Re: [Az-Geocaching] Another cache bites the dust

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>     *From:* Jim Scotti <mailto:jscotti@pirl.lpl.Arizona.EDU>
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>     *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
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>     Jim Scotti
>     Lunar & Planetary Laboratory
>     University of Arizona
>     Tucson, AZ 85721 USA                
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