History Collections (SPNHC), an international society whose
>> mission is to improve the preservation, conservation and management of
>> natural history collections to ensure their continuing value to
>> society. See http://www.spnhc.org <https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.spnhc.org&source=gmail-imap&ust=1758638085000000&usg=AOvVaw3V0HbKQYI2O1x6BrlxWyBz> for membership information.
>> Advertising on NH-COLL-L is inappropriate.
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> natural history collections to ensure their continuing value to
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From getty031 at umn.edu  Tue Sep 16 12:46:17 2025
From: getty031 at umn.edu (Samantha Getty)
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2025 11:46:17 -0500
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Mammal Specimen Preparation - Wire Recommendations
Message-ID: <CA+1kQB9eLM1y5kSbN2up3=ciXwNPktGBL_Pt0MCSGaDMTUpaXA@mail.gmail.com>

Hello all,

My name is Sam and I am the specimen preparator for the Bell Museum. We
have been struggling to find suitable (modern) wire for our mammal
specimens. Our wire stash is decades old and is running low. Everything I
have purchased to try is too flexible and does not pull properly. Does
anyone have any recommendations on what type or brand of wire to use and
where to source it?

Thank you,
Sam Getty

-- 
Sam Getty (she/her)

Zoological Museum Curatorial Research Associate
Bell Museum
University of Minnesota
https://www.bellmuseum.umn.edu/salvage-wildlife/
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From bmhess at umich.edu  Tue Sep 16 13:34:27 2025
From: bmhess at umich.edu (Benjamin Hess)
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2025 13:34:27 -0400
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Mammal Specimen Preparation - Wire Recommendations
In-Reply-To: <CA+1kQB9eLM1y5kSbN2up3=ciXwNPktGBL_Pt0MCSGaDMTUpaXA@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CA+1kQB9eLM1y5kSbN2up3=ciXwNPktGBL_Pt0MCSGaDMTUpaXA@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAL=eu_ric-S7yKvgA_SN_EWXb+vxdsJ10m5YS4p6by2a0vOmEA@mail.gmail.com>

Sam,

You can get coiled wire at a cheaper cost, but pre-straightened wire is a
great savings of time/effort. Pulling wire is possible, but challenging
with thicker wire. In the past, I had used the following as a standard in
mammal preparation. Feel free to connect me if you have additional
questions.

Sincerely,

Ben


   - Pre-straightened stainless steel wire (McMaster Carr -
   https://www.mcmaster.com/catalog/127/4057/ )


   - Straight wire search - https://www.mcmaster.com/products/straight-wire/
   (select
      - 1-ft. Straight Length Wire (0.015 - 8908K87) ? for small shrews
      - 1-ft. Straight Length Wire (0.026 - 8908K26) ? for most small
      rodents
      - 1-ft. Straight Length Wire (0.045 - 8908K48) ? for medium mammals
      - 2-ft. Straight Length Wire (0.045 - 8908K78) ? this seems to not
      exist now, but I used this for all longer tails.
      https://www.mcmaster.com/straight-wire/length~24/
      - I would recommend another thicker and longer wire for bigger items.
      Nickel Copper Alloy (Monel) wire is also good as it is non-conductive and
      non-corrosive. https://www.mcmaster.com/straight-wire/length~3-ft-/




On Tue, Sep 16, 2025 at 12:55?PM Samantha Getty <getty031 at umn.edu> wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> My name is Sam and I am the specimen preparator for the Bell Museum. We
> have been struggling to find suitable (modern) wire for our mammal
> specimens. Our wire stash is decades old and is running low. Everything I
> have purchased to try is too flexible and does not pull properly. Does
> anyone have any recommendations on what type or brand of wire to use and
> where to source it?
>
> Thank you,
> Sam Getty
>
> --
> Sam Getty (she/her)
>
> Zoological Museum Curatorial Research Associate
> Bell Museum
> University of Minnesota
> https://www.bellmuseum.umn.edu/salvage-wildlife/
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> Natural History Collections (SPNHC), an international society whose
> mission is to improve the preservation, conservation and management of
> natural history collections to ensure their continuing value to
> society. See http://www.spnhc.org for membership information.
> Advertising on NH-COLL-L is inappropriate.
>


-- 

*Benjamin M. Hess | EEB Museums Registrar | **EEB Museums Safety
Representative to the RMC *

University of Michigan | LSA Ecology & Evolutionary Biology | Research
Museums Center

3600 Varsity Drive, Ann Arbor MI 48108-2228

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From prc44 at drexel.edu  Tue Sep 16 13:40:07 2025
From: prc44 at drexel.edu (Callomon,Paul)
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2025 17:40:07 +0000
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Mammal Specimen Preparation - Wire Recommendations
In-Reply-To: <CAL=eu_ric-S7yKvgA_SN_EWXb+vxdsJ10m5YS4p6by2a0vOmEA@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CA+1kQB9eLM1y5kSbN2up3=ciXwNPktGBL_Pt0MCSGaDMTUpaXA@mail.gmail.com>
 <CAL=eu_ric-S7yKvgA_SN_EWXb+vxdsJ10m5YS4p6by2a0vOmEA@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <BL0PR01MB5220044E3AE76759514CB611C314A@BL0PR01MB5220.prod.exchangelabs.com>

This will sound a bit home-made, but among the highest-quality bendable steel wire I?ve found is that used to make coat hangers. I?ve used it in many ways, and it?s a great balance of strength, whip and formability. It?s usually coated against rust, too.

PC

Paul Callomon
Collection Manager, Malacology and General Invertebrates
________________________________
Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Philadelphia
callomon at ansp.org<mailto:callomon at ansp.org> Tel 215-405-5096 - Fax 215-299-1170
President of the American Malacological Society for 2027

From: Nhcoll-l <nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu> On Behalf Of Benjamin Hess
Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2025 1:34 PM
To: Samantha Getty <getty031 at umn.edu>
Cc: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu
Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] Mammal Specimen Preparation - Wire Recommendations


External.
Sam,

You can get coiled wire at a cheaper cost, but pre-straightened wire is a great savings of time/effort. Pulling wire is possible, but challenging with thicker wire. In the past, I had used the following as a standard in mammal preparation. Feel free to connect me if you have additional questions.

Sincerely,

Ben
?         Pre-straightened stainless steel wire (McMaster Carr - https://www.mcmaster.com/catalog/127/4057/ )
?         Straight wire search - https://www.mcmaster.com/products/straight-wire/  (select
o    1-ft. Straight Length Wire (0.015 - 8908K87) --> for small shrews
o    1-ft. Straight Length Wire (0.026 - 8908K26) --> for most small rodents
o    1-ft. Straight Length Wire (0.045 - 8908K48) --> for medium mammals
o    2-ft. Straight Length Wire (0.045 - 8908K78) --> this seems to not exist now, but I used this for all longer tails. https://www.mcmaster.com/straight-wire/length~24/
o    I would recommend another thicker and longer wire for bigger items. Nickel Copper Alloy (Monel) wire is also good as it is non-conductive and non-corrosive. https://www.mcmaster.com/straight-wire/length~3-ft-/



On Tue, Sep 16, 2025 at 12:55?PM Samantha Getty <getty031 at umn.edu<mailto:getty031 at umn.edu>> wrote:
Hello all,

My name is Sam and I am the specimen preparator for the Bell Museum. We  have been struggling to find suitable (modern) wire for our mammal specimens. Our wire stash is decades old and is running low. Everything I have purchased to try is too flexible and does not pull properly. Does anyone have any recommendations on what type or brand of wire to use and where to source it?

Thank you,
Sam Getty

--
Sam Getty (she/her)

Zoological Museum Curatorial Research Associate
Bell Museum
University of Minnesota
https://www.bellmuseum.umn.edu/salvage-wildlife/
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From ewommack at uwyo.edu  Tue Sep 16 14:03:32 2025
From: ewommack at uwyo.edu (Elizabeth Wommack)
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2025 18:03:32 +0000
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Mammal Specimen Preparation - Wire Recommendations
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Hi Sam,

If you are short on time, I head down to our local hardware store (ACE here) and ask for the piano wire for crafts. You won't be able to bend the wire at all, but it comes straight, has lots of sizes, and works really well for mammal legs and tails. I really like it for our mid-size to larger mammals (minks, raccoons, badgers, etc), but I have used it for mice just fine too.
It is generally more expensive though, so I don't get a ton of it.

All of my metal coat hangers go for hanging mammal skeletons on our drying line. PC is right that they have not rusted yet. Just gotten messy.

cheers,
Beth

Elizabeth Wommack, PhD
Curator and Collections Manager of Vertebrates
University of Wyoming Museum of Vertebrates
Berry Biodiversity Conservation Center
University of Wyoming,
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This will sound a bit home-made, but among the highest-quality bendable steel wire I?ve found is that used to make coat hangers. I?ve used it in many ways, and it?s a great balance of strength, whip and formability. It?s usually coated against rust, too.



PC



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External.

Sam,



You can get coiled wire at a cheaper cost, but pre-straightened wire is a great savings of time/effort. Pulling wire is possible, but challenging with thicker wire. In the past, I had used the following as a standard in mammal preparation. Feel free to connect me if you have additional questions.



