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No person shall dig in or otherwise disturb grass or in any other way injure or impair the natural beauty of usefulness of any area." -I think that pretty much says "no way"! Sorry.
That specific wording is about as shady as a pecan tree at high noon, but I personally wouldn't risk it. JMO, until Tom can convice me otherwise...
haha, you are much too cruel Mr-Novice ! You baited me !
And you know FULL WELL the answer to such "catch all" verbiage is, for when it comes to the discussion of md'ing ! You just want to
But to the O.P., here it is:
The type verbiage that Mr. Novice cites, can be found in ANY park across the ENTIRE USA. Heck, it didn't even need to use the word "dig". It/they could read: "alter" or "deface" or "vandalize" etc.... Hence all such verbiage automatically means "no md'ing", right ? We "dig" and "alter" afterall, right ? But oddly, if you scroll back through finds forums on any md'ing website, you will find NO SHORTAGE of guys (gasp) md'ing in parks ! How can this be ?? Are we all law-less miscreants ?
The key is: If you leave no trace (fill, pack, stomp, fluff up, etc...), then logically you haven't defacED or alterED anything. The word "dig" seems to be a bit more problemsome, right ? But think about it: what is the difference between deface and defacED ? Simply present vs past tense, right ? Thus what is the difference between d
ig and d
ug ? Same thing: Simply present and past tense ! The only difference is, we don't say "digged" as the spelling of the past tense of that word. Otherwise, the logic of being in compliance so long as you've left no trace, is the same thing.
Oh sure, you can ALWAYS go find someone to disagree with those semantics. And you can ALWAYS find someone in the field who might think you're about to leave a hole, or harm earthworms, etc.... Ok, fine then: pick lower traffic times and avoid such lookie-lou gripers. Heck, it's gotten to where I do most of my turf hunting at night nowadays. So peaceful. So serene.