[meteorite-list] Ruben Garcia reports: "Glorieta, not hunting allowed..."

[Eric Wichman]

OK, cut the BS and bickering and let's stop the finger pointing. I know 
and am friends with and hunted with some of the people who have hunted 
Glorieta and they just happen to be the ones who inspired me, and 
introduced me into the meteorite world.

Every time some nice hunting area gets closed down, and hunters get shut 
out, the finger pointing blame game starts. Feelings get hurt and people 
lose friends. This is petty BS and many of you guys have been friends 
for too many years to be accusing "ANYONE" of any wrongdoing. This 
happens in all areas of treasure hunting, not just the meteorite community.

We all know who hunts out there. We also know that these "famous" 
hunters are ethical and good people. It's not their fault, it's the 
buttheads that go out there unannounced, without permission, sneaking 
and peaking, and the ones who you DON'T KNOW that are trashing the 
place. This goes for any hunting area. If you owned the land that these 
things were done on you'd close it to the public too! Simple as that. It 
only takes a few bad apples in the barrel to spoil the whole bunch. It's 
a cliche, but it's said for a reason. Stop pointing fingers. Be sad 
about it yes, but stop playing the blame game. Maybe in a few years or 
sooner it will slowly open back up again.

This list is for learning about and discussing meteorites, it's not a 
public forum for blame, if you've got a beef with someone don't bring it 
out publicly here, send a freaking email.

That's all I have to say about that...

Regards,
Eric Wichman
Meteorite Watch
Meteorites USA