Sincerely,

Ben

?         Pre-straightened stainless steel wire (McMaster Carr - https://www.mcmaster.com/catalog/127/4057/ )

?         Straight wire search - https://www.mcmaster.com/products/straight-wire/  (select

o    1-ft. Straight Length Wire (0.015 - 8908K87) --> for small shrews

o    1-ft. Straight Length Wire (0.026 - 8908K26) --> for most small rodents

o    1-ft. Straight Length Wire (0.045 - 8908K48) --> for medium mammals

o    2-ft. Straight Length Wire (0.045 - 8908K78) --> this seems to not exist now, but I used this for all longer tails. https://www.mcmaster.com/straight-wire/length~24/

o    I would recommend another thicker and longer wire for bigger items. Nickel Copper Alloy (Monel) wire is also good as it is non-conductive and non-corrosive. https://www.mcmaster.com/straight-wire/length~3-ft-/







On Tue, Sep 16, 2025 at 12:55?PM Samantha Getty <getty031 at umn.edu<mailto:getty031 at umn.edu>> wrote:

Hello all,



My name is Sam and I am the specimen preparator for the Bell Museum. We  have been struggling to find suitable (modern) wire for our mammal specimens. Our wire stash is decades old and is running low. Everything I have purchased to try is too flexible and does not pull properly. Does anyone have any recommendations on what type or brand of wire to use and where to source it?



Thank you,

Sam Getty



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From Alastair.Graham at csiro.au  Wed Sep 17 01:11:49 2025
From: Alastair.Graham at csiro.au (Graham, Alastair (NCMI, Hobart))
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2025 05:11:49 +0000
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] FedEx & natural history specimens [SEC=OFFICIAL]
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G'day

I have recently had a parcel returned to me by FedEx.  Their reason being dead preserved natural history specimens are a prohibited item in their freight network.  This is according to their SRG Prohibited items list.

I have used FedEx for over 12 years for loan shipments.  I have asked FedEx what has changed.  Apparently FedEx in Australia is using an AI system to check consignment documents and the system read 'fish' in my documents lodged with the parcel and flagged my parcel as prohibited in their network.

I have spoken to and emailed FedEx a number of times.  I have explained that:

*       The specimens are preserved according to standard natural history museum procedures.  The fish were originally fixed in 10% formalin.  Then transferred to 70% ethanol for long-term storage.
*       For transport, they have been wrapped in muslin cloth moistened with only a small quantity of 70% ethanol and sealed inside three plastic bags with absorbent material.  The specimens and their packing comply with Special Provision A180 of the IATA regulations on the air transport of Dangerous Goods.
*       I use Harmonized System Tariff code 9705.00.00 (or 9705.29.00.00 or 9705.29.00.90, depending on which code is accepted by the freight company's systems and the receiving country) on the documentation.
*       The description of the contents I use is "Preserved marine fish specimens for scientific study only.  Not restricted under Special Provision A180 of the IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations.  Non-hazardous, not for human consumption.  No commercial value.  Please refer to the attached documents for additional details."

Additionally, I have explained that the specimens are not perishable.  Thus, they do not require refrigeration or other environmental control.  I have also said that natural history museums everywhere send their specimens as per the above.

I am still waiting for an explanation from FedEx.  However, I am absolutely certain there is a misunderstanding by FedEx.  Unless, something has changed and FedEx will no longer accept natural history specimens.

Have you encountered the same problem with FedEx?

Cheers

Al

Alastair (Al) Graham
Fish Collection Manager
Australian National Fish Collection
National Research Collections Australia
CSIRO National Collections and Marine Infrastructure

P: +61 3 6232 5351 | M: +61 (0) 419 756 411 | F: +61 3 6232 5000
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From d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de  Wed Sep 17 01:56:17 2025
From: d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de (Dirk Neumann)
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2025 07:56:17 +0200
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] [EXTERN] FedEx & natural history specimens
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Hi Alastair,

this is not good news, hopefully this was just a misunderstanding. It might be worth keeping in mind that IATA Special Provision A180 explicitly refers to preserved scientific material, and that FedEx - as an airline - fully agrees and has to comply with these IATA regulations, unless the specific airline variations. Which doesn't seem to be the case (at least not in the 2021 version that FedEx has online).

https://www.fedex.com/content/dam/fedex/us-united-states/services/DG_IATA_Variations_2021.pdf

If necessary, you could ask for the current IATA FedEx variations to challenge FedEx Australia if they would have divergent views why they think it was okay to return the shipment.

It might be worth though to avoid the word 'fish' in the first mentioning of the included goods and sepcifically in the 'description of goods field' and better say 'preserved museum specimens' instead.

'Marine fish' can cause all sorts of wrong interpretations, there are entire chapters in the Harmonised Customs Tariff system referring to fresh, processed or otherwise preserved fish for human consumption or as animal-by-products. The terms 'freshwater fish'  or 'marine fish', but also marine/freshwater invertebrates can raise red flags as there are many transmissible diseases that can be carried from 'fish' or 'invertebrates'. Crayfish plague for example was transmitted via thawing water from frozen crayfish imports.

Hope this helps - and thanks for posting this, Alastair!

With best wishes
Dirk



Am 17.09.2025 um 07:11 schrieb Graham, Alastair (NCMI, Hobart):
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G?day

I have recently had a parcel returned to me by FedEx.  Their reason being dead preserved natural history specimens are a prohibited item in their freight network.  This is according to their SRG Prohibited items list.

I have used FedEx for over 12 years for loan shipments.  I have asked FedEx what has changed.  Apparently FedEx in Australia is using an AI system to check consignment documents and the system read ?fish? in my documents lodged with the parcel and flagged my parcel as prohibited in their network.

I have spoken to and emailed FedEx a number of times.  I have explained that:


  *   The specimens are preserved according to standard natural history museum procedures.  The fish were originally fixed in 10% formalin.  Then transferred to 70% ethanol for long-term storage.
  *   For transport, they have been wrapped in muslin cloth moistened with only a small quantity of 70% ethanol and sealed inside three plastic bags with absorbent material.  The specimens and their packing comply with Special Provision A180 of the IATA regulations on the air transport of Dangerous Goods.
  *   I use Harmonized System Tariff code 9705.00.00 (or 9705.29.00.00 or 9705.29.00.90, depending on which code is accepted by the freight company?s systems and the receiving country) on the documentation.
  *   The description of the contents I use is ?Preserved marine fish specimens for scientific study only.  Not restricted under Special Provision A180 of the IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations.  Non-hazardous, not for human consumption.  No commercial value.  Please refer to the attached documents for additional details.?


Additionally, I have explained that the specimens are not perishable.  Thus, they do not require refrigeration or other environmental control.  I have also said that natural history museums everywhere send their specimens as per the above.

I am still waiting for an explanation from FedEx.  However, I am absolutely certain there is a misunderstanding by FedEx.  Unless, something has changed and FedEx will no longer accept natural history specimens.

Have you encountered the same problem with FedEx?

Cheers

Al

Alastair (Al) Graham
Fish Collection Manager
Australian National Fish Collection
National Research Collections Australia
CSIRO National Collections and Marine Infrastructure

P: +61 3 6232 5351 | M: +61 (0) 419 756 411 | F: +61 3 6232 5000
alastair.graham at csiro.au<mailto:alastair.graham at csiro.au> | www.csiro.au<http://www.csiro.au/>

Address: 3 Castray Esplanade, Hobart Tas 7000, Australia
Post: GPO Box 1538, Hobart Tas 7001, Australia






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From: Alastair.Graham at csiro.au (Graham, Alastair (NCMI, Hobart))
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2025 07:57:39 +0000
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G?day Dirk
Thanks for your response.  Yes, I hope that it is ?just a misunderstanding?.  However, getting FedEx Australia to admit that it is ?just a misunderstanding? is proving a challenge.  They seem to be convinced their new AI document checking system is correct.
Your suggestion to use the description 'preserved museum specimens? is interesting.  A couple of years ago, I was advised by an Australian customs broker that description was too general and it needed to be more specific.  That is why I have used ?Preserved marine fish specimens for scientific study only? for the past couple of years.  I have also had customs and biosecurity officials in the US and NZ indicate that the description 'preserved museum specimens? was not specific enough.  Unfortunately, if officials do not read everything (including the IATA DG Special Provision A180 statement and the Harmonized System Tariff code information), we are at the mercy of their personal interpretation.
Cheers
Al
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Sent: Wednesday, 17 September 2025 3:56 PM
To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu
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OFFICIAL

Hi Alastair,

this is not good news, hopefully this was just a misunderstanding. It might be worth keeping in mind that IATA Special Provision A180 explicitly refers to preserved scientific material, and that FedEx - as an airline - fully agrees and has to comply with these IATA regulations, unless the specific airline variations. Which doesn't seem to be the case (at least not in the 2021 version that FedEx has online).

https://www.fedex.com/content/dam/fedex/us-united-states/services/DG_IATA_Variations_2021.pdf

If necessary, you could ask for the current IATA FedEx variations to challenge FedEx Australia if they would have divergent views why they think it was okay to return the shipment.

It might be worth though to avoid the word 'fish' in the first mentioning of the included goods and sepcifically in the 'description of goods field' and better say 'preserved museum specimens' instead.

'Marine fish' can cause all sorts of wrong interpretations, there are entire chapters in the Harmonised Customs Tariff system referring to fresh, processed or otherwise preserved fish for human consumption or as animal-by-products. The terms 'freshwater fish'  or 'marine fish', but also marine/freshwater invertebrates can raise red flags as there are many transmissible diseases that can be carried from 'fish' or 'invertebrates'. Crayfish plague for example was transmitted via thawing water from frozen crayfish imports.

