In other countries, artifacts on private property can be considered cultural patrimony and their removal or export is illegal. A similar problem issue confronts nautical archaeology where the rights of salvage conflict with the need to record shipwrecks carefully during their excavation and the need to study intact artifact collections. The collection problem causes the most conflict since most salvage operations sell off the ship's contents to fund their salvage operation. You will find many news stories on the web about pothunting and vandalism if you use one of the news search engines. Volunteers work under the supervision of Forest Service archaeologists and historians in a variety of capacities.
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