[Az-Geocaching] REI experience

[Brian Casteel]

National Park and National Forest are completely separate things.  There 
are no longer caches in national parks, but national forests are clearly 
acceptable.  State lands are the same.  BLM sees caching as an 
acceptable use of the land, and the only caveat to caching on State Land 
is the annual permit in order to remain legal while caching out there.  
The guy from REI is playing the role of arrogant elitist and I would 
consult with his manager about the statements made to you regarding this 
activity.  He is wholly incorrect and is no different than the cache 
pirate incident that plagued caching for a brief period of time a few 
years ago.  The only real difference is he isn't hiding the fact that 
he/she/it is doing so.

Brian
Team A.I.


Crystal Hinkle wrote:
> This is from the website.  I confess I don't really know the 
> difference.  Maybe that is where the disconnect is. 
>  
> "You will be in violation of federal regulation by placing a cache in 
> any area administered by the National Park Service (US). The National 
> Park regulations are intended to protect the fragile environment, and 
> historical and cultural areas found in the parks."
>  
> Crystal
>
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> *From:* az-geocaching-bounces at listserv.azgeocaching.com 
> [mailto:az-geocaching-bounces at listserv.azgeocaching.com] *On Behalf Of 
> *Andrew Ayre
> *Sent:* Wednesday, July 05, 2006 9:52 PM
> *To:* listserv at azgeocaching.com
> *Subject:* Re: [Az-Geocaching] REI experience
>
> My understanding was/is forest service land is ok, as long as it isn't 
> a wilderness area. Has that changed? There are tons of caches in FS 
> managed land...
>  
>
> Andy
>
>     -----Original Message-----
>     *From:* az-geocaching-bounces at listserv.azgeocaching.com
>     [mailto:az-geocaching-bounces at listserv.azgeocaching.com]*On Behalf
>     Of *Crystal Hinkle
>     *Sent:* Wednesday, July 05, 2006 9:38 PM
>     *To:* az-geocaching at listserv.azgeocaching.com
>     *Subject:* [Az-Geocaching] REI experience
>
>     Hi everyone...I wanted to share this story with ya'all....
>      
>     I went to REI this past weekend for a problem with my GPS.  As the
>     guy was helping me, he shared his viewpoint on geocaching.  He
>     said that he goes out on public lands a lot and anytime he sees a
>     cache there, he throws it away.  My first thought was shock and
>     alarm!  I went home and looked up the official rules, and he's
>     right.  They are not supposed to be on forest service land, state
>     land, etc.  However, somehow this message is not getting out to
>     everyone who places caches.  I told him that it would be better if
>     he contacted the owner and let them know that he was removing
>     their cache because it didn't follow the guidelines and he blew me
>     off and said that they know it's not supposed to be there.  Rather
>     than have him sabbotage my GPS ;0) I just let that go and finished
>     the troubleshooting and left.  It disturbed me that he would do
>     such a thing, though.  I just thought I would bring it up to see
>     if anyone has any thoughts on what people should do if they find a
>     cache on public lands that shouldn't be there.  Thanks!
>      
>     Crystal
>     CraftyCrystal
>
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