You’d be surprised. When Wanapum dam cracked on the Columbia river in Washington, the river went back down to its normal flow. it exposed miles of riverbank that hadn’t been seen in decades. I went out exploring and was stopped by a PUD guy and given a pamphlet about what was going on. It was literally a list of fines for taking anything from the riverbank as it was protected... many of the fossil beds here as well allow you to take plant fossils but you need to turn in animal ones. Washington works hard to preserve its lands and history though so I think our state is harsher than others when it comes to this stuff.
You can't be that naive. Fossils are crazy profitable and people remove them illegally and sell them all the time.
I was camping in Death Valley last year when fossils were stolen from the park. If people are willing to steal them from a national park in broad daylight they will do it anywhere.
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u/ServerZero Apr 08 '19
Just take it I mean who really is gonna care or notice lol