[GeoStL] Re: Sensitive areas generally RE: Good News

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Yes I agree, don't bring your rifles or handguns while geocaching. You  
might kill an endangered species!

On Tuesday, May 27, 2003, at 09:40 PM, Jim Bensman wrote:

> -
> 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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