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boydrkb
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Sep 09, 2014

Take action or get ready to pay for boondocking

by Jim Koca, Advocacy Director As some Escapees are aware, a bill has been introduced in the United States Congress, HB 5204, entitled The Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Modernization Act of ...
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Calisdad
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Oct 14, 2014
dahkota wrote:
Just an FYI, prospecting in the San Gabriels is illegal. The designation of the monument doesn't change that.
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Not exactly. Although the local USFS rangers would like you to believe that it's not true. Some lands were withdrawn in 1928 to conserve water but that law does not prohibit prospecting.

Here is a short story describing one mans fight with a misleading local USFS office:

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