[GeoStL] Sensitive areas generally RE: Good News

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Good to hear that.  Placing caches in natural areas can also cause problems
if placed in a bad spot.  I would encourage people to check with the agency
to make sure you don't place it in a bad place.  We should also remember
that we have to be more concerned than just where the cache is.  We have to
be concerned on what areas could be trampled when someone is looking for the
cache.  We would sure look bad if some endangered species got killed off by
cachers.  Another suggestion if you must place one in a sensitive area is to
make it easy to find, give clear directions on how to find it, and let
people know this is a sensitive area and you need to be careful.  We do not
want to be giving agencies reasons to not allow us.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: geocaching-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:geocaching-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Dan Henke
> Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2003 9:10 PM
> To: geocaching
> Subject: [GeoStL] Good News
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> Just wanted to let you all know that I am direct
> contact with the Forest Service including Nancy Feakes
> and several of the rangers and archaeologists. They
> have expressed an interest in doing a cache that will
> be hidden jointly by them and me and I will be talking
> with the ranger in charge of Kaintuck Hollow area to
> hopefully set this up.
> Also I have found another area of sensitivity and
> being an amateur archaeologist I can understand their
> point of view. I had expressed an interest in locating
> a cache near a large cave in the Piney River area but
> was concerned about the impact of people on the
> archaeological resources there so I asked first and
> they told me that they would prefer not to have the
> location advertised (this is no longer on topo maps
> and other sources of information so it would be harder
> for pot hunters to find). I stand by the Forest
> Service on this decision and told them I would not
> place a cache there. However the Archaeologist in
> charge of the entire Mark Twain area in MO contacted
> me and expressed an interest in doing some kind of
> cache to highlight and make people more aware of the
> archaeological resources in our state so it could be
> something good coming out of it too.
>
> I will keep you all informed
>
> Dan (Thunder)
>
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