[meteorite-list] US States & Fed Govt Laws regarding prospecting, hiking, ...

From: Jerry Flaherty <grf2_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 05 Apr 2009 21:52:07 -0400
Message-ID: <600B2B32496340A98F0329A03205C94D_at_ASUS>

I must agree with youi 100% Geo.
Having had the opportunity, to visit and explore the crater with the
Meteoritical Society in 2007, I was extremely satisfied with the
maintainence of the site and the balance achieved between accessibility and
preservation.
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From: <GeoZay at aol.com>
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Sent: Sunday, April 05, 2009 10:08 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] US States & Fed Govt Laws regarding
prospecting, hiking, ...


>>>I have to agree with you on Meteor Crater not being accessible for
> prospecting. A person or business should not be able to own a major
> geological feature and deny access and/or use rights to everyone else.
> It's wrong on a deep level. <<
>
> It would be even more wrong for everyone having use rights to something I
> view as being a National Treasure at least. Meteor Crater is just that
> unique
> to be protected from that never ending stream of meteorite hunters. After
> seeing how things that are run by governments get runned down, I'm glad
> to see a
> private enterprise is doing the overseeing. If folks were allowed to
> search
> for meteorites in and around Meteor Crater, it probably wouldn't take too
> many
> years for the place to look a mess. Trails and dirt roads coming from all
> directions leading to dug out holes all over the place.
>
>>> I guess someone will be purchasing the
> Mississippi River next and telling the rest of us to get our boats out
> of it. ;)<<
>
> Probably not, but if someone did, most likely you'll still be paying the
> same boating fees as before. But I'm sure the government has this river
> regulated already. So we now have inadequate levees, dikes and what have
> you to take
> care of flooding.
>
> GeoZay
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