Nothing personal meant, nor am I trying to start an argument.  I've been
guilty myself a couple times of travelling beyond a *real* road to get a
little closer to a cache.  But it's not only the people who dump trash,
but the off-roading itself that is causing major damage to some
locations.  If folks would stay on a small number of established and
maintained roads and walk otherwise, rather than tearing up washes, banks
and in general creating the spider web of tracks I often see out there,
these places would be still accessible to motor travel.  My tree hugger
bias spewing out here, I know.

Jerry-Offtrail



On Tue, 23 Apr 2002 10:19:03 -0600 "Baja Fleg" <fleigle@hotmail.com>
writes:
> To the off-roaders....who else saw that coming but me?  Its a shame 
> that the 
> bone headed people that us the desert as a dumping ground ruin it 
> for the 
> rest of us.
> 
> Michael
> Team TJ
> 
> 
> ----Original Message Follows----
> I received my renewal application in the mail today. The following 
> page
> was enclosed with the form and the usual rules and regulations:
> 
> IMPORTANT NOTICE TO ALL RECREATIONAL PERMIT HOLDERS
> 
> To date, the following parcels of land within the Maricopa County
> metropolitan area have been closed to motorized vehicle use by 
> formal
> order of the State Land Commissioner due to excessive dust and 
> natural
> resource damage:
> 
> 
> 1.        North side of Deer Valley Road, East of 7th Street, 
> Phoenix
> 2.        East side of Cave Creek Road, South of Pinnacle Peak 
> Road,
> Phoenix
> 3.        West side of Cave Creek Road, North of Pinnacle Peak 
> Road,
> Phoenix
> 4.        East side of Cave Creek Road, North of Pinnacle Peak 
> Road,
> Phoenix
> 5.        West side of Scottsdale Road from Mayo Blvd. to Pinnacle 
> Peak
> Road, Phoenix
> 6.        North side of Happy Valley Road, West of 51st Avenue, 
> Phoenix
> 7.        West side of 7th Avenue, South of Galvin Road, Phoenix
> 8.        South side of Baseline Road, West of Signal Butte, Mesa
> 9.        West side of 109th Avenue, North of Rose Garden Lane, 
> Peoria
> 10.        West side of Lake Pleasant Road, North & South of Deer 
> Valley
> Road Alignment, Peoria
> 11.        Southwest Bell Road & Crozier Road, Surprise
> 
> NOTE:  Arizona State Land Recreational permits on these parcels are
> invalid with regard to motorized vehicle use. Any person(s) found 
> in
> possession of and/or operating motorized vehicles on these parcels 
> will
> be considered trespassing and may be subject to prosecution with
> penalties of up to $500.00. A.R.S. 13-1502; A. R. S. 13-802.
> 
> If you would like more details regarding these closures, closure
> updates, or for information on how you can may [sic] be able to 
> help
> nt future closures in your area, please call Judy Wood at (602)
> 542-7235 or e-mail jwood@lnd.state.az.us.
> 
> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COOPERATION
> September 17, 2001
>
========================================================================
> =================
> 
> Underscores theirs, typos mine (except the one indicated by 
> "[sic]").
> 
> I guess my main reason for typing all this in is to ask: Does 
> anyone
> recognize any caches in these areas that might be affected by these
> restrictions? Perhaps we can make sure the cache owners know about 
> this.
> 
> Steve
> Team Tierra Buena
> 
> 
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