-
I don't think the concern is with people who follow the rules. I think the
implication the paleontologist makes is that looters may use GC.com to find
fossils to steal. Don't get me wrong, looters are going to loot regardless
of GC.com. I am not at all defending her position. You are right, the park
staff is at a gridlock with the Sioux which is a much bigger issue. My point
was that its not good PR for geocaching to get not-so-positive press from
National Geographic.
I love what Backpacker Magazine has done with GPS coordinates.
From: "Mike Griffin" <griff@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Reply-To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To: <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [GeoStL] Re: geocaching gets negative press Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2004 10:17:27 -0600
- They have bigger issues with the Indian Militia that just took thousands of acres of the park by force. It seems the tribes in the area are tired of people coming on to their land and taking fossils and relics of their ancestors. National Geographic did a good article on it a while back.
Listing fossils on geocaching.com is perfectly acceptable as long as people
follow park rules. Backpacker magazine just advertised their new "The Worlds
ONLY GPS Enabled Magazine" and started their first issue with coords to all
the neat hidden stuff at Yellowstone. I would imagine that that is no
different from anything GC.COM lists.
Mike
----- Original Message ----- From: "dana cook" <zoejuju@xxxxxxx> To: <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 9:48 AM Subject: [GeoStL] geocaching gets negative press
> -
> In this month's edition of National Geographic there is an article about
> Badlands National Park. A significant portion of the article pertains to
the
> number of fossils contained in the park and the problem of looting.
>
> The author interviewed the park paleontologist, Rachel Benton, who had
this
> to say:
>
> "Besides outright theft, now we have to worry about geo-caching," says
> Lopez.
>
> The article continues:
>
> "In this latest twist to a treasure hunt, people hide a container and
> perhaps a trinket, take GPS coordinates, and put the coordinates on the
> internet. Other people go to the location and try to find the cache.
> Although a treasure hunt may seem a nuisance at worst, and can have the
> positive effect of getting people out in nature, Lopez warns of an
> escalation: Some geo-cachers are finding fossils in park rocks and putting
> these coordinates on the Web. Anyone can then come to look--or to take."
>
> Any thoughts? Not the most positive national exposure our beloved
> hobby/sport could have, huh?
>
> Dana
> Soldiers of Fortune
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