Hi Jerry:

Thanks for your response. I am relieved to hear that Money's efforts have,
thus far at least, not met with success. Obviously this is something you
may have to watch out for, unfortunately. Here on the left coast, people
in certain environmental groups have gone after mushroom collecting, and
have had an influence on some of the land management agencies which has
been quite detrimental for us. Money's article will be red meat (er,
soyburger) for them, despite it's being a real scientific mishmash. I have
the text of Money's article in electronic form, so if anyone is interested
they can email me privately (off-list) and I will send it to them.

Steven Pencall


>Hi Steve,
>
>I'm not aware of any lobbying efforts by Nik Money in this regard,
>public or private. This has not been a hot topic in Ohio and the OMS
>has no particular position on the subject. As far as I know, there are
>no gathering restrictions in Ohio State Parks or Forests and I'm not
>aware of any pending rule changes.
>
>Best Regards,
>
>Jerry Pepera
>Chairman - OMS