Federal and State Regulations Pertaining to Systematic Collections. I. A Case of Inadvertent Violation of Federal Regulations

Authors

Jerry R. Choate, Fort Hays State College
Hugh H. Genoways, University of Nebraska - LincolnFollow

Date of this Version

1975

Citation

SWANEWS (1975). Southwestern Association of Naturalists News.

Comments

Copyright 1975, the authors. Used by permission.

Abstract

First paragraph:

On 25 April 1975, at the twenty-second annual meeting of SWAN (i.e. Southwestern Association of Naturalists), at the University of Oklahoma Biological Station, President Keith A. Arnold appointed one of us (Choate) to investigate current regulations pertaining to collection and transport of scientific specimens in the region of representation (including Mexico) or SWAN. This charge involves both Federal and State laws, several of which are undergoing change and many of which doubtlessly are not familiar to the membership of SWAN. In order that SWAN members might be made aware of these regulations and not unwittingly commit violations, it was decided that SWANEWS should be used as the vehicle by which to disseminate information thereon.