Friends of Hartman Creek Thanks

[greyhounder]

Some of the money we collected in our donation box at the campout at Hartman Creek was donated (in the form of a GPS) to the Friends of Hartman Creek. At the end of September GrousTales hand delivered the GPS and gave some instruction on its use. Hartman Creek sent me this letter that I thought I would share with you. Your support of the WGA helps us to give back to others!

Wisconsin Geocashing Association
c/o Becky Waldman, President

Dear Becky,

The Friends of Hartman Creek State Park wish to thank you for your generous donation of the Garmin eTrex HC series GPS unit. Brian Jansen delivered it and gave such an excellent tutorial that will get us started on our many projects. Already, volunteer and park worker Butch Siegel has started to map out a bike trail, Ice Age trail and will mark spots of Garlic Mustard and Japanese Hedge Parsley. I will soon be joining him after studying the instructions. By that time, he can teach me. As you can see, it will come into immediate use and will help us so very much.

I understand the value of the gift, fully loaded with a topo map, batteries is around $300. Your support of our organization is very much appreciated and will be mentioned both in our newsletter and the local paper. We look forward to helping you with any of your upcoming events in the park.

Thank you again for your very useful and considerate contribution.

Sincerely,

Sue Eiler, President, Secretary

Photo to come soon!

Bec

[Lostby7]

Nice to see our funds going to good use…..

[Miata]

Cool! 😀 I love that place!

[Team Hemisphere Dancer]

It is good to see that our event was able to do even more good for the park. Thanks to the BOD

[Coastiegirl04]

Glad to see that what we raised went to good use! and very glad that they liked the gift that was given to them, and put it to immediate use

[Team B Squared]

Well done WGA! What an excellent way to represent geocachers in your state.

[Grandma & Grandpa]

Sue Eilers, the author of the letter of thanks, also writes an article each week in our local paper, the Waupaca County Post. A recent article features the WGA and the GPS donation. The article is similar to her letter, and is accompanied by a photo of Brian and Butch Siegel, the volunteer Sue mentions.

All in all, pretty good P.R. for the WGA and GeoCaching in general in the Waupaca area. Thank you from happy Waupaca cachers!

Grandpa Jim & Grandma Chris

[Jeremy]

Here is the photo that you guys were promised a couple weeks ago. WGA Board Member Brian Jansen (GrouseTales) is on the left with Butch Siegel, a volunteer at Hartman Creek, showing off the GPS unit the WGA donated to the park.

[labrat_wr]

Just picked up a copy of the Hartman Harrier, the bi-annual newsletter put out by the Friends of Hartman Creek State Park.

Here are the two related articles from the Campout 2007

GPS donated to park

A warm thank you to the Wisconsin Geocaching Association for their donation to the Friends of a Garmin eTrex Global Positioning System (GPS). Brian Jensen hand-delivered it and gave a very thorough tutorial on its use in the park. A park map was already loaded onto the screeen where trails can be superimposed as well as “waypoints” (sites) located. It already has been of great use.

Hi-tech Treasure Hunt

The smell of crisp,cool air. The crunch of leaves beneath my feet as I walk through the woods. The joy that I feel when I find hidden treasure in the woods. These are a few of many joys of geocaching.

Geocaching (pronounced “geo-cashing”) is known as a hi-tech treasure hunt in the woods. The objective is to find a small to large camouflaged box or container known as a cache (pronounced “cash”), which can be hidden in anything from a hollow tree to a clump of prairie grass. When hedden , the owner of a cache will fill it with a log book, action figures, trackable coins known as geocoins and travel bugs, gift cards for local businesses, and a variety of odds and ends, never totaling more than $30. Usually, if a cache has just been placed, there is a special prize for the first to find.

The steps to go geocaching can be very simple if you have the right equipment(internet,GPS,and a mode of transportation). When logged into geocaching.com, just type in your zip code and then the caches that are hidden in your area appear on your computer screen. When you find a cache that you want to find, jot down the coordinates (which are usually in latitude and longitude), put them into your GPS unit, and find the cache.

When found, you can switch a small, inexpensive item that you have for something in the cache. For example, I like to leave a polished rock in the caches that I find because it’s simple, inexpensive, and is something that I have an interest in. Food,drugs, and dangerous objects/weapons are not allowed in caches due to the fact that children, besides adults, use geocaching as a form of recreation.

Caches can be found anywhere and everywhere. Very rarely is there an area that doesn’t have a cache hidden in it. Caches can be found in largely populated urban areas to very remote, desolate surroundings. In Wisconsin, there are hundreds of thousands of caches hidden in every corner of the state. These treasures can even be found in Wisconsin’s State Parks. In fact, there are three caches hidden in Hartman Creek State Park, with over 100 hidden in Waupaca county. The only areas where caches cannot be hidden are in State Natural Areas, Historical and Archaeological Sites, and Federal Reserves, such as National Parks and Wildlife Refuges.

The only rules that apply for caches hidden in Wisconsin’s State Parks include that they not be placed in sensitive areas as well as be buried into the ground. If the cache is hidden beneath leaves or in a neatural crevice, then that is considered allowable. Also, the geocacher hiding the cache on state property has to have written approval from the land manager to place the cache on that land. If the geocacher were to place the cahce on private property, then that individual would have to have permission by the landowner to place the cache at that location, as well as state the approval when publishing the cache on geocaching.com.

Sometimes there is an organization that promotes geocaching around that state. In Wisconsin, that organization is known as the Wisconsin Geocaching Association (WGA). This group go geocachers promotes geocaching activities around Wisconsin and usually sponsors various events, such as geocaching classes, treasure hunts, and pizza parties. Although registration on geocaching.com is required (there is no cost to register), membership in the WGA is free.

