[Az-Geocaching] State Land Department Interactive Map

Speaking of State Trust Land, the AJACS 2nd Annual Campout Event Cache (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, now 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 mailed
inunless you go directly to the ASLD office in Phoenix. Please note
that the
Tucson and Flagstaff offices do NOT 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

http://www.land.state.az.us/programs/natural/rec_permit.pdf

Regards,
-- Sprocket


From: "Team Tierra Buena" <teamtierrabuena@earthlink.net>
> Subject: [Az-Geocaching] State Land Department Interactive Map
> To: "Arizona Geocaching" <az-geocaching@listserv.azgeocaching.com>
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> I just came across this. The Arizona State Land Department (which owns
> what
> are generally referred to as the "State Trust Lands") now has an
> interactive
> map (http://tinyurl.com/7d75v) that shows the parcels they own throughout
> the state. You can zoom in on an area of interest just by dragging a
> square
> with your mouse on the state map, and it will zoom in. Anything you see in
> light blue is State Trust Land.
>
> Since we've had some new folks here recently, let me mention why being
> able
> to identify State Trust Land is important. It's important because if
> you're
> on State Trust Land, even on foot, you need a permit. The permit is $15 a
> year for individuals, $20 for families. The fine for being on State Trust
> Land without a permit is $500. You can download the permit application
> from
> http://tinyurl.com/8x959.
>
> State Trust Land is not "Public Land". It was deeded to the State Land
> Department by the United States Congress when Arizona became a state.
> Legally it is considered private property. (See Article 10 of the Arizona
> State Constitution.) However, if you play on State Trust Land with a
> permit
> and by their rules (which are on the application page), the State Land
> Department has no objection to geocaching.
>
> Steve
>