I all for this one. I can show you examples that will make your
stomach turn. I'm friends with Pete Weinel who is the "Recreation
Specialist" at the Tonto main headquarters in Phoenix who would be a good person
to start talking to. I've done cleanup trips with other organizations and
the Tonto is always appreciative of these efforts. It would be good PR for
geocaching I'm sure. Let me know if you want to first decide on more
details such as time and location or if you want suggestions from them.
I'll can give Pete a call when you want to pursue this further.
If you didn't
see the article in this morning's "Republic" about the trash problem in Tonto
National Forest, you can read it here:
I'd like your
thoughts on an idea I've been thinking about that fits in with this story.
What about holding an event cache somewhere in Tonto, the objective of which
(other than the social) would be to do a group cleanup of an area
that needs it?
I was originally
thinking that we'd "just do it", but in light of the article I wonder if we
shouldn't contact one of the NFS personnel named in the story, let them know
what we're doing (and when and where). Perhaps we could even persuade someone
to plant a traditional cache near the event cache, which then might be
archived after the event. Not only would that provide additional incentive for
people to show up, but if the NFS folks showed up we could show them what a
cache is and is not. Maybe we could even offer the NFS people the opportunity
to request where we'd do the cleanup.
I'm open to any
comments. TIA.
Steve
Team Tierra
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