[Rockhounds] Another article on public land use

[Kris Rowe]

Hmmmm ... That sounds about right. Oh, and for an additional "knew this was
gonna happen," the Feds are threatening to "take back" California State
Parks if they're closed because of budget troubles.

So, just for example, the line of events looks like this ... The BLM
administers Redrock Canyon for many years, allowing collecting ... Then, the
state of California "acquires" that land and declares that we are "allowed"
to take "one souvenir" rock from the established State Monument, thereby
closing by bureaucratic decision an extraordinarily mineral rich area, with
a collecting and mining history of over a century, including what were
California's only commercial fee opal mines. (Thankfully, I collected these
lands in the early 90's, before the "land transfer."

With a smile on my face, I can say to the Cal bureaucrats, "Now you know how
we feel."

Kris

On Sat, Jul 4, 2009 at 12:34 PM, DonH <donhalterman at q.com> wrote:

> Kathy Einwich wrote:
>
>> I found another article on public land use in the LA Times.  Please copy
>> the
>> entire link if all of it does not highlight, to connect to the story.
>>
>> Kathy Einwich
>>
>>
>> U.S. works to speed solar energy development in the West
>>
>>
>> http://www.latimes.com/news/custom/scimedemail/la-fi-desert-solar30-2009jun3
>> 0,0,5109678.story
>>
>
>
> That was a good article that covered both sides.  I'm wondering if the
> administration is even thinking about all the other people who use that
> land, though.  My ideal vision of land use would be a cow gazing next to
> a mineral collector under the shade of a windmill.  In reality, I fear the
> situation will be the rancher yelling at the collector for digging holes and
> at the builder for ruining grazing land with the windmill, the  builder
> claiming that neither of the others has the right to be on the land, and the
> collector yelling at the other two holding up a page of BLM regs trying to
> explain it to them.
>
> Don
>
>
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