By their nature, no one can speak for the group, say Rainbow Family members, and thus cant sign any permit. Without a permit, the gathering becomes illegal, in the eyes of law enforcement agencies, which changes how forest officials react to it and increases the presence of armed law enforcement.
A site south of San Antonio Mountain near where the 20,000-person gathering occurred in 1995 has been the front-runner for several months, according to Gary Stubbs, of the Rainbow Family. However, concerns over the reception from Taoseños has put two sites near Cuba in the Santa Fe National Forest back on the table
http://www.taosnews.com/articles/2009/06/14/news/doc4a315c700e5f0153206565.txt
I would go to this. Reminds me of flashmob or critical mass bike rides.
Since even reading the story didn’t tell me anything, What’s the Rainbow family?
I think that's a fine idea.
In 1987, they had the Rainbow gathering in the mountains of western Carolina. When I was in Waynesville, there was one guy who came up to me and asked, “I’m a rainbow person, where’s the gathering”. I almost felt bad that he had overshot it by 40 miles.
In contrast, hunters and anglers have contributed billions to restore/manage wildlife populations in excise taxes
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Good! They fouled up the Hoosier National Forest about 10 years ago. I hope they stay out west.
Directions:
From Cuba, New Mexico take State Road 126 East for 13 + miles to
FS Road 103 on left, go 2 miles to FS Road 69 on left then drive
9 miles to where FS Road 69 meets FS Road 70
More here -
http://welcomehere.org/gathering_of_the_tribes/annual/