[meteorite-list] Franconia Field Trip

[d freeman]

In Wyoming on public lands, anything  listed as threatened and 
endangered and discovered  in an unknown/new  location raises the direct 
possibility of the whole area being restricted to all human activity 
until the months and years roll by for the ACEC (area of critical 
environmental concern) to be fully studied  and then saved or for human 
intervention to be allowed back in.
Beware the facts of discovering  and reporting new areas of T&E species.
Dave F.

MexicoDoug at aol.com wrote:

>En un mensaje con fecha 04/21/2005 10:22:57 PM Mexico Daylight Time,  
>thetoprok at aol.com escribe:
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>>I thought I would share some photo's of my first outing in the  
>>Franconia strewn field. There are pictures of meteorites in-situ, as  
>>well as some wildlife shots. 
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>Hola Larry,
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>Those were some nice pictures at Franconia Wash strewn field.  The GPS  
>coordinates in the images were altered so we couldn't appreciate them as much as  
>we would like (Is there a pay-for-view site or something:)?).  But the  
>wildlife was nice.  The Gopherus (Desert tortoise) is an endangered and  protected 
>species federally and in Arizona if anyone wondered (i.e., it must be  left in 
>peace to enjoy its 80 year or so lifespan and meeting with all the rock  
>collectors it meets).  The Phrynosoma (horned toad) looks like it could be  P. 
>mcallii (It would be helpful to alert Fish and Game in Arizona if it were -  one 
>nice thing meteorite hunters could do as a favor to wildlife conservation  
>efforts generally speaking and get some positive press on opportunity.)  If  it 
>were mcallii that would be one of the most northernmost recent records,  and that 
>species is protected and needs to be left alone at all times in  Arizona.  
>The other horned toads like the Texas Horned Toad and others you  can collect 
>and keep up to four of them as pets this year, but they are very  challenging to 
>raise, and unless you have the time and $, and raise their  favorite species 
>of ant, both master and pet will probably get sick of force  feeding...just 
>thought I would mention that for anyone interested in the other  natural things 
>in that beautiful desert area...and to keep meteorite hunters  welcome since 
>it seems someone is there at all times working the place...
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>Anyway, Very nice work!
>Saludos, Doug
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