> Do you have a cache list of the caches that should be removed?
 
This list is based on my own research. It's not "official". The
boundaries between the Preserve and all the other stakeholders in the
vicinity are blurry at best, and there could easily be others I don't
know about.
 

Thompson Peak
GC3A94

FH EnviroCharity
GC5484

Musicbox
GC5818

Good Clean Fun
GCCB2B

WazUp
GCDCF3

NoWashAway
GCE4A5
 
One cache that some might think belongs on this list is the "Mc Dowell
Cache" (GC1B8). I have visited this cache three or four times, and I'm
pretty sure it's actually on State Trust land, but I could be wrong.
 
When I sent this message out Thursday night, I "blind copied", among
others, Claire Miller, the McDowell Sonoran Preserve Manager. Claire is
a City of Scottsdale employee, and has been very supportive of
Geocaching within the Preserve. I worked closely with her over the last
several months in an attempt to get this back on the Commission's
agenda. She has held off acting on caches within the Preserve in hopes
that the Commission would reconsider. She even joined me when I hunted
"Musicbox" to see first-hand what finding a cache is like. But Claire
doesn't set policy. Her job is to enforce the policy promulgated by the
Commission.
 
Here's an excerpt from an email Claire sent me in response: "Thank you
for sending this information to the geocaching folks - I do appreciate
it. I will see that it also gets posted on our city website. Certainly
if anyone has any questions about it, please refer them to my direct
number. I'll kind of monitor the website to see when/if the caches in
the Preserve are picked up by their owners. Over the next several weeks,
if I happen to be in an area where there is a cache that has not been
retrieved, I will pick it up, secure it my office and attempt to notify
the owner via the website."
 
Claire's direct number is 480-312-2504, and her email address is
ClMIller@scottsdaleaz.gov. If you do need to contact her, please take a
minute to thank her for her efforts on our behalf. We would make her job
easier by voluntarily removing and archiving the caches we know for
certain lie within the Preserve.
 
Steve
Team Tierra Buena