[Az-Geocaching] Trash in Tonto

[Brian Cluff]

> I think it is a fine idea, but you will want to contact the Forest
> Service.  You won't believe this, but there have been a number of cases
> where the Forest Service has cited people for "unauthorized cleanup" of
> national forests.  Apparently you need a permit to remove trash.

I think it's a great idea... and I say that we just start cleaning with
the hope that he get fined.  If they are actually fineing people for
cleaning up the forrest I was to get the fine in hand and go down to the
local news services and have then run a story about how you aren'y allowed
to clean up the forrest/desert.  It's complete bull$#!t that they would
even try and do that.

> When the Forest Service was getting ready to impose a special use tax (fee
> demonstration project) down here in the Coronado National Forest I did a
> lot of research about how they do things and was shocked at some of the
> things I came across.

> I haven't read the story yet, but that is one of the ploys they used down
> here to get the $5 per car per day.  They claimed that the forest was a
> mess and that they needed the money to clean it up, and at the same time
> were not allowing volunteers to go in and clean up on their own.

Sounds to me like it's a case of people cleaning up the forrest and the
govt not being able to charge money anymore. LAME!

Brian Cluff
Team Snaptek