Waukesha County Park Geocaching Policy

[Team Deejay]

Waukesha County Parks has established a geocaching policy for parks on their property. Note that this includes the county parks (Fox Brook, Fox River, Menomonee, Minooka, Mukwonago, Muskego, NagaWaukee, and Nashotah), the Retzer Nature Center, the undeveloped Ryan property, and the county bike trails (Bugline, Lake Country, and New Berlin). There are several rules, but the main difference is that a permit is required to place a cache in these areas. You can read more at http://www.waukeshacounty.gov/uploadedFiles/Media/PDF/Parks_and_Land_Use/Parks_System/Geocachingpolicy10.pdf

We expect that they may eventually be asking for permits to be established for existing caches, but right now, the focus is on new placements. If you would like to get “ahead of the game”, feel free to submit your forms for existing caches as well, but just let them know that the cache is already published.

[TheBalks]

This seems odd to me, or is 5% more than I realize and they are trying to prevent erosion?

Caches will not be allowed on slopes greater than 5%. However, caches may be allowed on the area above the
slope or the foot of the slope.

I doubt I will ever place in that county as its along way from our current house, but I would imagine other counties look at existing policies when writing there own. I like them, it lets you know for sure where its legal to place.

[Team Deejay]

Some of these requirements are never enforced (like slope rules). They put these in as a catch all. This policy used to read exactly like the Milwaukee county policy, but we got them to change some of the more annoying requirements and language.

[Lostby7]

what no permit fee? I’m disappointed… 🙄

Virtual Caching is the preferred method? Nice to see they have a firm grip of Geocaching….what with virtuals not being allowed (outside of stages of a multi or some puzzle caches which both still lead to a physical cache…) I guess if EarthCaches were easier to create (and appropriate unique geological sites existed in the parks) we could place these in the county parks to get the “preferred” status…oh and never mind that photo “requirements” are a hotbed of controversy in the geocaching world with them often being interpreted as an “additional logging requirement.”

So glad I pay my taxes for this…sorry Waukesha County you will not be getting a dime from me for a park pass.

[zuma]

@Lostby7 wrote:

what no permit fee? I’m disappointed… 🙄

Virtual Caching is the preferred method? Nice to see they have a firm grip of Geocaching….what with virtuals not being allowed (outside of stages of a multi or some puzzle caches which both still lead to a physical cache…) I guess if EarthCaches were easier to create (and appropriate unique geological sites existed in the parks) we could place these in the county parks to get the “preferred” status…oh and never mind that photo “requirements” are a hotbed of controversy in the geocaching world with them often being interpreted as an “additional logging requirement.”

So glad I pay my taxes for this…sorry Waukesha County you will not be getting a dime from me for a park pass.

This is exactly how I feel about it. What a waste of tax dollars!!!!! People setting in offices on the government payroll making bad decisions, and having those bad decisions paid for by the taxpayers.

zuma

[AuntieNae]

Rather .. they are just trying to get a handle on the geocaches being placed in their parks.

[Lostby7]

@AuntieNae wrote:

Rather .. they are just trying to get a handle on the geocaches being placed in their parks.

Then they need to get the facts straight before drafting policy. The policy is very poorly researched and written/copied….and more permits (this time before placement)? No thanks, they can keep their parks.

[AuntieNae]

I’m not saying I agree with it ..

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