Collection, Storage, Preservation and Scientific Study of Fossils from Federal and Indian Lands
By: prepared by consulting agencies including the Bureau of Land Management, the Forest Service, the National Park Service, the Fish and Wildlife Service, the Bureau of Reclamation, the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Smithsonian Institution
Contributors: United States. Forest Service; United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs; Smithsonian Institution
Publisher: [U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management]
Published: 1999
Place of publication: [Washington D.C.?]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 22
Subjects: Fossils; Collection and preservation; Paleontology; Public lands; Management
Description: Senate Report 105-227 on the Fiscal Year 1999 Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act states that the "Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with appropriate scientific, educational and commercial entities, should develop a report assessing the need for a unified Federal policy on the collection, storage, and preservation...of fossils." A key step in developing the report to Congress will be a public meeting with groups and individuals who have an interest in these topics. The Consulting Agencies have prepared this paper to give background for those who may attend about how the agencies currently manage fossils under the laws, regulations, and policies under which they work.
Notes: "May 1999"--Page 2 of cover.

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