Cavemud wrote:Every bulletin I've seen published by the MAR has detailed descriptions of cave locations! While I love these bulletins, they are not good for the caves OR the landowners! I opted out of puttin' together guidebooks because of the location information. I'm wonderin'....how many of you out there who help put these together get approval from the landowner? I've done a little research on this and 95 % of the landowners I've talked to have NO KNOWLEDGE of their cave bein' published in a bulletin that's for sale to just about anyone! That's just WRONG!!!
Soooo....all you bulletin publishers out there....keep the landowners informed of what you are workin' on so we don't get more cave closures!
I think, if you are so against what the MAR is allegedly doing, you should not purchase or read any more bulletins from them. Hey, someone could tempt you with alcohol or large sums of money to reveal what you know.
If no one buys them, no one will put them together.
It's not illegal to reveal cave locations except by the feds of significant caves. IMO-- it should not be made illegal. Anything not illegal is tolerated if not sanctioned. That you think it is wrong is merely your opinion. Revelation of cave locations is a gray area-- not always right, nor always wrong.
Landowners will do what they will do, and sometimes for the slightest of reasons or none at all. If landowners don't already know there are people in their caves, we're dealing with other serious issues (like trespassing) as well. You haven't specified what kinds of locations are being revealed, either. GPS? Lat/Long? quarter section? To the nearest quad?
Before making your argument, I think you should substantiate it with a little detail.