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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