060-11 Wyo. Code R. §§ 11-3 - Definitions
(a) "Board" means the Board of Land
Commissioners.
(b) "Casual or
Recreational Fossil Collecting" means the non-commercial collection of
invertebrate fossils, which is limited to when they occur as surface litter and
do not require any excavation for removal. Such collecting does not require a
permit, and is subject to Chapter 13 of these rules.
(c) "Director" means the Director of the
Office of State Lands and Investments.
(d) "Exclusive Commercial Fossil Removal
Permit" means a permit issued by the Board to an applicant pursuant to
collection of specimens for sale to others.
(e) "Fossil" for the purpose of these rules
means any remains, trace or imprint of a plant or animal that has been
preserved in rock or in unconsolidated sediments, excluding fossil fuels and
limestones or other calcareous rocks comprised of invertebrate
fossils.
(f) "Non-Exclusive
Scientific Fossil Removal Permit" means a permit issued by the Board to an
applicant pursuant to collection of specimens for the purposes of scientific
display, research and education, and not for resale.
(g) "Office" means the Office of State Lands
and Investments.
(h) "State Lands"
means all subsurface resource lands under the jurisdiction of the Board of Land
Commissioners.
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