I am now in the process of talking to other national parks about how
they
reached their decisions on their level and type of involvement.

We are looking at the need for and the opportunities geocaching can
provide. Minnesota State Parks are becoming more involved in
geocaching
and Wisconsin Interstate is looking at adding it. As you are aware the
state forests have been allowing it. So it is obvious that people
living
or visiting the Riverway are interested.

We are interested in hearing what interested parties have to say. What
has
been your involvement with geocaching? What would you like to see? Do
you
have an interest in helping establish or monitoring sites? What in
your
experience would be the use at these sites? Are earthcache or virtual
sites
less popular? Once sites are established do they need to grow or
rotate to
keep interest? Do you have names of other people I should hear from?

Basically any information you think would be helpful, we would like to
hear. You can also pass my contact information on to others. Thanks
for
your assistance in this. The park has set the goal of having a
decision
made by this time next year. Meaning, there is plenty of time to
dialogue
and come up with a solid plan. Feel free to contact me at any point in
the
next year.

Jean S