[geocaching] Fw: Geocaching on Mark Twain National Forest
- From: Glenn Nash <GLNash@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "St. Louis Geocachers MailList" <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2002 12:13:02 -0600
from the feds. maybe someone like myotes can go and speak with some
knowledge about geocaching with these folks. i have to work tuesday and
well get off after the meeting is more than likely over.
gln
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nancy Feakes/R9/USDAFS" <nfeakes@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <GLNash@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <johnschu@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 11:42 AM
Subject: Geocaching on Mark Twain National Forest
> Hi, Glenn. I am the Recreation and Wilderness Manager on the Mark Twain
> National Forest, with an office in Rolla. I have been following some of
> the geocaching activities for the past several months, and have some
> concerns about the growing number of caches on the national forest that we
> aren't notified about, and in particular, about the ones that have been
> located in Wilderness. In general, we have tried to be supportive of this
> activity, as long as caches are placed outside of Wilderness and are
placed
> so that they are not causing environmental damage, (either directly
through
> the placement of the cache, or more commonly indirectly, though trampling
> by cache seekers). Most of the owners of caches that have caused us
> concern have been very cooperative, once we contacted them. We did have
> Law Enforcement remove an ammo box cache because it was suspected
> (erroniously) of being associated with some drug activity in the area. I
> am trying to find ways to encourage geocachers to notify us when they
place
> a cache on us, and to not place caches in the Wilderness. I consider this
> to be a legitimate form of recreation that we would like to encourage on
> the national forest, in appropriate places. We would like to work with
the
> geocaching community to further this, and to minimize problems. I
> definitely do NOT want to see problems that would lead to establishment of
> numerous regulations or permits for geocaches, and we need the help of the
> geocachers if we are going to be able to avoid that as the sport continues
> to grow.
>
> John Schumacher suggested that you might be able to help us. Please
> contact me if you are interested. One opportunity might be for us to meet
> in St. Louis this coming Tuesday evening...we are having a public meeting
> at 7PM at the Powder Valley Conservation Nature Center , 11715 Cragwold
Rd,
> Kirkwood, MO to help keep the public informed about what is happening on
> the National Forest. Maybe we could get together for a few minutes before
> or after that meeting. Thanks.
>
> Nancy Feakes, Recreation Manager
> Mark Twain National Forest
> 573-364-4621 x472
>
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