I wonder if somebody would be so kind as to summarise the laws in the
USA on foraging or better still, point me to a suitable url? If it
makes any difference we are talking about Colorado and if we need to
be even more specific we are looking at the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood
metro area.
Some friends of mine have recently moved there from a Latin-American
country where the laws are almost certainly completely different and
they'd like to know how things work in respect to foraging in their
new home.
Many thanks,
Nick
I wonder if somebody would be so kind as to summarise the laws in the
USA on foraging or better still, point me to a suitable url? If it makes
any difference we are talking about Colorado and if we need to be even
more specific we are looking at the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood metro area.
Some friends of mine have recently moved there from a Latin-American
country where the laws are almost certainly completely different and
they'd like to know how things work in respect to foraging in their new
home.
"Nick Odell" wrote in message >news:[email protected]...
I wonder if somebody would be so kind as to summarise the laws in the
USA on foraging or better still, point me to a suitable url? If it
makes any difference we are talking about Colorado and if we need to
be even more specific we are looking at the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood
metro area.
Some friends of mine have recently moved there from a Latin-American >>country where the laws are almost certainly completely different and
they'd like to know how things work in respect to foraging in their
new home.
Many thanks,
Nick
A quick Google search yields this:
https://modern-forager.com/colorado-public-lands-mushroom-foraging/
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In misc.legal.moderated, on Tue, 9 Jul 2024 08:10:06 -0700 (PDT), "Rick" ><[email protected]> wrote:
"Nick Odell" wrote in message >>news:[email protected]...
I wonder if somebody would be so kind as to summarise the laws in the
USA on foraging or better still, point me to a suitable url? If it
makes any difference we are talking about Colorado and if we need to
I'm sure it makes a difference.
be even more specific we are looking at the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood
metro area.
Some friends of mine have recently moved there from a Latin-American >>>country where the laws are almost certainly completely different and >>>they'd like to know how things work in respect to foraging in their
new home.
Many thanks,
Nick
A quick Google search yields this:
https://modern-forager.com/colorado-public-lands-mushroom-foraging/
Mushrooms were the first thing I thought of. Because of a news story
about 10 years ago about an Asian family picking wild mushrooms, iirc in >California. They looked like what they ate at home but they all got
sick and some or all died. Regardless of the statutes.
Given the short life or short appearance on the world stage of mushroom,
I can't imagine anyone would object wrt public lands,
Or that they would object much after the fact on private lands (but you
never know, especially if there was a fence.)
What do they plan to forage for?
Diamonds? Cattle? Lambs? Wildflowers? Infants?
I had a visitor who crossed my tiny bit of land to gather sand from HOA
land from the shore by the nearby stream. I told him not to take too
much. He didn't look for creyfish though, but 10 or 20 years later,
they were gone anyhow. (Too small to eat.)
I wonder if somebody would be so kind as to summarise the laws in the
USA on foraging or better still, point me to a suitable url? If it
makes any difference we are talking about Colorado and if we need to
be even more specific we are looking at the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood
metro area.
Some friends of mine have recently moved there from a Latin-American
country where the laws are almost certainly completely different and
they'd like to know how things work in respect to foraging in their
new home.
Many thanks,
Nick
,,,,
What do they plan to forage for?
Diamonds? Cattle? Lambs? Wildflowers? Infants?
:-)
Mostly wild fruits for making jams and preserves
I had a visitor who crossed my tiny bit of land to gather sand from HOA >>land from the shore by the nearby stream. I told him not to take too
much. He didn't look for creyfish though, but 10 or 20 years later,
they were gone anyhow. (Too small to eat.)
Here in the UK (well, England and Wales anyway, I'm not so sure about >Scotland) there is a common law right to harvest from wild plants
growing in the hedgerows along public rights of way and it's been
established that wild things growing wild on private land to which the
public have access may be harvested by the public too. You absolutely
must have the express permission of the land owner to hunt or trap
anywhere though. Some species of plants and many wild animals are
protected everywhere which complicates things a little but one mostly
knows what's what. But just because the USA has a common law justice
system too (it does, doesn't it?)
I don't know about other states, and I guess I don't even know about NY. > I wouldn't want to assume that the
law has evolved in the same way since we went our separate ways.
But as I said, they are mostly interested in wild fruits.
Thanks.
Nick
In misc.legal.moderated, on Wed, 10 Jul 2024 07:33:37 -0700 (PDT), Nick
Odell <[email protected]> wrote:
,,,,
What do they plan to forage for?
Diamonds? Cattle? Lambs? Wildflowers? Infants?
:-)
Mostly wild fruits for making jams and preserves
I had a visitor who crossed my tiny bit of land to gather sand from HOA >>>land from the shore by the nearby stream. I told him not to take too >>>much. He didn't look for creyfish though, but 10 or 20 years later,
they were gone anyhow. (Too small to eat.)
Here in the UK (well, England and Wales anyway, I'm not so sure about >>Scotland) there is a common law right to harvest from wild plants
growing in the hedgerows along public rights of way and it's been
This reminds me of a visit to Czechoslovakia in 1975. Our host pointed
to the cherry trees that lined the country roads and told us we could
pick the cherries. (We had a car, from Belgium) But then he added,
because it was communist, or in spite of being communist, people were
out there early picking all the cherries and selling them along the
road. We never got any cherries.
established that wild things growing wild on private land to which the >>public have access may be harvested by the public too. You absolutely
must have the express permission of the land owner to hunt or trap
anywhere though. Some species of plants and many wild animals are >>protected everywhere which complicates things a little but one mostly
knows what's what. But just because the USA has a common law justice
system too (it does, doesn't it?)
It started with one. NYState has... what's the word?... written
legislation to replace all of common law (yet NY court decisions still >matter.) but NYS has a lot of people and a lot of law, several times
the amount of case law that Maryland has
I don't know about other states, and I guess I don't even know about NY. > I wouldn't want to assume that the
law has evolved in the same way since we went our separate ways.
Definitely can't assume that.
But as I said, they are mostly interested in wild fruits.
I don't even know what fruits grow wild or where you can find them.
Many states have a state college "extension" service that helps both
farmers and homeowners with garden questions. Colorado probablby does,
or just ask people what government agency does this. They would be a
good place to start to find out the rules in Colorado. Or the police,
though they might have to look it up or call the prosecutor. I don't
think this comes up often.
Despite how wrong Rick's link showed I was about mushroom foraging, I
still can't believe if someone took fruit that was going to rot anyhow, >because no one else planned to get it, that anyone would complain. I'll >admit that wouldn't apply in a park in downtown Denver.
I guess this is sort of late, but I just saw your post. I like the story >about Czechoslovakia.
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