[GeoStL] Re: geocaching gets negative press
- From: Eric & Dayna East <believer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 02 Apr 2004 17:13:54 -0600
as a herper (reptile & amphibian lover) I have gotten a lot of grief over
geocaching on some
of the herp related forums. One guy in particular was worried about this very
thing, that we
were bringing people out to these "sensitive" areas and ruining them.
Eric
dana cook wrote:
> -
> 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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