Hope this helps - and thanks for posting this, Alastair!

With best wishes
Dirk



Am 17.09.2025 um 07:11 schrieb Graham, Alastair (NCMI, Hobart):
OFFICIAL


G?day

I have recently had a parcel returned to me by FedEx.  Their reason being dead preserved natural history specimens are a prohibited item in their freight network.  This is according to their SRG Prohibited items list.

I have used FedEx for over 12 years for loan shipments.  I have asked FedEx what has changed.  Apparently FedEx in Australia is using an AI system to check consignment documents and the system read ?fish? in my documents lodged with the parcel and flagged my parcel as prohibited in their network.

I have spoken to and emailed FedEx a number of times.  I have explained that:


  *   The specimens are preserved according to standard natural history museum procedures.  The fish were originally fixed in 10% formalin.  Then transferred to 70% ethanol for long-term storage.
  *   For transport, they have been wrapped in muslin cloth moistened with only a small quantity of 70% ethanol and sealed inside three plastic bags with absorbent material.  The specimens and their packing comply with Special Provision A180 of the IATA regulations on the air transport of Dangerous Goods.
  *   I use Harmonized System Tariff code 9705.00.00 (or 9705.29.00.00 or 9705.29.00.90, depending on which code is accepted by the freight company?s systems and the receiving country) on the documentation.
  *   The description of the contents I use is ?Preserved marine fish specimens for scientific study only.  Not restricted under Special Provision A180 of the IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations.  Non-hazardous, not for human consumption.  No commercial value.  Please refer to the attached documents for additional details.?

Additionally, I have explained that the specimens are not perishable.  Thus, they do not require refrigeration or other environmental control.  I have also said that natural history museums everywhere send their specimens as per the above.

I am still waiting for an explanation from FedEx.  However, I am absolutely certain there is a misunderstanding by FedEx.  Unless, something has changed and FedEx will no longer accept natural history specimens.

Have you encountered the same problem with FedEx?

Cheers

Al

Alastair (Al) Graham
Fish Collection Manager
Australian National Fish Collection
National Research Collections Australia
CSIRO National Collections and Marine Infrastructure

P: +61 3 6232 5351 | M: +61 (0) 419 756 411 | F: +61 3 6232 5000
alastair.graham at csiro.au<mailto:alastair.graham at csiro.au> | www.csiro.au<http://www.csiro.au/>

Address: 3 Castray Esplanade, Hobart Tas 7000, Australia
Post: GPO Box 1538, Hobart Tas 7001, Australia






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From: d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de (Dirk Neumann)
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2025 10:07:48 +0200
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Hi Al,

in principle, the terminology 'preserved museum specimens' resonates with the definition of collector's items of xyz collections for HS-Code 9705. It seems - and maybe this is indeed AI-driven - that we need to align our terminology in a way that AI-driven systems do not draw wrong conclusions and match our descriptions to wrong HS-codes.

'Preserved museum specimens' should not be the only description, but if you, for example combine "This package contains dead preserved museum specimens (preserved freshwater cichlids of the genus Oreochromis, detailed Latin species are referenced in the included loan agreement) for scientific research", we would avoid the combination "fish" and "freshwater" all together, but would still be very specific for customs and wildlife officers.


Cheers,
Dirk


Am 17.09.2025 um 09:57 schrieb Graham, Alastair (NCMI, Hobart):

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G?day Dirk
Thanks for your response.  Yes, I hope that it is ?just a misunderstanding?.  However, getting FedEx Australia to admit that it is ?just a misunderstanding? is proving a challenge.  They seem to be convinced their new AI document checking system is correct.
Your suggestion to use the description 'preserved museum specimens? is interesting.  A couple of years ago, I was advised by an Australian customs broker that description was too general and it needed to be more specific.  That is why I have used ?Preserved marine fish specimens for scientific study only? for the past couple of years.  I have also had customs and biosecurity officials in the US and NZ indicate that the description 'preserved museum specimens? was not specific enough.  Unfortunately, if officials do not read everything (including the IATA DG Special Provision A180 statement and the Harmonized System Tariff code information), we are at the mercy of their personal interpretation.
Cheers
Al
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Hi Alastair,

this is not good news, hopefully this was just a misunderstanding. It might be worth keeping in mind that IATA Special Provision A180 explicitly refers to preserved scientific material, and that FedEx - as an airline - fully agrees and has to comply with these IATA regulations, unless the specific airline variations. Which doesn't seem to be the case (at least not in the 2021 version that FedEx has online).

https://www.fedex.com/content/dam/fedex/us-united-states/services/DG_IATA_Variations_2021.pdf

If necessary, you could ask for the current IATA FedEx variations to challenge FedEx Australia if they would have divergent views why they think it was okay to return the shipment.

It might be worth though to avoid the word 'fish' in the first mentioning of the included goods and sepcifically in the 'description of goods field' and better say 'preserved museum specimens' instead.

'Marine fish' can cause all sorts of wrong interpretations, there are entire chapters in the Harmonised Customs Tariff system referring to fresh, processed or otherwise preserved fish for human consumption or as animal-by-products. The terms 'freshwater fish'  or 'marine fish', but also marine/freshwater invertebrates can raise red flags as there are many transmissible diseases that can be carried from 'fish' or 'invertebrates'. Crayfish plague for example was transmitted via thawing water from frozen crayfish imports.

Hope this helps - and thanks for posting this, Alastair!

With best wishes
Dirk



Am 17.09.2025 um 07:11 schrieb Graham, Alastair (NCMI, Hobart):
OFFICIAL


G?day

I have recently had a parcel returned to me by FedEx.  Their reason being dead preserved natural history specimens are a prohibited item in their freight network.  This is according to their SRG Prohibited items list.

I have used FedEx for over 12 years for loan shipments.  I have asked FedEx what has changed.  Apparently FedEx in Australia is using an AI system to check consignment documents and the system read ?fish? in my documents lodged with the parcel and flagged my parcel as prohibited in their network.

I have spoken to and emailed FedEx a number of times.  I have explained that:


  *   The specimens are preserved according to standard natural history museum procedures.  The fish were originally fixed in 10% formalin.  Then transferred to 70% ethanol for long-term storage.
  *   For transport, they have been wrapped in muslin cloth moistened with only a small quantity of 70% ethanol and sealed inside three plastic bags with absorbent material.  The specimens and their packing comply with Special Provision A180 of the IATA regulations on the air transport of Dangerous Goods.
  *   I use Harmonized System Tariff code 9705.00.00 (or 9705.29.00.00 or 9705.29.00.90, depending on which code is accepted by the freight company?s systems and the receiving country) on the documentation.
  *   The description of the contents I use is ?Preserved marine fish specimens for scientific study only.  Not restricted under Special Provision A180 of the IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations.  Non-hazardous, not for human consumption.  No commercial value.  Please refer to the attached documents for additional details.?

Additionally, I have explained that the specimens are not perishable.  Thus, they do not require refrigeration or other environmental control.  I have also said that natural history museums everywhere send their specimens as per the above.

I am still waiting for an explanation from FedEx.  However, I am absolutely certain there is a misunderstanding by FedEx.  Unless, something has changed and FedEx will no longer accept natural history specimens.

Have you encountered the same problem with FedEx?

Cheers

Al

Alastair (Al) Graham
Fish Collection Manager
Australian National Fish Collection
National Research Collections Australia
CSIRO National Collections and Marine Infrastructure

P: +61 3 6232 5351 | M: +61 (0) 419 756 411 | F: +61 3 6232 5000
alastair.graham at csiro.au<mailto:alastair.graham at csiro.au> | www.csiro.au<http://www.csiro.au/>

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Leibniz Institute for the Analysis
of Biodiversity Change
Dirk Neumann
Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3
20146 Hamburg
+49 40 238 317 ? 628
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Subject: [Nhcoll-l] [EXTERN] FedEx & natural history specimens
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I would guess that it is just the AI thing that makes the trouble here. Until that kind of thing is developed to a point where it can show common sense, we can only fear the worst.
Anecdote only distantly related: I was once involved in a Danish aquarium society. There was trouble for importers of aquarium fish, because Danish customs authorities required a form filled out, where ?fish? could be either 1) canned or 2) frozen.
I talked with a young lady I knew at the time, who happened to be employed in the customs system. I had expected her to laugh at the story, but she looked at me with serious eyes and explained that such rules had to be followed, because they had been seriously worked out and were for the greater good of all. I decided not to begin dating her after all. I have a suspicion that people in this kind of organisations (it may involve parts of FedEx too)  have always thought like AI.
Cheers
Tom

From: Nhcoll-l <nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu> On Behalf Of Dirk Neumann
Sent: 17. september 2025 07:56
To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu
Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] [EXTERN] FedEx & natural history specimens [SEC=OFFICIAL]

Hi Alastair,

this is not good news, hopefully this was just a misunderstanding. It might be worth keeping in mind that IATA Special Provision A180 explicitly refers to preserved scientific material, and that FedEx - as an airline - fully agrees and has to comply with these IATA regulations, unless the specific airline variations. Which doesn't seem to be the case (at least not in the 2021 version that FedEx has online).

https://www.fedex.com/content/dam/fedex/us-united-states/services/DG_IATA_Variations_2021.pdf<https://www.fedex.com/content/dam/fedex/us-united-states/services/DG_IATA_Variations_2021.pdf>

If necessary, you could ask for the current IATA FedEx variations to challenge FedEx Australia if they would have divergent views why they think it was okay to return the shipment.

