- Nancy, It's so nice to hear some GOOD news about land use policies. Thanks for talking to the guy. Since my only caches are now "illegal", I'd be interested in collaboration to place some new ones. I am kinda short on time, but the whole idea of tying in conservation and nature sounds so cool to me. That's what I had wanted to do in the St. Charles County parks because Quail Ridge and Matson Hill have some very interesting nature stuff to highlight. But that was before the county got so restrictive in their rules. Now I'll show some ignorance and ask, Columbia Bottoms is the area with the confluence viewing area, right? Or am I totally confused? I haven't had the time to go there yet. (also waiting for cool weather) Susan -----Original Message----- From: geocaching-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:geocaching-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of tklnhl Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2004 2:01 PM To: Geocache STL List Subject: [GeoStL] Bluebeadman's St. Stanislaus' Caches Kudos on Paperwork - Today I was finally able to speak, in person, to the manger for the Columbia Bottoms and Bellefontaine Conservation Areas regarding geocache placement. I went into the new Visitor and Education Center at Columbia Bottoms, introduced myself and asked about geocaching. Tom Leifield, the manger is very open cache placement. We chatted for a few minutes and he encouraged me to figure out a way to tie in conservation, nature etc in the placement and to especially discuss this in the paperwork in requesting placement. Without a mention from me, HE volunteered that someone recently just did a good job of placement at St. Stanislaus and did a GREAT (his emphasis) job on the paperwork in requesting the placement. He even called Bluebeadman by his real name (LOL). He went on to say that Jeff (May I call you Jeff? lol) talked about getting people out to the areas and onto the trails and how a geocache might bring new people out to new areas. The PRESSURE! So, Jeff, I might need to "borrow" some of your ideas! Any hints or suggestions? Just thought I'd pass this along as something positive in placement. Also, if anyone would want to collaborate with us on a series of caches (similar to St. Stanislaus -- which we haven't "officially done but hubby has scoped out) at Columbia Bottoms, we'd be willing to "share" -- it's a BIG, BIG place. Nancy **************************************** Our WebPage! Http://WWW.GeoStL.com Mail List Info. //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=geocaching Mail List FAQ's: //www.freelists.org/help/questions.html **************************************** To unsubscribe from this list: send an email to geocaching-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field **************************************** Our WebPage! Http://WWW.GeoStL.com Mail List Info. //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=geocaching Mail List FAQ's: //www.freelists.org/help/questions.html **************************************** To unsubscribe from this list: send an email to geocaching-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field