[meteorite-list] Secret BLM maps

[Adam Hupe]

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