Unmaintained cache

[Team Northwoods]

If there is a cache that someone is not taking care of and apparently don’t care about it, is there anything you can do? I have tried sending emails to them volunteering to adopt it but no response. Afterwards they posted this message on their cache page. “If it’s missing, someone moved/took it. It was a camouflaged ammo box wedged between two rocks with some branches on top.It was near the top of an outcrop.We wanted it to be easy to find? Oh well.
We are( there name).”

Seems kind of sarcastic to me.

I was not sure if I should post the exact cache or not.

Thank you for any suggestions.

***Opinions expressed are mine alone and will change based upon new information. ***

[rcflyer2242]

Post your DNF then post a Needs Archived log with an explanation. Sometimes it takes a while for reviewers to respond to the needs archived log but eventually it gets done.

[RSplash40]

You could also just replace it, maybe with something better cammo’d or different container altogether that makes more sense for the area…

[Team Black-Cat]

If the owner isn’t interested in maintaining it or adopting it out, the in needs to be archived. Replacing the container is just perpetuating the problem.

[Mister Greenthumb]

Log a “needs archiving” to get the reviewers attention and start the process of freeing this area up for a new cache.

[Team Northwoods]

I resubmitted my archive log. Hopefully they will catch it and it can be replaced (most likely right after the day it is archived).

***Opinions expressed are mine alone and will change based upon new information. ***

[JimandLinda]

If the cache is an older placement, like “Belles Cache”, which is in a SNA, temporay maintenance would be nice, rather than losing a grandfathered placement.

We helped out on an unresponsive CO’s cache for 1 year, then requested the Archive. I guess 12 monthes is long enough to wait!

[RSplash40]

@Team Black-Cat wrote:

If the owner isn’t interested in maintaining it or adopting it out, the in needs to be archived. Replacing the container is just perpetuating the problem.

Not necessarily, with obvious exceptions for poor locations/coords, if you the NA person is going to replace it with a new cache right away why not just fix it, put a watch on this one and keep it going.

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