It might be worth though to avoid the word 'fish' in the first mentioning of the included goods and sepcifically in the 'description of goods field' and better say 'preserved museum specimens' instead.

'Marine fish' can cause all sorts of wrong interpretations, there are entire chapters in the Harmonised Customs Tariff system referring to fresh, processed or otherwise preserved fish for human consumption or as animal-by-products. The terms 'freshwater fish'  or 'marine fish', but also marine/freshwater invertebrates can raise red flags as there are many transmissible diseases that can be carried from 'fish' or 'invertebrates'. Crayfish plague for example was transmitted via thawing water from frozen crayfish imports.

Hope this helps - and thanks for posting this, Alastair!

With best wishes
Dirk



Am 17.09.2025 um 07:11 schrieb Graham, Alastair (NCMI, Hobart):
OFFICIAL


G?day

I have recently had a parcel returned to me by FedEx.  Their reason being dead preserved natural history specimens are a prohibited item in their freight network.  This is according to their SRG Prohibited items list.

I have used FedEx for over 12 years for loan shipments.  I have asked FedEx what has changed.  Apparently FedEx in Australia is using an AI system to check consignment documents and the system read ?fish? in my documents lodged with the parcel and flagged my parcel as prohibited in their network.

I have spoken to and emailed FedEx a number of times.  I have explained that:


  *   The specimens are preserved according to standard natural history museum procedures.  The fish were originally fixed in 10% formalin.  Then transferred to 70% ethanol for long-term storage.
  *   For transport, they have been wrapped in muslin cloth moistened with only a small quantity of 70% ethanol and sealed inside three plastic bags with absorbent material.  The specimens and their packing comply with Special Provision A180 of the IATA regulations on the air transport of Dangerous Goods.
  *   I use Harmonized System Tariff code 9705.00.00 (or 9705.29.00.00 or 9705.29.00.90, depending on which code is accepted by the freight company?s systems and the receiving country) on the documentation.
  *   The description of the contents I use is ?Preserved marine fish specimens for scientific study only.  Not restricted under Special Provision A180 of the IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations.  Non-hazardous, not for human consumption.  No commercial value.  Please refer to the attached documents for additional details.?

Additionally, I have explained that the specimens are not perishable.  Thus, they do not require refrigeration or other environmental control.  I have also said that natural history museums everywhere send their specimens as per the above.

I am still waiting for an explanation from FedEx.  However, I am absolutely certain there is a misunderstanding by FedEx.  Unless, something has changed and FedEx will no longer accept natural history specimens.

Have you encountered the same problem with FedEx?

Cheers

Al

Alastair (Al) Graham
Fish Collection Manager
Australian National Fish Collection
National Research Collections Australia
CSIRO National Collections and Marine Infrastructure

P: +61 3 6232 5351 | M: +61 (0) 419 756 411 | F: +61 3 6232 5000
alastair.graham at csiro.au<mailto:alastair.graham at csiro.au> | http://www.csiro.au/<http://www.csiro.au/>

Address: 3 Castray Esplanade, Hobart Tas 7000, Australia
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Collection Manager, Hamburg

Postal address:
Museum of Nature Hamburg
Leibniz Institute for the Analysis
of Biodiversity Change
Dirk Neumann
Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3
20146 Hamburg
+49 40 238 317 ? 628
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From: d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de (Dirk Neumann)
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2025 10:21:12 +0200
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Hi Tom,

I guess the principle problem is that the international customs systems only knows the categories 'trade', 'personal belongings', 'gifts', and 'commodities that are traded as samples'.

Scientific loans are a completely unknown university for all working in the brokerage/customs process. However, the customs process is closely aligned and interlinked with monitoring of transmissible diseases, illegal wildlife trade, perishable food imports and so forth.

As a result, and specifically with the new AI systems, there is a huge risk that a wrong terminology leads us on a wrong brokerage pathway, i.e. if either AI or staff makes wrong interpretations of our declarations. So your anecdote does not surprise me at all, I think it is a perfect match how things are usually categorised in these systems.

With best wishes
Dirk


Am 17.09.2025 um 10:07 schrieb Tom Schi?tte:
I would guess that it is just the AI thing that makes the trouble here. Until that kind of thing is developed to a point where it can show common sense, we can only fear the worst.
Anecdote only distantly related: I was once involved in a Danish aquarium society. There was trouble for importers of aquarium fish, because Danish customs authorities required a form filled out, where ?fish? could be either 1) canned or 2) frozen.
I talked with a young lady I knew at the time, who happened to be employed in the customs system. I had expected her to laugh at the story, but she looked at me with serious eyes and explained that such rules had to be followed, because they had been seriously worked out and were for the greater good of all. I decided not to begin dating her after all. I have a suspicion that people in this kind of organisations (it may involve parts of FedEx too)  have always thought like AI.
Cheers
Tom

From: Nhcoll-l <nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu><mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu> On Behalf Of Dirk Neumann
Sent: 17. september 2025 07:56
To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu<mailto:nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu>
Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] [EXTERN] FedEx & natural history specimens [SEC=OFFICIAL]

Hi Alastair,

this is not good news, hopefully this was just a misunderstanding. It might be worth keeping in mind that IATA Special Provision A180 explicitly refers to preserved scientific material, and that FedEx - as an airline - fully agrees and has to comply with these IATA regulations, unless the specific airline variations. Which doesn't seem to be the case (at least not in the 2021 version that FedEx has online).

https://www.fedex.com/content/dam/fedex/us-united-states/services/DG_IATA_Variations_2021.pdf

If necessary, you could ask for the current IATA FedEx variations to challenge FedEx Australia if they would have divergent views why they think it was okay to return the shipment.

It might be worth though to avoid the word 'fish' in the first mentioning of the included goods and sepcifically in the 'description of goods field' and better say 'preserved museum specimens' instead.

'Marine fish' can cause all sorts of wrong interpretations, there are entire chapters in the Harmonised Customs Tariff system referring to fresh, processed or otherwise preserved fish for human consumption or as animal-by-products. The terms 'freshwater fish'  or 'marine fish', but also marine/freshwater invertebrates can raise red flags as there are many transmissible diseases that can be carried from 'fish' or 'invertebrates'. Crayfish plague for example was transmitted via thawing water from frozen crayfish imports.

Hope this helps - and thanks for posting this, Alastair!

With best wishes
Dirk



Am 17.09.2025 um 07:11 schrieb Graham, Alastair (NCMI, Hobart):
OFFICIAL


G?day

I have recently had a parcel returned to me by FedEx.  Their reason being dead preserved natural history specimens are a prohibited item in their freight network.  This is according to their SRG Prohibited items list.

I have used FedEx for over 12 years for loan shipments.  I have asked FedEx what has changed.  Apparently FedEx in Australia is using an AI system to check consignment documents and the system read ?fish? in my documents lodged with the parcel and flagged my parcel as prohibited in their network.

I have spoken to and emailed FedEx a number of times.  I have explained that:


  *   The specimens are preserved according to standard natural history museum procedures.  The fish were originally fixed in 10% formalin.  Then transferred to 70% ethanol for long-term storage.
  *   For transport, they have been wrapped in muslin cloth moistened with only a small quantity of 70% ethanol and sealed inside three plastic bags with absorbent material.  The specimens and their packing comply with Special Provision A180 of the IATA regulations on the air transport of Dangerous Goods.
  *   I use Harmonized System Tariff code 9705.00.00 (or 9705.29.00.00 or 9705.29.00.90, depending on which code is accepted by the freight company?s systems and the receiving country) on the documentation.
  *   The description of the contents I use is ?Preserved marine fish specimens for scientific study only.  Not restricted under Special Provision A180 of the IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations.  Non-hazardous, not for human consumption.  No commercial value.  Please refer to the attached documents for additional details.?

Additionally, I have explained that the specimens are not perishable.  Thus, they do not require refrigeration or other environmental control.  I have also said that natural history museums everywhere send their specimens as per the above.

I am still waiting for an explanation from FedEx.  However, I am absolutely certain there is a misunderstanding by FedEx.  Unless, something has changed and FedEx will no longer accept natural history specimens.

Have you encountered the same problem with FedEx?

Cheers

Al

Alastair (Al) Graham
Fish Collection Manager
Australian National Fish Collection
National Research Collections Australia
CSIRO National Collections and Marine Infrastructure

P: +61 3 6232 5351 | M: +61 (0) 419 756 411 | F: +61 3 6232 5000
alastair.graham at csiro.au<mailto:alastair.graham at csiro.au> | www.csiro.au<http://www.csiro.au/>

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Museum of Nature Hamburg
Leibniz Institute for the Analysis
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Dirk Neumann
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20146 Hamburg
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Postal address:
Museum of Nature Hamburg
Leibniz Institute for the Analysis
of Biodiversity Change
Dirk Neumann
Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3
20146 Hamburg
+49 40 238 317 ? 628
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From: Rodrigo.Pellegrini at sos.nj.gov (Pellegrini, Rodrigo [DOS])
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2025 12:46:45 +0000
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] FedEx & natural history specimens
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I had something similar happen several years ago when returning a loan of fossil specimens to the Natural History Museum in London. The specimens were delivered but they were held a long time, and after delivery British customs officials wrote us asking for paperwork regarding recent fish imports.
It took me a little while to figure out what happened. To assigning the HS-Code, UPS called me to provide a more detailed description than ?museum specimens.? I answered they were fossil fish. It seems the operator I talked to (who was Stateside) focused in on the ?fish? part to assign the HS-code, rather than whatever number fossils are listed under. Clearly, fossils fall under much different regulations than recent biological materials.
Lesson learned.

