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

[Jerry Flaherty]

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.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <GeoZay at aol.com>
To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
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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