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Mike: The best organization on the national level is the National Earth Science Teachers Association (NESTA). They have a publication called The Earth Scientist. Editor Earth Scientist c/o Department of Science Lansing Community College 419 N. Capitol Avenue Lansing, Michigan 48901 Hope this helps, Chris

Greg- Here in New York things are pretty simple. You need a master's degree in your field, and from there it's not what you know, but who you know. Chris

Leland- The movement of the north american plate is not all released at the plate boundary. There is stress throughout the plate and some can re released within a plate. Another more interesting possibility is that there is actually a plate boundary lurking around on the east coast. This idea…

Ben: Sorry for the mixup. There are two bills that are potentially going to be introduced. The Baucus type bill would close amateurs out of collecting. The counter bill is the Paleontological Resources Preservation Act of 1995 I'm fine when it comes to rocks, but politics leaves me in a…

Nathan: The proposed bill is REALLY long. I got a copy from the following person. She will send it on request: Marion K. Zenker Legislative Coordinator American Lands Access Association c/o Black Hills Institute of Geological Research, Inc. P.O. Box 643, Hill City SD 57745 (605) 574-4289

I am an earth science teacher and I spend quite a lot of time collecting samples for my classes. If you are not already aware, this is bill proposed in Congress that would prohibit all collecting on public lands except to what amounts to an elite group of academics. This…

Steve, Thanks for the reply. Yes, I've a long-time follower of the Roadside Geology series. Unfortunately, a lot of times the directions are vague or the really good outcrops are not included. I have lots of other field guides that also suffer from the same problems. Being a teacher, I…

Thanks for the reply. Yes, I have seen the Roadside Geology guide, I use it all the time. However, the exact locations of many outcrops are unclear, and many of the outcrops are gone. I have other guidebooks but they are all out of date. I've been contacting as many…

Hi . I'm new to this forum. I'm an earth science teacher and I'm working on a guidebook to rock, mineral , and fossil outcrops in New York State. I'm tired of finding all the good outcrops posted, paved over or weathered away. My goal is to put together a…