Rod

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Hi Al,

in principle, the terminology 'preserved museum specimens' resonates with the definition of collector's items of xyz collections for HS-Code 9705. It seems - and maybe this is indeed AI-driven - that we need to align our terminology in a way that AI-driven systems do not draw wrong conclusions and match our descriptions to wrong HS-codes.

'Preserved museum specimens' should not be the only description, but if you, for example combine "This package contains dead preserved museum specimens (preserved freshwater cichlids of the genus Oreochromis, detailed Latin species are referenced in the included loan agreement) for scientific research", we would avoid the combination "fish" and "freshwater" all together, but would still be very specific for customs and wildlife officers.


Cheers,
Dirk


Am 17.09.2025 um 09:57 schrieb Graham, Alastair (NCMI, Hobart):

OFFICIAL

G?day Dirk
Thanks for your response.  Yes, I hope that it is ?just a misunderstanding?.  However, getting FedEx Australia to admit that it is ?just a misunderstanding? is proving a challenge.  They seem to be convinced their new AI document checking system is correct.
Your suggestion to use the description 'preserved museum specimens? is interesting.  A couple of years ago, I was advised by an Australian customs broker that description was too general and it needed to be more specific.  That is why I have used ?Preserved marine fish specimens for scientific study only? for the past couple of years.  I have also had customs and biosecurity officials in the US and NZ indicate that the description 'preserved museum specimens? was not specific enough.  Unfortunately, if officials do not read everything (including the IATA DG Special Provision A180 statement and the Harmonized System Tariff code information), we are at the mercy of their personal interpretation.
Cheers
Al
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Hi Alastair,

this is not good news, hopefully this was just a misunderstanding. It might be worth keeping in mind that IATA Special Provision A180 explicitly refers to preserved scientific material, and that FedEx - as an airline - fully agrees and has to comply with these IATA regulations, unless the specific airline variations. Which doesn't seem to be the case (at least not in the 2021 version that FedEx has online).

https://www.fedex.com/content/dam/fedex/us-united-states/services/DG_IATA_Variations_2021.pdf<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.fedex.com/content/dam/fedex/us-united-states/services/DG_IATA_Variations_2021.pdf__;!!J30X0ZrnC1oQtbA!MjoSngak67RUUmFOOp9NfB8a4sovou3HduD_Wql1-GmHVIdjQnn66WCyA2RPhjYtO_uFeb-57pDe57B4w1Nq5XqjLgmlv6S-sHZ6$>

If necessary, you could ask for the current IATA FedEx variations to challenge FedEx Australia if they would have divergent views why they think it was okay to return the shipment.

It might be worth though to avoid the word 'fish' in the first mentioning of the included goods and sepcifically in the 'description of goods field' and better say 'preserved museum specimens' instead.

'Marine fish' can cause all sorts of wrong interpretations, there are entire chapters in the Harmonised Customs Tariff system referring to fresh, processed or otherwise preserved fish for human consumption or as animal-by-products. The terms 'freshwater fish'  or 'marine fish', but also marine/freshwater invertebrates can raise red flags as there are many transmissible diseases that can be carried from 'fish' or 'invertebrates'. Crayfish plague for example was transmitted via thawing water from frozen crayfish imports.

Hope this helps - and thanks for posting this, Alastair!

With best wishes
Dirk



Am 17.09.2025 um 07:11 schrieb Graham, Alastair (NCMI, Hobart):
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G?day

I have recently had a parcel returned to me by FedEx.  Their reason being dead preserved natural history specimens are a prohibited item in their freight network.  This is according to their SRG Prohibited items list.

I have used FedEx for over 12 years for loan shipments.  I have asked FedEx what has changed.  Apparently FedEx in Australia is using an AI system to check consignment documents and the system read ?fish? in my documents lodged with the parcel and flagged my parcel as prohibited in their network.

I have spoken to and emailed FedEx a number of times.  I have explained that:


  *   The specimens are preserved according to standard natural history museum procedures.  The fish were originally fixed in 10% formalin.  Then transferred to 70% ethanol for long-term storage.
  *   For transport, they have been wrapped in muslin cloth moistened with only a small quantity of 70% ethanol and sealed inside three plastic bags with absorbent material.  The specimens and their packing comply with Special Provision A180 of the IATA regulations on the air transport of Dangerous Goods.
  *   I use Harmonized System Tariff code 9705.00.00 (or 9705.29.00.00 or 9705.29.00.90, depending on which code is accepted by the freight company?s systems and the receiving country) on the documentation.
  *   The description of the contents I use is ?Preserved marine fish specimens for scientific study only.  Not restricted under Special Provision A180 of the IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations.  Non-hazardous, not for human consumption.  No commercial value.  Please refer to the attached documents for additional details.?

Additionally, I have explained that the specimens are not perishable.  Thus, they do not require refrigeration or other environmental control.  I have also said that natural history museums everywhere send their specimens as per the above.

I am still waiting for an explanation from FedEx.  However, I am absolutely certain there is a misunderstanding by FedEx.  Unless, something has changed and FedEx will no longer accept natural history specimens.

Have you encountered the same problem with FedEx?

Cheers

Al

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From Lucy.Smith at nbm-mnb.ca  Thu Sep 18 15:46:37 2025
From: Lucy.Smith at nbm-mnb.ca (Lucy Smith)
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2025 19:46:37 +0000
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Tissue storage inventory, organization and labelling
Message-ID: <bc7934679ef640e682e874b790faecea@NBMEX01.NBM.local>

Hello,

I am currently embarking on the task of undertaking a complete inventory of the New Brunswick Museum's zoology tissue and DNA extraction collection stored at -80?C. The end goal of this will be to get every sample correctly and reliably labelled, and to incorporate a barcode-ready organization system.

For the labels, we have tried several brands of marker and label sticker options and have yet to find anything that does not eventually peel or wipe off when exposed to condensation or preservation solution. Ideally, we want to move away from hand-writing our labels to printing. We have historically sought out cold-storage options as opposed to true cryopreservation labels which offer a far lower freezing point. Are these worth the cost for those with experience, or are self-laminating labels a better option?

I am currently finding an overwhelming amount of information to sift through preparing for this project and at this point would appreciate any guidance to help direct my research. If anyone has undertaken a similar project, or dealt with the same label issues, I would welcome tips, resources, or links to any standards of practice I might not be aware of.

Thank you!

Cheers,

Lucy L. Smith
Curatorial Assistant, Invertebrates
Imaging Lab Technician
Department of Natural History
New Brunswick Museum | Mus?e du Nouveau Brunswick
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From juan at eiminc.com  Thu Sep 18 16:12:38 2025
From: juan at eiminc.com (Juan Munoz)
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2025 20:12:38 +0000
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Tissue storage inventory, organization and labelling
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Hi Lucy,

As a representative of a label supplier to the cryogenic storage space, I will keep my response ethical in this forum (avoiding solicitation) and only speak about what to consider when choosing a label material.


  *   Will you and your team be labeling tubes that are already frozen? If so, you may want to choose a label that performs far lower than -80?C (and even those can have a difficult time bonding to a frozen surface that's building frost during the relabeling process)
  *   What type of printer will you be using? Thermal transfer is popular as they are able to print small barcodes. The thermal ribbon would need to be compatible with the label's face-stock and with the right combination, the print is highly durable and can resist most preservation fluids.

Those two items are the biggest things to consider. Hope this helps.

Regards,
Juan Munoz
Director of Technical Solutions | Electronic Imaging Materials, Inc.
barcode-labels.com<http://www.barcode-labels.com/> | 20 Forge St. | Keene, NH  03431 | 603.283.9638

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From: Nhcoll-l <nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu> On Behalf Of Lucy Smith
Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2025 3:47 PM
To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Tissue storage inventory, organization and labelling

Hello,

I am currently embarking on the task of undertaking a complete inventory of the New Brunswick Museum's zoology tissue and DNA extraction collection stored at -80?C. The end goal of this will be to get every sample correctly and reliably labelled, and to incorporate a barcode-ready organization system.

For the labels, we have tried several brands of marker and label sticker options and have yet to find anything that does not eventually peel or wipe off when exposed to condensation or preservation solution. Ideally, we want to move away from hand-writing our labels to printing. We have historically sought out cold-storage options as opposed to true cryopreservation labels which offer a far lower freezing point. Are these worth the cost for those with experience, or are self-laminating labels a better option?

I am currently finding an overwhelming amount of information to sift through preparing for this project and at this point would appreciate any guidance to help direct my research. If anyone has undertaken a similar project, or dealt with the same label issues, I would welcome tips, resources, or links to any standards of practice I might not be aware of.

Thank you!

