[Az-Geocaching] Caches in Wilderness Areas

Sun, 12 Oct 2003 16:35:37 -0700

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A question for our Ambassador:

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I'm not sure that John Negroponte is a Geocacher.

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Is there a global (Arizona) policy of "No Caches in Wilderness Areas?"=20

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There's no global policy because there's no global agency that would =
make
it. I do know that Tonto NF, who are probably the strongest supporters
Geocaching has within Arizona land management, forbid caches in all
designated wilderness areas within the Forest, not just the Superstition =
WA.
Since the USFS policy seems to be that there should be no man-made =
objects
in designated wilderness areas, it seems safe to assume that they would
consider physical caches to be in violation of that restriction. So I =
would
think the policy is national for USFS designated wilderness areas.

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What I don't know is if there are any other agencies besides USFS and =
NPS
that can designate wilderness areas. NPS is moot of course, since caches =
are
banned on all NPS land.=20

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Steve

Team Tierra Buena

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style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>Is there a global (</span></font>Arizona) =
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&quot;No Caches in Wilderness Areas?&quot;&nbsp;</p>

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There&#8217;s no global policy =
because
there&#8217;s no global agency that would make it. I do know that Tonto =
NF, who
are probably the strongest supporters Geocaching has within Arizona land
management, forbid caches in all designated wilderness areas within the =
Forest,
not just the Superstition WA. Since the USFS policy seems to be that =
there
should be no man-made objects in designated wilderness areas, it seems =
safe to
assume that they would consider physical caches to be in violation of =
that
restriction. So I would think the policy is national for USFS designated =
wilderness
areas.

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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

What I don&#8217;t know is if there =
are
any other agencies besides USFS and NPS that can designate wilderness =
areas. NPS
is moot of course, since caches are banned on all NPS land. =

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