Larimer County considers limiting prospecting!, county commissioner with screwed up priorities Options

[Scratch60]

This story appeared on 9 news.
http://www.9news.com/news/article/300505/1...-on-county-land
Can you say "slippery slope"?

[CP]

Hi Scratch,

Unfortunately this story will/has become wide spread as the price of gold rises and folks think they can find a fortune with a pan because they saw something on tv where they saw nuggets found with only a few minutes of work.
The truth of the matter is in this case......the county is fully within their rights as land owners to make such restrictions and in fact, if they do not own mineral rights then they as surface owners must deny prospectors access as they do not own the minerals sought after.
It will be nice if the county can and does set up some recreational panning area if they find a place they do own mineral rights and do so in the future.

This is another great demonstration of how the understanding of "ownership" would help folks not come under the impression that some private lands are open to prospect (like the fella' on tv) when they should have been looking elsewhere to prospect or gaining permission from the specific land owners prior to ever prospecting....in this case county lands.

After the ownership seminar I hope that those attending well be well versed in this regard and able to understand the many facets of "ownership" that can affect our prospecting any time and or any places we prospect.
I'll be posting updates for the seminar today as well, check that thread for those shortly.