Great info Paul.
Thanks wow4mom. Excellent work.
Let us know when the forms are available.
From: Paul Konopacki <konopapw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reply-To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [GeoSTL] Meet With Your Government Agents Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2002 03:48:52 -0500
You may or may not know this, but one of our new SLAGA members, wow4mom, has
taken on the unenviable task of discussing the placement of geocaching on public
land. In this case, she spoke with John Vogel, who manages the Weldon Spring
and Howell Island Conservation Area. She wanted to place a new cache in Weldon
Springs and took it upon herself to make contact and open up a dialog.
The good news is John does not have a problem with geocaching on the land he is
responsible for. Even though he and others are aware of existing caches on his
land, those caches will not be pulled. But he suggests they be 'registered', as
I'm about to describe.
John want us to follow a formal process from now on, which means filling out a
form with coordinates of the cache and the cache placer's contact information,
so they can keep that information on file. He is not going to limit our
creativity on where we place the caches. By putting a copy of the form inside
the cache, it will help maintenance workers identify what the cache is if
accidently discovered. His biggest concern is the 8 days of controlled hunting
that occurs in the Conservation Area, so we need to be sensitive to that and
mention those days on the cache pages.
The form will be available at their office sometime soon. We'll let you know
when we hear from them. Plus we'll give you some more detail on what else
wow4mom found out during her geocaching discussion!
In regards to the other Conservation Areas in our vicinity, other 'Urban
Foresters' handle those and the verdict from a series of meetings going on at
the same time wow4mom was talking to John, is that each Forester will made their
own decisons about caches placed in their jurisdiction.
This is a positive step forward in cooperation. Let's make this one work, so
that the other Foresters will want to follow our example.
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