And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: FROM MARTHA TURE to San Francisco Chronicle [EMAIL PROTECTED] To the editor: Re the Vasco Caves: First of all, they aren't caves. They are overhangs at best. Secondly, the sites have been vandalized often in the past and are terribly fragile. Thirdly, golden eagles can handle very little human presence near their nests. In 1986 I did a story for the East Bay Express on this area, back when the land was private property and slated for a wind turbine farm. On the ground in one shelter, I saw a roll of ochre with wrapping leaves' indentations still on it, as though it had been left last week, not a century ago. One of the golden eagles, and I walked uphill together. . . You ever see an eagle walk uphill? But I also saw graffiti next to the fading ochre paint. The East Bay Regional Park District would be derelict in its duty to let the public anywhere near this site without individual supervision. It is so fragile one yahoo kid could destroy it in one afternoon. Naturally, the local Miwok and Ohlone people will be very protective of these sites, particularly under NAGPRA, the federal Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. Regards, Martha E. Ture Martha E. Ture Reprinted under the fair use http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.html doctrine of international copyright law. &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& Tsonkwadiyonrat (We are ONE Spirit) Unenh onhwa' Awayaton http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/ &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
