[beggymike14]

A MANAGED FOREST CROPLAND LANDOWNERS PERSPECTIVE:

My family recently put 150 acres into MFL, solely for the tax benfits received by doing so.

Under the contract, we are aware that for 25 years the area designated as managed forest land is open to the public. The public DOES have to receive landowners permission in order to access the land, and one can be fined for trespassing if caught on the land without permission.

It is true that if you can track down the owners name and address/number, and gain permission, you can access this “open” land, if access is either from public property, a road, or other private lands with permission. From being on the other side of this topic, I may have no problem granting you permission to go on the property. As a cacher and aware of the traffic some caches receive, I would be extremely reluctant to allow you to place the cache knowing that others would coming in repeatedly. Granted each one of these people would in turn have to be granted permission by the land owner, and that would have to be CLEARLY laid out on the cache sheet.

Personally, I would stay away from privately held lands, knowing the landowners perspective. This could be a different debate if this land is FCL or MFL and is held by a company, such as a paper mill or a public utility. Being neither, I don’t know their opinion.

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[beggymike14]

Hey, I wouldn’t miss the ‘copia for anything. I’ll probably see you there Saturday!

[beggymike14]

I’m very happy to hear so many people have enjoyed the hike to see Goosey Venus. This has been a spot that I’ve wanted to put a cache since I started in August. This was a cache that I wanted to encompass what I love about most of my favorite cache hunts. It is just such a beautiful spot, yet it also hides a very challenging and technical aspect to the entire hunt.
Thanks to the Mother Goose, it got me and a lot of others out to experience this great area. Thanks folks, and good hunting!

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[beggymike14]

We’ll have to keep our fingers crossed on this one. Hopefully the transition will be seamless, especially for us geocachers.
I didn’t know if you had heard anything in regards to changes in the DNR office or not. I guess hearing nothing is better. I had never given the whole governor thing any thought, until the whole work thing.

Funny, a new house doesn’t always need new curtains!

Thanks!

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