[meteorite-list] Secret BLM maps ?

[MEM]

Late reply I recall something similar to caves and US Topo maps After they were 
no longer needed for Civil Defense purposes , some one thought they could reduce 
cave vandalism and bat hibernation disturbance but taking all cave location and 
names off the topo maps as they were republished.  Old Topos are sought after 
for that reason.

I imagine the FOIA request would have to go to the US Geological Service for 
that DIS file.

Elton




----- Original Message ----
> From: Galactic Stone & Ironworks <meteoritemike at gmail.com>
> To: David Norton <renov8hotels at earthlink.net>
> Cc: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Sent: Thu, November 4, 2010 8:15:22 AM
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Secret BLM maps ?
> 
> I would think a FOIA request could get the maps, if they exist.
> 
> Unless  the secret locations are national security related, there is no
> good reason  for BLM to withhold that information.
> 
> And what makes a BLM officer any  more trustworthy than the average
> citizen?  How do we know the BLM  people aren't plundering those sites?
> 
> 
> 
> On 11/4/10, David Norton  <renov8hotels at earthlink.net>  wrote:
> > If you can find older versions of topo maps you will see more  detail in
> > labeling of features such as ruins. The current maps are more  "sanitized".
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com
> >  [mailto:meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com]  On Behalf Of Thomas
> > Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2010 8:33 PM
> >  Cc: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> >  Subject: [meteorite-list] Secret BLM maps ?
> >
> > 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?
> >
> > Thomas  M
> >
> > Petroglyph pictures if anyone's interested :
> > http://www.photoblog.com/GreyDX/
> >
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