Cheers,

Lucy L. Smith
Curatorial Assistant, Invertebrates
Imaging Lab Technician
Department of Natural History
New Brunswick Museum | Mus?e du Nouveau Brunswick
(506) 607-5241

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From campbell at carachupa.org  Thu Sep 18 17:00:06 2025
From: campbell at carachupa.org (Mariel Campbell)
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2025 15:00:06 -0600
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Tissue storage inventory, organization and labelling
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Lucy, I second what Juan suggests. We use label material that can be
applied to cold vials (-80C and even -194C), and will adhere in liquid
nitrogen. We also use barcodes for object tracking as well as separate
labels with human readable text printed on this material. I'd be happy to
provide additional information if you wish to reach out personally.
Sincerely,

Mariel Campbell   (she/her)
Collection Manager, Division of Genomic Resources
Museum of Southwestern  Biology
1 University of New Mexico
MSC03 2020
Albuquerque, NM 87131
campmlc at unm.edu

On Thu, Sep 18, 2025 at 2:13?PM Juan Munoz <juan at eiminc.com> wrote:

> Hi Lucy,
>
>
>
> As a representative of a label supplier to the cryogenic storage space, I
> will keep my response ethical in this forum (avoiding solicitation) and
> only speak about what to consider when choosing a label material.
>
>
>
>    - Will you and your team be labeling tubes that are already frozen? If
>    so, you may want to choose a label that performs far lower than -80?C (and
>    even those can have a difficult time bonding to a frozen surface that?s
>    building frost during the relabeling process)
>    - What type of printer will you be using? Thermal transfer is popular
>    as they are able to print small barcodes. The thermal ribbon would need to
>    be compatible with the label?s face-stock and with the right combination,
>    the print is highly durable and can resist most preservation fluids.
>
>
>
> Those two items are the biggest things to consider. Hope this helps.
>
>
>
> *Regards,*
> *Juan Munoz*
>
> *Director of Technical Solutions | **Electronic Imaging Materials, Inc.*
>
> *barcode-labels.com* <http://www.barcode-labels.com/> | *20 Forge St. |
> Keene, NH  03431 | 603.283.9638   *
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* Nhcoll-l <nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu> * On Behalf Of *Lucy
> Smith
> *Sent:* Thursday, September 18, 2025 3:47 PM
> *To:* nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu
> *Subject:* [Nhcoll-l] Tissue storage inventory, organization and labelling
>
>
>
> Hello,
>
> I am currently embarking on the task of undertaking a complete inventory
> of the New Brunswick Museum?s zoology tissue and DNA extraction collection
> stored at -80?C. The end goal of this will be to get every sample correctly
> and reliably labelled, and to incorporate a barcode-ready organization
> system.
>
> For the labels, we have tried several brands of marker and label sticker
> options and have yet to find anything that does not eventually peel or wipe
> off when exposed to condensation or preservation solution. Ideally, we want
> to move away from hand-writing our labels to printing. We have historically
> sought out cold-storage options as opposed to true cryopreservation labels
> which offer a far lower freezing point. Are these worth the cost for those
> with experience, or are self-laminating labels a better option?
>
>
>
> I am currently finding an overwhelming amount of information to sift
> through preparing for this project and at this point would appreciate any
> guidance to help direct my research. If anyone has undertaken a similar
> project, or dealt with the same label issues, I would welcome tips,
> resources, or links to any standards of practice I might not be aware of.
>
>
>
> Thank you!
>
>
>
> Cheers,
>
>
>
> *Lucy L. Smith*
>
> Curatorial Assistant, Invertebrates
>
> Imaging Lab Technician
>
> Department of Natural History
>
> New Brunswick Museum | Mus?e du Nouveau Brunswick
>
> (506) 607-5241
>
>
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From Alastair.Graham at csiro.au  Fri Sep 19 01:46:36 2025
From: Alastair.Graham at csiro.au (Graham, Alastair (NCMI, Hobart))
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2025 05:46:36 +0000
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] [EXTERN] FedEx & natural history specimens
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G?day Dirk
The latest I have received from FedEx is our preserved fish specimens are considered by them to be an ?animal carcass? and are listed as a prohibited item for FedEx shipments as per their ?eSRG?.  The comment from FedEx is, ?We should never have been carrying it since the combined Prohibited Items list was inaugurated in 2019?.
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It seems that FedEx is ignoring or misinterpreting all the information I have given them.  This is extremely frustrating!
Cheers
Al
From: Nhcoll-l <nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu> On Behalf Of Dirk Neumann
Sent: Wednesday, 17 September 2025 6:21 PM
To: Tom Schi?tte <tschioette at snm.ku.dk>; nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu
Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] [EXTERN] FedEx & natural history specimens [SEC=OFFICIAL]


OFFICIAL

Hi Tom,

I guess the principle problem is that the international customs systems only knows the categories 'trade', 'personal belongings', 'gifts', and 'commodities that are traded as samples'.

Scientific loans are a completely unknown university for all working in the brokerage/customs process. However, the customs process is closely aligned and interlinked with monitoring of transmissible diseases, illegal wildlife trade, perishable food imports and so forth.

As a result, and specifically with the new AI systems, there is a huge risk that a wrong terminology leads us on a wrong brokerage pathway, i.e. if either AI or staff makes wrong interpretations of our declarations. So your anecdote does not surprise me at all, I think it is a perfect match how things are usually categorised in these systems.

With best wishes
Dirk

Am 17.09.2025 um 10:07 schrieb Tom Schi?tte:
I would guess that it is just the AI thing that makes the trouble here. Until that kind of thing is developed to a point where it can show common sense, we can only fear the worst.
Anecdote only distantly related: I was once involved in a Danish aquarium society. There was trouble for importers of aquarium fish, because Danish customs authorities required a form filled out, where ?fish? could be either 1) canned or 2) frozen.
I talked with a young lady I knew at the time, who happened to be employed in the customs system. I had expected her to laugh at the story, but she looked at me with serious eyes and explained that such rules had to be followed, because they had been seriously worked out and were for the greater good of all. I decided not to begin dating her after all. I have a suspicion that people in this kind of organisations (it may involve parts of FedEx too)  have always thought like AI.
Cheers
Tom

From: Nhcoll-l <nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu><mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu> On Behalf Of Dirk Neumann
Sent: 17. september 2025 07:56
To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu<mailto:nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu>
Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] [EXTERN] FedEx & natural history specimens [SEC=OFFICIAL]

Hi Alastair,

this is not good news, hopefully this was just a misunderstanding. It might be worth keeping in mind that IATA Special Provision A180 explicitly refers to preserved scientific material, and that FedEx - as an airline - fully agrees and has to comply with these IATA regulations, unless the specific airline variations. Which doesn't seem to be the case (at least not in the 2021 version that FedEx has online).

https://www.fedex.com/content/dam/fedex/us-united-states/services/DG_IATA_Variations_2021.pdf

If necessary, you could ask for the current IATA FedEx variations to challenge FedEx Australia if they would have divergent views why they think it was okay to return the shipment.

It might be worth though to avoid the word 'fish' in the first mentioning of the included goods and sepcifically in the 'description of goods field' and better say 'preserved museum specimens' instead.

'Marine fish' can cause all sorts of wrong interpretations, there are entire chapters in the Harmonised Customs Tariff system referring to fresh, processed or otherwise preserved fish for human consumption or as animal-by-products. The terms 'freshwater fish'  or 'marine fish', but also marine/freshwater invertebrates can raise red flags as there are many transmissible diseases that can be carried from 'fish' or 'invertebrates'. Crayfish plague for example was transmitted via thawing water from frozen crayfish imports.

Hope this helps - and thanks for posting this, Alastair!

With best wishes
Dirk

Am 17.09.2025 um 07:11 schrieb Graham, Alastair (NCMI, Hobart):
OFFICIAL

 G?day

I have recently had a parcel returned to me by FedEx.  Their reason being dead preserved natural history specimens are a prohibited item in their freight network.  This is according to their SRG Prohibited items list.

I have used FedEx for over 12 years for loan shipments.  I have asked FedEx what has changed.  Apparently FedEx in Australia is using an AI system to check consignment documents and the system read ?fish? in my documents lodged with the parcel and flagged my parcel as prohibited in their network.

I have spoken to and emailed FedEx a number of times.  I have explained that:


  *   The specimens are preserved according to standard natural history museum procedures.  The fish were originally fixed in 10% formalin.  Then transferred to 70% ethanol for long-term storage.
  *   For transport, they have been wrapped in muslin cloth moistened with only a small quantity of 70% ethanol and sealed inside three plastic bags with absorbent material.  The specimens and their packing comply with Special Provision A180 of the IATA regulations on the air transport of Dangerous Goods.
  *   I use Harmonized System Tariff code 9705.00.00 (or 9705.29.00.00 or 9705.29.00.90, depending on which code is accepted by the freight company?s systems and the receiving country) on the documentation.
  *   The description of the contents I use is ?Preserved marine fish specimens for scientific study only.  Not restricted under Special Provision A180 of the IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations.  Non-hazardous, not for human consumption.  No commercial value.  Please refer to the attached documents for additional details.?

Additionally, I have explained that the specimens are not perishable.  Thus, they do not require refrigeration or other environmental control.  I have also said that natural history museums everywhere send their specimens as per the above.

I am still waiting for an explanation from FedEx.  However, I am absolutely certain there is a misunderstanding by FedEx.  Unless, something has changed and FedEx will no longer accept natural history specimens.

Have you encountered the same problem with FedEx?

