Re: Fossils/mineral rights

[libsdnhm <libsdnhm@CLASS.ORG>]

In the South Dakota T. rex civil case, the ruling did not center on 
whether fossils are to be treated as mineral resources or not. It 
centered on land ownership and permission. That case has now been decided 
and does not come into the criminal proceedings on other counts. There 
has been no discussion that I have heard on the underlying resource law 
issue in the T. rex case. In fact, many people are lobbying to ensure 
that paleo resources on public lands are not treated as mineral 
resources. I will not reduce you to tears of tedium by downloadinbg the 
whole saga...but check your facts, please.
Sally Shelton (who testified in the civil case)
Director, Collections Care and Conservation
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