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PRPA applies to land managed by the Department of the Interior (including NPS and BLM) and to National Forest System land, which includes national grasslands such as Buffalo Gap (16 U.S.C. § 470aaa).

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Management Policies § 4.4.3 (titled "Harvest of Plants and Animals by the Public") only allows harvest a superintendent authorizes under 36 CFR 2.1(c).

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The county ordinance protects turtles nesting on the unincorporated beaches of Brevard County (Sec. 46-93); incorporated towns have their own.

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National Forests in Florida, which runs Apalachicola, Osceola and Ocala, says no permit is needed "when you are gathering edible material (morels, etc.) for your own consumption" and publishes no quantity limit.

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The park is at 4200 Ocean Drive (27.6656, -80.3597), inside Vero Beach city limits.

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The town limits run along Atlantic Street/A1A up to the 2300 block.

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The park's 2026 superintendent's compendium allows listed berries and edible fungi to be gathered by hand for personal use.

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The Oregon Department of Agriculture protects state-listed plants on non-federal public land (OAR 603-073), so the state list applies if you cross onto state, county or city land, not on the national forest itself.

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BLM puts Fossil Point about a dozen miles south of Green River, east of the Swell, and says its bones are fine to see and gently touch but illegal to take.

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No law sets a distance from a marked nest.

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The permit covers vertebrate fossils collected on state lands, which include beaches below mean high water and the sea floor.

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A first knowing violation is punishable by up to $10,000 and/or 1 year, rising to $20,000 and/or 2 years only where the resource's value plus restoration and repair costs exceed $500; a second or later conviction carries up to $100,000 and/or 5 years (16 U.S.C. § 470ee(d)).

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Fossil collecting is not part of recreational use on Montana state trust land and needs an antiquities permit, which is issued only to institutions (ARM 36.25.145(11)(a); Mont.

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An unpatented claim stays public land; the claimant holds the right to the minerals it was located for (30 U.S.C. § 26).

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Detecting without the Superintendent's permit (N.J.A.C. 7:2-2.16) carries a civil penalty of $50 to $1,500 per offense (N.J.S.A. 13:1L-23).

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Under Fla. Stat. § 379.2431(1)(e), knowingly taking, disturbing, molesting or harassing a marine turtle or its nest is a third-degree felony, plus $100 per egg.

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PRC § 5097.5 makes it a misdemeanor (up to $10,000 and/or 1 year in county jail, plus restitution) to knowingly excavate or remove archaeological, paleontological or historic features on any public land, including city beaches.

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Where detecting is allowed in Florida state parks is set by Florida State Parks policy: it is prohibited on all state park land except coastal parks, where it may happen only within beach areas between the toe of the dune and the high-water line that the park manager designates,…

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36 CFR 2.1(c) lets each superintendent designate fruits, berries, nuts or unoccupied seashells that may be gathered by hand for personal use.

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Removing natural specimens from Nevada state park land is prohibited by NRS 407.250.

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Violating a North Carolina state park rule, including the metal-detector rule (07 NCAC 13B .0203), is a Class 3 misdemeanor under G.S. 143B-135.16(a), with a maximum fine of $200 (G.S. 15A-1340.23).

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36 CFR 1.3 sets the penalty for violating National Park Service regulations as a fine and/or up to 6 months in prison; it does not provide for confiscation.

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OAR 736-021-0090 (effective May 26, 2025) sets separate personal-use limits: loose agates, rocks, shells and fossils, one 1-gallon container a day and 3 gallons a year; sand, 5 gallons a day and 20 a year; cobble, 5 gallons a day and 10 a year; driftwood, 1 cubic yard a day and…

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The 1715 Fleet wrecks are under a federal in rem admiralty case filed in 1979 (S.D. Fla. No. 9:79-cv-08266).

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Under 16 U.S.C. § 470aaa-5, a knowing PRPA violation carries fines under Title 18 and up to 5 years in prison, or up to 2 years when value plus restoration costs are $500 or less; penalties can double for a repeat offense.

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Florida's state park plant rule is FAC 62D-2.013(4)(b) ("No person shall transplant or remove any plant life from any park"), and 62D-2.013(7) allows collection permits only for scientific or educational purposes.

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Fla. Stat. § 581.189 makes it a third-degree felony to harvest saw palmetto berries on public land, or on someone else's land, without both the landowner's written permission and a permit from FDACS.

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Under § 267.13 it is a first-degree misdemeanor if the object was removed without excavation and a third-degree felony if it was excavated; the finds are forfeited and restitution can be ordered.

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§ 267.061 covers objects abandoned on state-owned land and sovereignty submerged land, which on the coast generally means seaward of mean high water, not the dry sand of city and county beaches.

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Pinellas County Code § 90-7(p) bans metal detectors in county parks "except on beaches in parks", and the county's park-rules page adds only that dug holes must be filled.

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Rewritten from BLM's page for the site: it is in Graham County, managed by the Safford Field Office, off US-191 near milepost 141, and is known for fire agate.

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Three federal rules apply.

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The penalty rows now cite the statute itself: 16 U.S.C. 470aaa-5 (criminal penalties) and 470aaa-6 (civil penalties), with the ARPA penalty tiers of 16 U.S.C. 470ee(d) on the Judith River page.

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The monument has been closed to casual fossil collecting since Proclamation 6920 (1996).

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Prescott National Forest says a reasonable amount is generally up to 10 lb per person per day.

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The park rule is 31 TAC § 59.134(i), a Class C misdemeanor (up to $500, Parks and Wildlife Code § 13.112).

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Virgin Valley is in Sheldon National Wildlife Refuge, which allows rock collecting by hand from the surface only, up to 7 lb per day, with no digging or tools; digging happens only at private fee-dig mines.

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