### Question
Can you define what casual collecting means?


### Answer
**Casual collecting** is defined as the following in *16 U.S.C. § 470aaa*:

> the collecting of a reasonable amount of common invertebrate and plant paleontological resources for non-commercial personal use, either by surface collection or the use of non-powered hand tools resulting in only negligible disturbance to the Earth's surface and other resources

#### Citation:
  - *16 U.S.C. § 470aaa*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 1C-PALEONTOLOGICAL RESOURCES PRESERVATION**

