In a message dated 4/22/2006 4:41:28 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
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suspect  that most of you are aware of this issue. Seems appropriate to our  
discussion.
gail  carbiener


http://crm.cr.nps.gov/issue.cfm?volume=25&number=02
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Although I never considered myself an "ARPA Warrior," I did get involved in  
a sting operation on a kelp harvesting company that brought Mexican artifacts 
up  to the United States on trucks piled high in smelly rotting sea weed. It 
took no  time at all to get them to brag about skirting the International 
treaties by  bringing stuff (including historic artifacts) into the States and then 
selling  them on the collector market. Believe me, if a Civil War artifact 
can bring  $12,000 in America, it can bring a lot more on the international 
market. And,  you can make bail pretty fast on a day's illicit digging of a Civil 
War  battlefield.
 
Ron May
Legacy 106, Inc.