WEST VALLEY ROCK AND MINERAL CLUB

P.O. BOX 1038, BUCKEYE, AZ 85326

FIELD TRIP PARTICIPANT GUIDELINES 

PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

• FOLLOW ALL LAWS, REGULATIONS AND RULES, INCLUDING NO LITTERING
• ALWAYS WATCH FOR OTHERS ABOVE, BELOW AND CLOSE BY WHEN COLLECTING OR HAMMERING
• CLOSELY SUPERVISE ALL CHILDREN AND PETS
• PRINT AND SIGN ANY WAIVER OF LIABILITY AS REQUIRED
• PAY ANY REQUIRED FEES TO TRIP LEADER IN CASH
• BE READY AND IN VEHICLE AT DEPARTURE TIME FROM MEETING SITE
• HAVE A VEHICLE THAT MEETS THE MINIMUM TRIP VEHICLE GUIDELINES

PERSONAL SAFETY GUIDELINES:

• PROPER CLOTHING, BOOTS, GLOVES, HAT AND SAFTEY GLASSES
• PLENTY OF WATER, SUNCSCREEN AND MEDICAL KIT
• WHEN CARAVANING, NEVER LOSE SITE OF VEHICLE IN FRONT OR BEHIND, GIVE THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF YOU PLENTY OF ROOM
• NEVER LEAVE FOR OR ARRIVE AT TRIP SITE BEFORE TRIP LEADER
• IF YOU LEAVE FIELD TRIP SITE BEFORE OR IF YOU PLAN TO STAY LATER THEN TRIP LEADER ALWAYS TELL TRIP LEADER OR OTHERS OF YOUR PLANS

COLLECTING INFORMATION:

• LIMIT COLLECTING TO A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF SPECIMENS PER BLM OR OTHER REGULATIONS
• IF YOU DIG A HOLE FILL IT IN
• NATIONAL FOREST: HANDFUL OF SPECIMENS NOT TO EXCEED 10LBS
• NATIONAL PARKS: NO COLLECTING ALLOWED
• NATIONAL HISTORIC SITES: NO COLLECTING ALLOWED
• WILDERNESS AREAS: NO COLLECTING ALLOWED
• ARIZONA STATE TRUST LANDS: NO COLLECTING ALLOWED
• AZ STATE PARKS: A PERSON MAY NOT DEFACE, INJURE, DESTROY, TAKE OR USE: PUBLIC FACILITY, PROPERTY, WILDLIFE, ANIMALS, PLANTS, ARCHEOLOGICAL, GEOLOGICAL OR HISTORICAL OBJECTS
• NATIVE PLANT LAW IN ARIZONA PROHIBITS; DIGGING, SHOOTING, TAKING INCLUDING SKELETONS, SEEDS, FLOWERS AND MORE

NOTE: This list is not meant to be a complete list of all personal safety, personal responsibilities or Laws