Hey All,
It's actually only one (just one) BLM website. The one for Washington/Oregon. And the poor simple boob that wrote the paragraph on collecting meteorites, put himself, and his employers way out on a legal limb using "an interpretation of The 1906 Antiquities Act". If you actually read the act, it only applies to man-made, historical, archeological, or paleontological items. Some years ago in Arizona, two indian burial sites were found to have meteorites, along with other typical possessions like pottery, arrowheads, etc. This shows that meteorites were personally important to TWO (2) particular indians, making THOSE TWO meteorites only, into cultural items. It does not magically, turn the other bizzillion meteorites in Arizona that were not buried with dead indians, into antiquities. The Eco-nazi that wrote that paragraph is merely inserting HIS interpretation with the hopes of scaring off collectors. Question: if two hard-core bikers die, and are buried with their Harley's, does that then make ALL MOTORCYCLES into religious, cultural, and if buried, paleontological items that the Government can no longer tax or license? I know the answer, and so do you. And so do the courts. And when the courts get hold of this one person's interpretation, that person's employment and finances will be"interpreted".
Don't be afraid of one low-level Green-Gestapo propagandist. READ The 1906 Antiquities Act.
Anon