Although we weren’t involved in the planning part of the recent caching event in LaCrosse, friends were. We asked about all those caches in the Mathy property now owned by the Conservancy, and our friends told us that in the meetings for the planning of cache placements, they were told that particular property was opened for caching. That’s what I know. All very second hand.
We are members of the Conservancy and have done a work day or two, so we know a couple of the staff people. Trekkin’ has on his “to do” list to call Tim Jacobson to ask about policy. Someone else had tried this before but didn’t meet with success. I know there were some caches in the Hass property that were archived, and I can see that with some of that terrain and foliage, they might not want people tramping up and down those hillsides, especially going off trail as happens when cache hunting.
Some of the public properties owned by the conservancy are not particularly sensitive, and maybe on a property by property case they are willing to work with it. I do think that the experience of local cachers with the removal of some is a good reminder that sometimes lands that are open to the public aren’t necessarily publically owned. To be honest, I always wonder about all the lamp post hides in parking lots. That’s not really publically owned, although the public certainly has easy access.
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