WHAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP!

Send a copy of our Declaration Brief along with a cover letter that you write to your State Legislative Representative and to Governor-Elect Charlie Crist.  It's important for you to include your own short cover letter. An example can be viewed below.

Be sure to place proper postage on the letter:  (2)  39 cent stamps.

Click here to download a copy of the AAPC Declaration Brief

Click here to locate your State Representative

The Governor Of Florida Contact Information:

Governor Charlie Crist

PL 05 The Capitol

400 South Monroe Street

Tallahassee, FL 32399-0001

Telephone: 850/488-4441   Fax: 850/487-0801

Sample Text For Your Cover Letter

Dear Representative __________________________,

Dear Governor Crist,

I ask that you carefully read the attached Declaration Letter written by the Avocational Archaeology and Paleontology Council. I fully support their position on reinstating the Isolated Finds Policy until such time that a permitted program can be established. I also support their mission as advocates of fair and balanced preservation laws. The citizens of Florida and visiting Tourists should not be subject to arrest and prosecution for recovering an isolated artifact while recreating in and along Florida Rivers.

The Florida Historical Commission and the Division of Historical Resources should be investigated for conflicts of interest and abuse of public trust as outlined in the AAPC Declaration. Please let me know if it is your desire to have Florida Citizens arrested and prosecuted for recovering a broken piece of pottery or arrowhead, which until recently were considered by the state to be non-essential artifacts that could be reported and the data shared with the state via the Isolated Finds Policy.

Stop the abuse by urging Governor Elect Crist to instruct the Division of Historical Resources to reinstate the Isolated Finds Policy. It is poor public policy to not have a means for citizens and tourists to recover and report Isolated Finds.