[Rockhounds] Nevade Pet Wood Collecting

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Tim, 
We are going back over  15 or so years ago.  I had breakfast  in Gabbs and 
asked about the opalized wood site.  Someone in the restaurant showed me a  
newspaper article which talked about the fossil collecting prohibition,  
plundering of the native man sites, and the controversy about someone being  arrested 
for collecting petrified wood.  Local residents chimed in complaining about 
lost revenue from the end of  the big rock collecting tailgating by California 
rock clubs.  The information was also reinforced by a  couple of rock shops.  I 
am afraid  that is all I know as I haven’t had the occasion to be back that 
way for some  time.  Hope I am not leading anyone  astray.  Perhaps this was 
challenged in court and things have  changed. 
Bob
>I  would like to see proof of this. Nevada is something like 90% BLM 
>land  and the only restrictions I am aware of are in the Black Rock 
>Desert and  only in the designated wilderness area there. In fact the 
>new rules for  the Black Rock specifically adopt the old BLM 25 lbs. 
>per person per day  limits. There are no specific restrictions on 
>collecting ANYTHING on  state lands mentioned on the state's geology 
>dept. website. I can find  no reference to new artifact collecting 
>rules either.

At 09:57 AM  12/20/2007, you wrote:
>
>Re: Hawthorne Nevada,  Gabbs Nevada
>Jan and Cliff
>WARNING!  Prospective Pet Wood collectors in Nevada.
>Nevada has regulations, which make  collecting  Pet Wood illegal and they can
>confiscate your  car!



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