[meteorite-list] Secret BLM maps

From: Alexander Seidel <gsac_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 05 Nov 2010 00:25:28 +0100
Message-ID: <20101104232528.220770_at_gmx.net>

> It should be a surprise to no one that rangers are asking more and more
> questions, and that the laws are being tightened.


I experienced the same thing on the Canarian island of Lanzarote recently, where I talked to several rangers of the National Park there about the means of protection of the (volcanic) islands natural treasures. They had their very own but anyway true arguments ("...if everyone of the about 2 mio annual tourists here on the island would take away just one bigger olivine stone, what would you think this island would look like in just a couple of years?"). I can understand that.

So always be careful what you do, and know the rules in the fields. In our lifes we are here only for a couple of decades, but natural things need to be preserved. With our lifes we have different, much smaller scales of time than nature has to develop, which has always to be kept in mind.

Alex
Received on Thu 04 Nov 2010 07:25:28 PM PDT