As a conscientious cache owner, I look for trails to the cache when maintaining my caches. If there is a noticeable effect on the area, I will either move the cache or archive it depending on the circumstances.For one thing, it makes the cache too easy to find! Roping The Wind wrote: > >> From: "Brian Casteel" >> Reply-To: listserv@azgeocaching.com >> To: >> Subject: RE: [Az-Geocaching] FW: National Public Lands Day - Thank you! >> Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2005 08:47:22 -0700 > > >> Notification/tracking numbers will be >> assigned, with a life cycle being granted to caches in a single >> location, >> then moved or archived to minimize new trail creation. > > > I have always said that a life limit on caches would be a good idea. > However, there are some pros and cons to that, all of which have been > mentioned on here in the past. I agree that life limiting caches would > keep off trail destruction to a minimum. I have seen many caches that > are off trail where there is a very well defined 'trail' leading right > to the cache... and ending right there! Other caches, however, are > placed in rocky locations where there is no deterioration of the > terrain when hiking to it. Other caches yet are placed in very remote > areas where very few geocachers will ever visit... a cache that maybe > only gets 7 or 8 visits a year, shouldn't have the same life limit as > a cache that gets 40 or 50 visits a year. There has to be a way to > differentiate between them and to realize that some caches can last > longer with no effect on the surrounding terrain while other caches > can have a heavy effect on the land around it after just a few months. > > Scott > Team Ropingthewind > > > ____________________________________________________________ > Az-Geocaching mailing list listserv@azgeocaching.com > To edit your setting, subscribe or unsubscribe visit: > http://listserv.azgeocaching.com/mailman/listinfo/az-geocaching > > Arizona's Geocaching Resource > http://www.azgeocaching.com > > > ____________________________________________________________ Az-Geocaching mailing list listserv@azgeocaching.com To edit your setting, subscribe or unsubscribe visit: http://listserv.azgeocaching.com/mailman/listinfo/az-geocaching Arizona's Geocaching Resource http://www.azgeocaching.com