So would this go under the MMCvane reincarnation?? just need to find them
MEL HOCKWITT wrote:
> This substantiates what I have said that I don't think it is an agency.
> 1. If they are getting the information off of geocaching.com then the
> owners name would be listed and they could contact that person via
> e-mail through geocaching.com to inform them of any problem.
> 2. Why would an agency be concerned with a "nano" that anyone not in
> the loop would even find or see.
> 3. The approval for expenses printing the labels would have to come
> out of some department budget and things being as tight as they are I
> don't think this would be a priority.
>
> Mel
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Jim Scotti <mailto:jscotti@pirl.lpl.Arizona.EDU>
> *To:* listserv@azgeocaching.com <mailto:listserv@azgeocaching.com>
> *Sent:* Monday, November 17, 2008 4:49 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [Az-Geocaching] Another cache bites the dust
>
> 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
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