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I just moved into the neighborhood and I'll be bringing more of my personal stuff real soon, but in the meantime I'd like to intoduce my alter ego:

The Fossil Hunter

Collecting sites, links, and good info for fossil hounds and other rock geeks

The success and overall usefulness of this compilation depends on the continuing support of collectors who generously provide information. Support your fellow rockhounds by sending information to mperona@ee.net

Users of information contained herein must do so with all due regard for private property rights, safety concerns, and all laws, rules, and regulations.

Fossil collecting locations

Safety tips

Erich Rose's Paleontology Field Trip Check List

Laws, rules, and regulations

Helpful links

Fossil friends who make this page possible

See the Paleontological Society Code of Fossil Collecting for guidelines.

Check out the The U.S. House of Representatives Internet Law Library and look for the following:

• Archaeological Resources Protection Act, 1979 [P.L. 96-95; 93 Stat. 721; 16 U.S.C. 470]
• Antiquities Act, 1906 [P.L. 59-209; 34 Stat. 225; 16 U.S.C. 423,433]
• Federal Land Policy and Management Act, 1976 [P.L. 94-579; 90 Stat. 2743; 43 U.S.C. 1701]
• Theft of Government Property Act [62 Stat. 725; 18 U.S.C. 641]
• Destruction of Government Property [62 Stat. 764; 18 U.S.C. 1361]
• Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
  1990 [P.L. 101-601; 25 U.S.C. 3001-3013; 104 Stat. 3048-3058]

Also check out the Bureau of Land Management

This page is only a few months old...I'm still working on it! Comments and suggestions are welcome.

mperona@ee.net

Mike Perona
Columbus, Ohio

last updated: April 9, 1997

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