[Rockhounds] Another article on public land use

[Al Balmer]

On Fri, 3 Jul 2009 16:43:35 -0700, "Tim" <nospam at orerockon.com> wrote:

>Check out the article in this month's Rock & Gem, I don't know what to make
>of it, except that the editors don't know the difference between the NPS and
>the USFS. The story in short is a rock club got stopped by a ranger and
>received tickets for an unspecified violation and were told to dump their
>petrified wood alongside the road. Also sounds like they had no idea what
>the regs were for collecting on a national forest since if they did they
>should have stood their ground. Sounds a little incredible to me...
>
That was a strange article. I came away scratching my head. It would
be interesting to contact the club and find out if anyone else has a
sensible version of the story. I've had doubts about the editorial
talent at R&G for some time.

-- 
Al Balmer
Sun City, AZ