I think its a good thing for them to do also. Too many wonderful areas end up ruined due to someone thinking they have a right to simply destroy or steal something that is amazing to many. Pure greed and selfishness are the route of it.
I have been enjoying the links, pictures and discussions on this. Greg Catterton www.wanderingstarmeteorites.com IMCA member 4682 On Ebay: http://stores.shop.ebay.com/wanderingstarmeteorites On Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/WanderingStarMeteorites --- On Thu, 11/4/10, impact...@aol.com <impact...@aol.com> wrote: > From: impact...@aol.com <impact...@aol.com> > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Secret BLM maps > To: wahlpe...@aol.com, raremeteori...@yahoo.com, > meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > Date: Thursday, November 4, 2010, 6:30 PM > Hello Sonny, Paul, Adam, > > When I am not dealing with meteorites, I am a member of the > Archaeology > Institute of America - Denver Chapter. Recently a professor > of Archaeology from > the University of Colorado gave us a presentation on the > rock art, > petroglypghs of the southwest that he had been studying for > years, and he explained > that he no longer tell anyone the exact locations of the > sites he knows, he > simply had seen too many vandalized with spray paint, or > chiseled off, > destroying whole sites. > > Also you might remember a raid conducted in Blanding, south > eastern Utah, > last year that netted some 20 or more arrests and the > recovery of room-fulls > of artifacts of all kinds. Private collections? no, big > business. > > It should be a surprise to no one that rangers are asking > more and more > questions, and that the laws are being tightened. > > Anne M. Black > _http://www.impactika.com/_ (http://www.impactika.com/) > _impact...@aol.com_ > (mailto:impact...@aol.com) > > Vice-President, I.M.C.A. Inc. > _http://www.imca.cc/_ (http://www.imca.cc/) > > > In a message dated 11/4/2010 4:14:30 PM Mountain Daylight > Time, > wahlpe...@aol.com > writes: > Hi Adam and List, > > >We can't tell you anything about locations. In > fact there are many > more petroglyphs and over a hundred caves that are > not on;your maps > and we can't tell you anything about." > > This is for the protection and preservation of the native > rock art and > artifacts. I have photographed numerous locations only to > return and to > find the petroglyphs missing or destroyed. One area 20' by > 20' > overhang / wall was covered with numerous carvings and > removed by > heavy equipment. At another location we found what looked > to be a > petroglyph of a man on a horse with one arm. This area was > explored > by Major John Wesley Powell in 1869, the same fate could > possible occur > at this location if it was public knowledge. > > Sonny > > ______________________________________________ > Visit the Archives at > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
