Re: The place of amateurs?

[FEUKAC@xxxxxxx]

On Wed, 18 Jan 1995, Shaun Sinclair wrote:

> On Wed, 18 Jan 1995, Stephane Gautier wrote:
> 
> > fields that could be useful. I can mail specimens, exchange them, or 
> >         
> > Stephane Gautier
> > stegau@cam.org
> > Montreal
> > Quebec
> > 
> > 
> 
> 	One bit of advice here: I think that you should check into the 
> legalities of removing fossil material from the province before offering 
> to mail and/or swap specimens. I don't know 
> what the rules for Quebec are, but I DO know that it is illegal to remove 
> fossils (without 'governmental' approval) from Alberta. I believe that it 
> carries a hefty fine (it's been a while since I looked at the 
> information, so I'm not sure), and/or a jail term. I ALSO know that not 
> many Albertans know this fact. All the fossils found here in Alberta 
> belong to "the crown", and therefor cannot be removed (although 
> 'amatures' are allowed to surface collect and can retain posession as 
> long as they stay in Alberta).
> 
> It is a good idea for any 'amature' collector to know what the 
> legalities are for wherever-it-is that they reside.
> 
> Apart from that, good luck and have fun.
> 
> Shaun
> 
> (wishing that he could get out into the field once in awhile)
> 
> 
> 
When the reference to the crown comes up, they are not refering to the 
Royal Crown of Great Britain ,but as used it refers to the local 
government of the seperate Provences. Canada though in the past had connections with 
the"crown" they do not any longer. that doesn't mean that it isn't 
illegal to take specimens and ship them all over the world. So it would 
be extremely wise to check and get permission, another idea is the you'd 
probably have a better chance of sending casts of the specimens. By the 
way what sort of specimens do you have?

     Aaron C. Feuk 
     Preparater,Pacific Lutheran University
      Tacoma, Wash.