Larry,

Where can one obtain such a permit. Is there an address that you can
share?

Thanks.

Regards,
Charlie
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Charlie Sturm, Jr
Research Associate - Section of Mollusks
                     Carnegie Museum of Natural History
                     Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Assistant Professor - Family Medicine

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On Fri, 16 Jul 2004, Larry Haley wrote:

> HI,
> Saw the discussion of need for a permit for collecting fossils, I only
> collect fossil mollusks so I can only address my experience. I discovered a year ago
> that new rules of the Florida Fish and Game folks requires a state
> collections permit from that agency if collecting on state wildlife areas. I found this
> out while gathering extensive Caloosahatchee Formation fossils along the
> borders of the Holey Land Wildlife Management Area last year. The rule had recently
> been imposed. Fish and Game officials now class fossil sea shells as minerals
> and a scientific collections permit is required. This is still little known
> and I found out the hard way, being stopped and told to cease collecting until
> i got the permit. I received the permit after extensive letter writing to
> Tallahassee.  This only applies, as i understand, to the wildlife management areas
> but suggest looking at this more closely.
> regards
> Larry Haley
> Lake Park, Fla.
>

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