Cheers

Al

Alastair (Al) Graham
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From d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de  Fri Sep 19 02:53:26 2025
From: d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de (Dirk Neumann)
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2025 08:53:26 +0200
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] [EXTERN] FedEx & natural history specimens
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Hi Al,

this is another, utterly wrong misinterpretation; it seems they try to find some reasoning to justify their wrong interpretation. Animal carcasses is slaughterhouse waste.

If you want you can loop me into this conversation. It might be worth referring to a recent update in the EU legislation the vets at the border inspection post at Cologne airport - which is THE airhub for FedEx in Europe - made me aware of.

EU No. 2021/632 refers and explicitly combines the harmonised code in chapter 9705 with provides a proper definition of different kinds of natural history objects on page 38 in this PDF.

https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32021R0632

It might be worth checking if there is equivalent interpretation in Australian laws regarding import of preserved natural history objects - which I bed there is.

In a second step I would challenge FedEx Australian if they do want to willingly ignore applicable law and hinder international biodiversity research - just to make the entire case a lit bigger then their small desk.

Happy to further support offline, if needed.

With best wishes
Dirk


Am 19.09.2025 um 07:46 schrieb Graham, Alastair (NCMI, Hobart):

OFFICIAL

G?day Dirk
The latest I have received from FedEx is our preserved fish specimens are considered by them to be an ?animal carcass? and are listed as a prohibited item for FedEx shipments as per their ?eSRG?.  The comment from FedEx is, ?We should never have been carrying it since the combined Prohibited Items list was inaugurated in 2019?.
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It seems that FedEx is ignoring or misinterpreting all the information I have given them.  This is extremely frustrating!
Cheers
Al
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Hi Tom,

I guess the principle problem is that the international customs systems only knows the categories 'trade', 'personal belongings', 'gifts', and 'commodities that are traded as samples'.

Scientific loans are a completely unknown university for all working in the brokerage/customs process. However, the customs process is closely aligned and interlinked with monitoring of transmissible diseases, illegal wildlife trade, perishable food imports and so forth.

As a result, and specifically with the new AI systems, there is a huge risk that a wrong terminology leads us on a wrong brokerage pathway, i.e. if either AI or staff makes wrong interpretations of our declarations. So your anecdote does not surprise me at all, I think it is a perfect match how things are usually categorised in these systems.

With best wishes
Dirk

Am 17.09.2025 um 10:07 schrieb Tom Schi?tte:
I would guess that it is just the AI thing that makes the trouble here. Until that kind of thing is developed to a point where it can show common sense, we can only fear the worst.
Anecdote only distantly related: I was once involved in a Danish aquarium society. There was trouble for importers of aquarium fish, because Danish customs authorities required a form filled out, where ?fish? could be either 1) canned or 2) frozen.
I talked with a young lady I knew at the time, who happened to be employed in the customs system. I had expected her to laugh at the story, but she looked at me with serious eyes and explained that such rules had to be followed, because they had been seriously worked out and were for the greater good of all. I decided not to begin dating her after all. I have a suspicion that people in this kind of organisations (it may involve parts of FedEx too)  have always thought like AI.
Cheers
Tom

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Hi Alastair,

this is not good news, hopefully this was just a misunderstanding. It might be worth keeping in mind that IATA Special Provision A180 explicitly refers to preserved scientific material, and that FedEx - as an airline - fully agrees and has to comply with these IATA regulations, unless the specific airline variations. Which doesn't seem to be the case (at least not in the 2021 version that FedEx has online).

https://www.fedex.com/content/dam/fedex/us-united-states/services/DG_IATA_Variations_2021.pdf

If necessary, you could ask for the current IATA FedEx variations to challenge FedEx Australia if they would have divergent views why they think it was okay to return the shipment.

It might be worth though to avoid the word 'fish' in the first mentioning of the included goods and sepcifically in the 'description of goods field' and better say 'preserved museum specimens' instead.

'Marine fish' can cause all sorts of wrong interpretations, there are entire chapters in the Harmonised Customs Tariff system referring to fresh, processed or otherwise preserved fish for human consumption or as animal-by-products. The terms 'freshwater fish'  or 'marine fish', but also marine/freshwater invertebrates can raise red flags as there are many transmissible diseases that can be carried from 'fish' or 'invertebrates'. Crayfish plague for example was transmitted via thawing water from frozen crayfish imports.

Hope this helps - and thanks for posting this, Alastair!

With best wishes
Dirk

Am 17.09.2025 um 07:11 schrieb Graham, Alastair (NCMI, Hobart):
OFFICIAL

 G?day

I have recently had a parcel returned to me by FedEx.  Their reason being dead preserved natural history specimens are a prohibited item in their freight network.  This is according to their SRG Prohibited items list.

I have used FedEx for over 12 years for loan shipments.  I have asked FedEx what has changed.  Apparently FedEx in Australia is using an AI system to check consignment documents and the system read ?fish? in my documents lodged with the parcel and flagged my parcel as prohibited in their network.

I have spoken to and emailed FedEx a number of times.  I have explained that:


  *   The specimens are preserved according to standard natural history museum procedures.  The fish were originally fixed in 10% formalin.  Then transferred to 70% ethanol for long-term storage.
  *   For transport, they have been wrapped in muslin cloth moistened with only a small quantity of 70% ethanol and sealed inside three plastic bags with absorbent material.  The specimens and their packing comply with Special Provision A180 of the IATA regulations on the air transport of Dangerous Goods.
  *   I use Harmonized System Tariff code 9705.00.00 (or 9705.29.00.00 or 9705.29.00.90, depending on which code is accepted by the freight company?s systems and the receiving country) on the documentation.
  *   The description of the contents I use is ?Preserved marine fish specimens for scientific study only.  Not restricted under Special Provision A180 of the IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations.  Non-hazardous, not for human consumption.  No commercial value.  Please refer to the attached documents for additional details.?

Additionally, I have explained that the specimens are not perishable.  Thus, they do not require refrigeration or other environmental control.  I have also said that natural history museums everywhere send their specimens as per the above.

I am still waiting for an explanation from FedEx.  However, I am absolutely certain there is a misunderstanding by FedEx.  Unless, something has changed and FedEx will no longer accept natural history specimens.

Have you encountered the same problem with FedEx?

Cheers

Al

Alastair (Al) Graham
Fish Collection Manager
Australian National Fish Collection
National Research Collections Australia
CSIRO National Collections and Marine Infrastructure
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From Marion.Billot at geneve.ch  Fri Sep 19 02:57:42 2025
From: Marion.Billot at geneve.ch (Marion BILLOT)
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2025 06:57:42 +0000
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Tissue storage inventory, organization and labelling
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Dear Lucy,

I would like to add a few points to this discussion, as I recently carried out research in Mus?um d?histoire naturelle de Gen?ve (Switzerland) on the challenges of cryogenic labelling in scientific collections.

One of the main difficulties is that cryogenic tubes are generally made of polypropylene, a polymer with a very low surface energy, which means that very few adhesives can bond to it reliably. In addition, the adhesive must retain its properties at very low temperatures.

This is also why some suppliers ask whether the labels will be applied to tubes that are already frozen: this determines the choice of adhesive, as it must be able to adhere even in the presence of a thin film of water or frost on the plastic surface at the time of application.

More broadly, my personal goal is always to prioritize the long-term preservation of collections. For this reason, I am usually reluctant to use plastics, as their long-term stability remains uncertain and I prefer to use more stable materials such as paper or cardboard whenever possible.
However, in this specific context, the labels must be extremely durable and we fortunately benefit from extensive experience in the medical field and tissue banks, where this type of material is widely used.

In those fields, thermal transfer printing is commonly used: it fuses resin-based ink onto a plasticized surface. There are mainly two types of ribbons:

  *   polyester-based ribbons,
  *   PVC-based ribbons (polyvinyl chloride).

From a preventive conservation perspective, it is advisable to avoid PVC, as it contains chlorine, a very reactive element, and instead to use polyester-based ribbons.

The type of printer should also be chosen according to your needs: ?desktop?, ?semi-industrial? and ?industrial? models mainly differ in terms of their capacity and durability, depending on the number of labels you plan to print per year. It is also important to note that these printers do not print A4 sheets but individual labels.

Finally, if you plan to link the label editing platform to your databases, this can range from very simple systems to highly complex solutions. Some companies offer this integration as part of their services, but not all do, so it is essential to involve your IT department as early as possible in the project. They will be able to advise you and support the technical implementation. There are also simpler systems available, working like mail merge with an Excel file, where you can define the fields and layout.

I hope this information helps you in your project. Please feel free to contact me directly if you would like to discuss this further.

Best regards,
Marion Billot

De : Nhcoll-l <nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu> De la part de Mariel Campbell
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ATTENTION : Ce message provient d'un domaine de messagerie externe, soyez vigilant-e.
Lucy, I second what Juan suggests. We use label material that can be applied to cold vials (-80C and even -194C), and will adhere in liquid nitrogen. We also use barcodes for object tracking as well as separate labels with human readable text printed on this material. I'd be happy to provide additional information if you wish to reach out personally.
Sincerely,

Mariel Campbell   (she/her)
Collection Manager, Division of Genomic Resources
Museum of Southwestern  Biology
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On Thu, Sep 18, 2025 at 2:13?PM Juan Munoz <juan at eiminc.com<mailto:juan at eiminc.com>> wrote:
Hi Lucy,

As a representative of a label supplier to the cryogenic storage space, I will keep my response ethical in this forum (avoiding solicitation) and only speak about what to consider when choosing a label material.


