In the early days of geocaching down here in Tucson, several geocaches were placed in the National Parks around town before we all understood the NPS rules regarding caches and a park ranger who was also a geocacher and had visited many caches in the area was presumably "put in charge" to remove any caches that violated the NPS rules. I had the impression that the ranger was given the task by superiors. So I wouldn't rule out an agency taking the trouble to remove geocaches. BTW, I had a geocache down here at the base of Cat Mountain off of Ajo road which was on a side trail off the main trail from Sarasota Blvd. The trail had been maintained not long before one of my visits to the cache, so I felt that it was placed in an area that met all requirements. So a week or two after my last visit, I got an e-mail from a city police officer who was in charge of the Tucson Mountain Park area saying that he had my geocache. It turns out that the trail I had found was a "wildcat trail" that he had been trying to close to preserve the area and someone had been maintaining the trail against his wishes. He placed a trail closed post were it left the main trail with his business card attached. I was happy to cooperate with him and he was very geocache friendly, offering to check out possible placement sites in the area and in fact, I replaced the cache (with a new name) less than half a mile away not far off the main trail where it still sits today. So agencies will do what they need to and generally are friendly to work with (with a few notable exceptions), especially if you follow the rules and if you talk with them when in doubt. Jim. On Mon, 17 Nov 2008, MEL HOCKWITT wrote: > I wonder is there is a contact on the sticker as to whom made it (print > shop) I don't think this was done by a official agency but someone who is > against Geocaching. I agree that the cache is usually hidden so someone > must have the coordinates in order to find it, don't think any agency would > go to that trouble just to remove a cache that is out of sight. > > Mel I'm not normally a religious man, but if you're up there, save me, Superman! - Homer Simpson ---------- Jim Scotti Lunar & Planetary Laboratory University of Arizona Tucson, AZ 85721 USA http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/~jscotti/ ____________________________________________________________ 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