<div>Speaking of State Trust Land, the <span style="font-weight: bold;">AJACS 2nd Annual Campout Event Cache </span>(GCT6QK)
is coming up in less than a month! It is being held on
State Trust Land. If you are planning to attend, and we hope you
will, make sure you have your State Trust Land Permit. If
you don't have one already, <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; text-decoration: underline;">now</span>
is a good time to download the application and mail it in with the
required fee because they don't take on-line applications.
The application must be <span style="font-weight: bold;">mailed in</span> unless you go directly to the ASLD office in Phoenix. Please note that the Tucson and Flagstaff offices do <span style="font-weight: bold;">NOT</span>
issue the permits. If you already have a permit from last year,
make sure it doesn't expire before the event dates of March 17th, 18th
& 19th. The URL to download the application in PDF format is<br>
<a href="http://www.land.state.az.us/programs/natural/rec_permit.pdf"><br>
http://www.land.state.az.us/programs/natural/rec_permit.pdf</a><br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
-- Sprocket<br>
</div><br>
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Subject: [Az-Geocaching] State Land Department Interactive Map<br>
To: "Arizona Geocaching" <<a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:az-geocaching@listserv.azgeocaching.com">az-geocaching@listserv.azgeocaching.com</a>><br>
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<div id="mb_0">@business><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"<br><br>I just came across this. The Arizona State Land Department (which owns what<br>are generally referred to as the "State Trust Lands") now has an interactive
<br>map (<a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://tinyurl.com/7d75v" target="_blank">http://tinyurl.com/7d75v</a>) that shows the parcels they own throughout<br>the state. You can zoom in on an area of interest just by dragging a square
<br>with your mouse on the state map, and it will zoom in. Anything you see in<br>light blue is State Trust Land.<br><br>Since we've had some new folks here recently, let me mention why being able<br>to identify State Trust Land is important. It's important because if you're
<br>on State Trust Land, even on foot, you need a permit. The permit is $15 a<br>year for individuals, $20 for families. The fine for being on State Trust<br>Land without a permit is $500. You can download the permit application from
<br><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://tinyurl.com/8x959" target="_blank">http://tinyurl.com/8x959</a>.<br><br>State Trust Land is not "Public Land". It was deeded to the State Land
<br>Department by the United States Congress when Arizona became a state.<br>Legally it is considered private property. (See Article 10 of the Arizona<br>State Constitution.) However, if you play on State Trust Land with a permit
<br>and by their rules (which are on the application page), the State Land<br>Department has no objection to geocaching.<br><br>Steve</div>
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