  *   Will you and your team be labeling tubes that are already frozen? If so, you may want to choose a label that performs far lower than -80?C (and even those can have a difficult time bonding to a frozen surface that?s building frost during the relabeling process)
  *   What type of printer will you be using? Thermal transfer is popular as they are able to print small barcodes. The thermal ribbon would need to be compatible with the label?s face-stock and with the right combination, the print is highly durable and can resist most preservation fluids.

Those two items are the biggest things to consider. Hope this helps.

Regards,
Juan Munoz
Director of Technical Solutions | Electronic Imaging Materials, Inc.
barcode-labels.com<http://www.barcode-labels.com/> | 20 Forge St. | Keene, NH  03431 | 603.283.9638

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From: Nhcoll-l <nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu<mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu>> On Behalf Of Lucy Smith
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Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Tissue storage inventory, organization and labelling

Hello,

I am currently embarking on the task of undertaking a complete inventory of the New Brunswick Museum?s zoology tissue and DNA extraction collection stored at -80?C. The end goal of this will be to get every sample correctly and reliably labelled, and to incorporate a barcode-ready organization system.

For the labels, we have tried several brands of marker and label sticker options and have yet to find anything that does not eventually peel or wipe off when exposed to condensation or preservation solution. Ideally, we want to move away from hand-writing our labels to printing. We have historically sought out cold-storage options as opposed to true cryopreservation labels which offer a far lower freezing point. Are these worth the cost for those with experience, or are self-laminating labels a better option?

I am currently finding an overwhelming amount of information to sift through preparing for this project and at this point would appreciate any guidance to help direct my research. If anyone has undertaken a similar project, or dealt with the same label issues, I would welcome tips, resources, or links to any standards of practice I might not be aware of.

Thank you!

Cheers,

Lucy L. Smith
Curatorial Assistant, Invertebrates
Imaging Lab Technician
Department of Natural History
New Brunswick Museum | Mus?e du Nouveau Brunswick
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From kjakymec at fsu.edu  Fri Sep 19 15:16:35 2025
From: kjakymec at fsu.edu (Kalina Jakymec)
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2025 19:16:35 +0000
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Online Course | Digital Imaging for Biodiversity
 Collections | Applications Open
Message-ID: <F21B2CF8-71E8-46B1-AEF4-004610A84257@fsu.edu>

Hello all,

The Digitization Academy<http://digitizationacademy.org/courses> is currently accepting applications for the free, online course Digital Imaging for Biodiversity Collections Mondays and Wednesdays from November 3?December 3. More info below. Please share this announcement with others who might benefit from it.  Thanks!

Kalina

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Digital Imaging for Biodiversity Collections
Apply here: https://forms.gle/TUhunV51VESZcrLe6
The aim of this free, online Digitization Academy<https://digitizationacademy.org/> course is to empower participants with the knowledge and skills to (1) identify and describe relevant facets of biodiversity specimens that can be captured and shared with common digital imaging modalities, (2) identify sources of digital imaging protocols and best practices, (3) identify and prioritize major differences among digital image file formats, hardware, and software options, (4) explain the workings of a digital SLR or mirrorless camera/lens, camera control software, and image processing software, (5) archive and share digital images, and (6) anticipate new uses for digital images of biodiversity specimens, such as in artificial intelligence and immersive media.

Participants do not need prior knowledge of digital cameras or specialized software, though participants are required to have access to a digital camera and lens during the duration of the course.

The course will occur on Mondays and Wednesdays from November 3?December 3 (excluding November 24 and November 26) from 3?4:30p ET US time (=New York City time, 15:00?16:30 UTC-5). Participants can expect to spend three hours per week in synchronous meetings and as much as two additional hours of preparation time per week outside class. So this is about a 20-hour time commitment.

The course will be delivered in English. Those interested in participating from outside the US may apply.

The course will be led by Austin Mast with contributions from a panel of digital imaging specialists.

Applications are due by 9 am ET on Friday, October 3. We expect to cap the course at about 20 participants and will make admission decisions based on the relevance of your training to your organization's future activities and a desire to engage a diversity of perspectives.

Direct any questions about the opportunity to Kalina Jakymec (kjakymec at fsu.edu<mailto:kjakymec at fsu.edu>).

Kalina Jakymec
iDigBio Workforce Development Manager
Florida State University
digitizationacademy.org | idigbio.org




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From jessica.light at ag.tamu.edu  Fri Sep 19 18:08:08 2025
From: jessica.light at ag.tamu.edu (Jessica E. Light)
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2025 22:08:08 +0000
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Job: Plant Systematics at Texas A&M University
Message-ID: <ed460dfd-7d95-4b9d-bd42-3b7704828132@agnet.tamu.edu>

Tenured/Tenure-Track: Assistant Professor or Associate Professor
Texas A&M University: College of Agriculture and Life Sciences: Department of Ecology and Conservation Biology
Location: College Station, TX, United States
Open Date: Sep 18, 2025

Description
The Department of Ecology and Conservation Biology<https://eccb.tamu.edu/> (ECCB), College of Agriculture and Life Sciences<https://aglifesciences.tamu.edu/>, at Texas A&M University<https://www.tamu.edu/>, invites applications for a full-time, tenured or tenure-track 9-month faculty position in plant systematics beginning August 1, 2026. Applicants will be considered for the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor, depending on qualifications.The successful applicant will establish a competitively funded research program that addresses fundamental questions in plant evolution, systematics, genomics, ecology, or conservation. The applicant will also serve as Curator of the S.M. Tracy Herbarium<https://tracyherbarium.tamu.edu/>, a collection of over 360,000 specimens, including an ample representation from most vascular plant families and one of the largest collections of grasses, bryophytes, and fungi in the region. In addition to building a successful research program, the successful candidate will be expected to teach two courses per year (typically at both the undergraduate and graduate levels), to mentor graduate students with support from extramural funds, to supervise curatorial activities in the S.M. Tracy Herbarium, and to contribute to service to the institution and the discipline.The anticipated start date is August 1, 2026. Salary and start-up package will be commensurate with experience and qualifications.

The ECCB Department at Texas A&M has 36 faculty, 380 undergraduate and 116 graduate students, and is growing. World-class research programs in the Department address fundamental questions in ecology, conservation biology, and related areas at every level of ecological organization from genes to ecosystems, producing knowledge that is immediately applicable to the most pressing 21st-century grand challenges such as climate change, biodiversity loss, ecological restoration, and integrative approaches to conservation. ECCB Undergraduate students can obtain a B.Sc. degree in Ecology and Conservation Biology, specializing in one of five programmatic tracks (Ecoinformatics, Ecology and Conservation Biology, Forest Resources, Vertebrate Zoology, or Teaching). Graduate students can earn an M.S. or Ph.D. degrees in Ecology and Conservation Biology. The Department is engaged in the campus-wide interdisciplinary programs of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology<https://eeb.tamu.edu/>, Genetics<https://genetics.tamu.edu/>, and the Applied Biodiversity Science Program<https://biodiversity.tamu.edu/>. In addition to the S.M. Tracy Herbarium<https://tracyherbarium.tamu.edu/>, ECCB also houses the Texas A&M Biodiversity and Teaching Collections<https://brtc.tamu.edu/>; together, these two collections are among the top-ranked university-based biodiversity collections in the USA.

Texas A&M University is a Land Grant/Sea Grant/Space Grant Research I institution and a member of the prestigious Association of American Universities (AAU). Home to over 79,114 students, Texas A&M is one of the top universities in the country in enrollment of new National Merit Scholars. The University conducts research valued at more than $1.278 billion annually, placing it among the top 20 universities nationally, and is ranked by the National Science Foundation as a top-tier research institution. With a system-wide endowment valued at more than $14.1 billion, the university ranks sixth among U.S. public universities. College Station/Bryan has approximately 273,000 residents and is consistently ranked among the best places to live in the country, with a low cost of living and ready access to the metropolitan centers of Austin and Houston. The university is aware that attracting and retaining exceptional faculty often depends on meeting the needs of two careers and therefore has a Dual Career Program<https://facultyaffairs.tamu.edu/resources/dual-career-program.html>.

Required Qualifications

Candidates will have:

  *   An earned doctorate in botany, evolutionary biology, ecology, conservation, or a closely related discipline.
  *   An established record of publishing in peer-reviewed journals.
  *   A demonstrated ability to secure research funding.
  *   A commitment to undergraduate and graduate student education.
  *   Experience working with natural history collections, especially herbaria.

Application Instructions

Application materials must include the following items and be uploaded via Interfolio (apply.interfolio.com/171016<https://apply.interfolio.com/171016>): 1) a cover letter (limit 2 pages); 2) a detailed curriculum vitae; 3) a personal statement (limit 3 pages) that addresses philosophy of research, teaching, service, and curation of natural history collections; and 4) names and contact information for three to five professional references.

Review of the applications will begin on October 19, 2025. Contact Dawn Miles (dawn.miles at ag.tamu.edu<mailto:dawn.miles at ag.tamu.edu>) with questions regarding the uploading of materials. Contact Dr. Jessica Light (jessica.light at ag.tamu.edu<mailto:jessica.light at ag.tamu.edu>), Search Committee Chair, with questions regarding the position.



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Dr. Jessica E. Light (she/her/hers)
Professor and Curator of Mammals
Department of Ecology and Conservation Biology
Biodiversity Research and Teaching Collections
Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843
https://lightjessica.weebly.com
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