Please be patient with our DNR contacts. They do have other responsibility besides approving earthcaches in SNAs. Note that the approval processing time will depend somewhat on the sensitivity of the area and the expected amount of traffic. Wet areas will take longer than dry, steep areas will take longer than flat, and areas along the road will take longer than areas requiring a 5 mile hike. It also depends on how active the local area managers are, i.e. a cache in a small freestanding area run by the county office will take less time than one in an SNA within a state park or recreation area with active management. If you are concerned and it has been 4 weeks or more since you submitted your request, feel free to send a followup request.
Note also that the DNR people really don’t like it when the first time they hear about a cache is when a reviewer asks them about it. Ask for your permissions BEFORE you submit the cache!
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