Next time you are in Hartman Creek State Park, ask park staff about geocaching opportunities in the park. For more information on geocaching in Wisconsin, check out wi-geocaching.com. Also for more information on geocaching rules, log into http://www.geocaching.com. Thanks for reading, and I hope to see you in the woods soon!

Disclaimer : Always answering to a higher power.

[zuma]

@labrat_wr wrote:

Just picked up a copy of the Hartman Harrier, the bi-annual newsletter put out by the Friends of Hartman Creek State Park.

Here are the two related articles from the Campout 2007

GPS donated to park

A warm thank you to the Wisconsin Geocaching Association for their donation to the Friends of a Garmin eTrex Global Positioning System (GPS). Brian Jensen hand-delivered it and gave a very thorough tutorial on its use in the park. A park map was already loaded onto the screeen where trails can be superimposed as well as “waypoints” (sites) located. It already has been of great use.

Hi-tech Treasure Hunt

The smell of crisp,cool air. The crunch of leaves beneath my feet as I walk through the woods. The joy that I feel when I find hidden treasure in the woods. These are a few of many joys of geocaching.

Geocaching (pronounced “geo-cashing”) is known as a hi-tech treasure hunt in the woods. The objective is to find a small to large camouflaged box or container known as a cache (pronounced “cash”), which can be hidden in anything from a hollow tree to a clump of prairie grass. When hedden , the owner of a cache will fill it with a log book, action figures, trackable coins known as geocoins and travel bugs, gift cards for local businesses, and a variety of odds and ends, never totaling more than $30. Usually, if a cache has just been placed, there is a special prize for the first to find.

The steps to go geocaching can be very simple if you have the right equipment(internet,GPS,and a mode of transportation). When logged into geocaching.com, just type in your zip code and then the caches that are hidden in your area appear on your computer screen. When you find a cache that you want to find, jot down the coordinates (which are usually in latitude and longitude), put them into your GPS unit, and find the cache.

When found, you can switch a small, inexpensive item that you have for something in the cache. For example, I like to leave a polished rock in the caches that I find because it’s simple, inexpensive, and is something that I have an interest in. Food,drugs, and dangerous objects/weapons are not allowed in caches due to the fact that children, besides adults, use geocaching as a form of recreation.

Caches can be found anywhere and everywhere. Very rarely is there an area that doesn’t have a cache hidden in it. Caches can be found in largely populated urban areas to very remote, desolate surroundings. In Wisconsin, there are hundreds of thousands of caches hidden in every corner of the state. These treasures can even be found in Wisconsin’s State Parks. In fact, there are three caches hidden in Hartman Creek State Park, with over 100 hidden in Waupaca county. The only areas where caches cannot be hidden are in State Natural Areas, Historical and Archaeological Sites, and Federal Reserves, such as National Parks and Wildlife Refuges.

The only rules that apply for caches hidden in Wisconsin’s State Parks include that they not be placed in sensitive areas as well as be buried into the ground. If the cache is hidden beneath leaves or in a neatural crevice, then that is considered allowable. Also, the geocacher hiding the cache on state property has to have written approval from the land manager to place the cache on that land. If the geocacher were to place the cahce on private property, then that individual would have to have permission by the landowner to place the cache at that location, as well as state the approval when publishing the cache on geocaching.com.

Sometimes there is an organization that promotes geocaching around that state. In Wisconsin, that organization is known as the Wisconsin Geocaching Association (WGA). This group go geocachers promotes geocaching activities around Wisconsin and usually sponsors various events, such as geocaching classes, treasure hunts, and pizza parties. Although registration on geocaching.com is required (there is no cost to register), membership in the WGA is free.

Next time you are in Hartman Creek State Park, ask park staff about geocaching opportunities in the park. For more information on geocaching in Wisconsin, check out wi-geocaching.com. Also for more information on geocaching rules, log into http://www.geocaching.com. Thanks for reading, and I hope to see you in the woods soon!

Thanks for sharing this. This is one of the ways in which the WGA has worked to maintain a good relationship with the DNR and other land managers, with the goal of maintaining access to public lands by geocachers.

zuma

[Team Black-Cat]

@labrat_wr wrote:

The only rules that apply for caches hidden in Wisconsin’s State Parks include that they not be placed in sensitive areas as well as be buried into the ground.

I’m sure everyone here realized that this is a typo, but it certainly changes the meaning of the sentence.

[labrat_wr]

@Que232 wrote:

@labrat_wr wrote:

The only rules that apply for caches hidden in Wisconsin’s State Parks include that they not be placed in sensitive areas as well as be buried into the ground.

I’m sure everyone here realized that this is a typo, but it certainly changes the meaning of the sentence.

typo on the author’s part, not mine. I had a hard enough time typing it in as it was written to proofread it.

I think the context of the following line sets it clear though.

Disclaimer : Always answering to a higher power.

[Team Black-Cat]

I knew the mistake wasn’t yours labrat. I only pulled the quote from your post… It didn’t dawn on me that you had to type all of that yourself. Very much appreciated.

[labrat_wr]

@Que232 wrote:

I knew the mistake wasn’t yours labrat. I only pulled the quote from your post… It didn’t dawn on me that you had to type all of that yourself. Very much appreciated.

no offense taken. I did look at that line and thought it needed revision but I did want to stay true to the one who wrote it and not edit. I wish I could have cut and pasted it from another source. that would have saved much time 😀

Disclaimer : Always answering to a higher power.

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