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Congrats and way to go!!! the first few hundred seem to take forever, but now you’re on a roll and be getting to the Millenium Club in no time!

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Hey.. missed the conrgats, sooooooooooooo…..

CONGRATS and WELCOME to the Millenium club!! heres to another millenium!!

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Way to go!!! almost to the 1/2 way make to joining the millenium club. Big conrats to you!!

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@LightningBugs Mum wrote:

I would even be happy with allowing only virtuals and earthcaches in SNAs – like the National Parks. It seems like a good compromise.

And we should definitely push the “CIIO” event idea (Cache In / Invasives Out). It’s kinda fun pulling garlic mustard!

I agree whole heartedly on both issues!

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Way to go Mike!!!! You’re off and running now!! Keep up the addiction!! LOL

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Oh POOP… I forogt all about this thing and to go on the site!! NOw I’ll really be behind. That and I have non caching family coming to visit tomorrow til next week Saturday.

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After spending the day reviewing the information the DNR has on their website, I have made this observation and conclusion:

It states “No Geocaching in SNA’s” BUT an Earthcache is NOT Geocaching. It is “the gathering of geological or histrorical information from are area already visited by the general public!!”

Am I splitting hairs???? Darn tootin’ I am!! and YES you will see this posted in 2 separate posts!

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After spending the day reviewing the information the DNR has on their website, I have made this observation and conclusion:

It states “No Geocaching in SNA’s” BUT an Earthcache is NOT Geocaching. It is “the gathering of geological or histrorical information from are area already visited by the general public!!”

Am I splitting hairs???? Darn tootin’ I am!! and YES you will see this posted in 2 separate posts!

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This is a little different in that THIS is a virtual and it is regulated by the Geology Society as well as Waymarking which is part of groundspeak and attached to GC.com. This cache was JUST RE-reviewed by the Geology Society and Waymarking and ok’d to be here.

They are similar in that they are geocaches. They are DIFFERENT in that a virtual does not have a container. If this is archived then ALL virtuals should be reviewed and if on private lands… be archived til they can get approvel. Now THAT sounds absolutley rediculous doesn’t it!! Hey what’s right for one is right for all though…. correct???

OK…..Here’s the funny (Strange…not ha ha) thing!!!
Sure… it can be removed from the GC.com, BUT Waymarking will KEEP it active and they ARE GROUNDSPEAK/GC.com. And the difference here?????? Well……with GC.com we are notified about it and can visit it, learn from it and count it towards our finds. On Waymarking.com ….well…few go there and are even aware of the sites.

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I have often wondered that myself.

The only time I was actaully able to see anything was when I had a Members Only cache and I could see who visited the page and how many times.

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@Buy_The_Tie wrote:

I will pass on the concerns voiced here to the DNR.

Any response I get I will also pass back along in this forum.

I appreciate all of the comments and that everybody has kept it very civil, even for a very sensitive topic such as this.

As I hear anything I will keep y’all up to date.

-Tie

Thank You Tie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Really Appreciate all you do!!

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Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand we have another issue!! I posted on the forum, under “Announcements”, the Archival of my Earthcache… A virtual, but yes….it is ON a SNA, the parking lot and a 40 ft walk on a trail to be exact.

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@Cheesehead Dave wrote:

Did you post this in the main GC forums?

Have not gotten there yet, as I am at work (I work at a hospital) and it does not always let in there. My next stop though!! Also posted on waymarking dot com, where Earthcaches are a catagory and its leader works with Earthcache dot org .

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@LightningBugs Mum wrote:

Another example of enforcing the letter of the law with no regard to common sense.

Reminds me of the zero-tolerance drug policies that schools have where a girl can get suspended for sharing a Midol. 🙄

OMG… you have to be kidding. THAT I didn’t know!! Oooooook then!

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@hogrod wrote:

This all boils down to wanting to stop some traffic & since there is no way to discriminate against most groups of people, geocachers make a great target.

The sad part is that Geocacher traffic is minute/minimal. If the DNR feels a need to decrease traffic, then they need to delete the info on their website. No info about the area, no info about the trails and other things people will see when walking those trails. They need to close off the areas to the public all together, by putting No Trespassing signs up. Then the DNR can keep the areas pristine.

😥 How sad…….. 😥 to have something that no one can enjoy and LEARN from because no one will ever be able to see them.

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