[meteorite-list] Secret BLM maps

From: Adam Hupe <raremeteorites_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2010 12:10:00 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <850045.34954.qm_at_web30704.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Thomas wrote:

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Last week I was walking along a dry lake bed and looked up to see the
inevitable white truck parked next to mine. I walked back and had a nice
talk with a BLM officer. He was concerned that we were picking up
artifacts, which we were not. My wife mentioned that we were going to
look for some petroglyphs and asked him about the roads in that area.
"No Mam", he says. "We can't tell you anything about locations. In fact
there are many more petroglyphs and over a hundred caves that are not on
your maps and we can't tell you anything about."

Which makes me think that these locations must be a matter of record
somewhere. Does the BLM have secret maps not available to the public?
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I hope you were not in Oregon or Washington State when you talked to this BLM
officer. If you were, do not mention the word "meteorites" because they are now
off limits there due them being considered treasure the last year. The BLM
field personal sure don't act like they are public servants and work for us in
many cases. It seems he could have been more helpful and offer some assistance
since they work for you. I found that they always seem to be secretive and
avoid answering questions, especially in California where one lied to our group
and told us we were hiking on radioactive soil. I investigated his claims and
found they were false after he managed to scare the hell out of all of us with
the radio active nonsense.

Best Regards,

Adam
Received on Thu 04 Nov 2010 03:10:00 PM PDT