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yeah and New Orleans is pronounced New Awlins, but the rest of the country still pronounces it New Orleans. What's your point?

Germany is Deutschland,

Japan is Nippon

etc

edit: my point is, language is fluid, not static

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Here's some lyrics I enjoyed from the last of Montreal album:

"An afterlife is nothing to live for
Nothing to die for, nothing to fight for
If those in this life are not sacred
Then nothing that's a part of it is sacred either"

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I see Tom gets my point, and so does corypoff. Stop blaming people and become the solution. Set an example.

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and lolo too!

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AnnTane, you have to be careful with magic mushrooms... they have lots of look a likes that are very poisionous.

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underground economy... pun intended

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I see you miss my point!

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Hericium is my favorite

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I like the idea of having a license. It makes us responsible for our actions. In my area, a license is free for picking for personal use.

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MyUsername, I think you are "picking" on one group of people for the proliferate problem of trash in our society. No group seems immune to this problem. Drive down any highway and you'll see plenty of trash on the side of the road. Commercial mushroom pickers are no exception.

In the caving world, plenty of popular caves get trashed by the general public. Who is the regular public? Take a look in the mirror.

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The mushroom is actually the fruit of the organism which lies underneath the surface. By the way, the rest of nature defecates in the woods too! Such a "travesty."

Also, only a small selection of mushrooms are edible (and pickable) so that leaves plenty of other nutritious mushrooms for the rest of nature to enjoy.

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As a beginner hunter, I have used my GPS to mark spots, as well as to get an idea of topographical relationships between different areas.

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For those mushroom hunters in Central Oregon, visit:

http://www.mushroomsinbend.org/

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My activities with the Oregon High Desert Grotto out of Bend, Oregon frequently find me using public lands for caving. As a caver affiliated with the National Speleological Society I hold values of preservation and education.

Personally, I frown upon the large minority of ORV/ATV users that frequently drive their vehicles on undesignated trails or make new trails, while in the process destroying the beautiful scenic landscape.

Unfortunately, the user base for ATV trails is a rather large number, and their demand for more and more trails seems to be imbalanced with the need for preserving land for all to enjoy. Their niche hobby destroys the land and nearly limits the use of the land for the rest of the general public.

As a caver, I am for the Badlands Wilderness just east of Bend. The beautiful tumuli and pressure ridges have nearly all been bulldozed or buried in the city of Bend in the name of development. The badlands is one of the last beautiful examples of wild lava terrain and juniper forest in Central Oregon. With a wilderness designation I'm happy to learn that a handful of lava tube caves existing in the badlands wilderness area will be protected.

One other facet of public land use is geocaching. While on the surface it's a sport/hobby that appears easy on the land, by its very nature, it focuses and concentrates users to specific locations. By concentrating users to specific areas, this increases the amount of wear and tear on locations. Its akin to having a grass field on a university campus and allowing the users to find their own paths and ultimately what you have is worn trails to and from locations. This leaves you with no grass and compacted earth. The damage occurs quicker than the landscape can rehabilitate. While geocaching does have a good ethic of "cache in trash out", it only takes a few users who don't abide by this rule to desecrate unique out of the way places. Geocachers should realize that certain locations don't fit well into the framework.

Like I've said before, convenience breeds lack of respect. If you have trails and roads allowing for easy access to remote areas, then those areas will be highly susceptible to vandalism and illegal activities.

For more information regarding our grotto, visit our website: http://www.ohdgrotto.com

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