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If there is truth to this, then it sounds like misinformation and undue panic on the part of a concerned citizen somewhere in the city who may have in turn poked the local PD in the rear-end. I highly doubt kids are using geocaches for drugs…if this holds true then clearly the cops need to be educated that it’s adults and families seeking the caches not a bunch of junkys.

Seriously why would someone put their stash in a publicly listed container…

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These are on my to do list for later this summer as well….

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@neonride93 wrote:

Is there a website that lists all the WRR and their locations?

http://www.dot.wisconsin.gov/travel/scenic/maps.htm

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http://www.geocaching.com/adopt/

He needs to enter in the GC identification then follow the directions to adopt it out to you…you will then get an email with the option to adopt his cache….really easy to do.

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I can set one up on #86 near Dousman (Waukesha County)…I bike that road often….plus the IAT is also located on that road.

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@Mister Greenthumb wrote:

I’ll be doing 10 and 33.

I can’t recall but I think a rustic road is near Monches.
Does #10 run right next to your St Johns cache (on Emerald)? GC1JC2X
I have a very dear uncle buried there…

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Hey Brian. I wasn’t even sure you were still geocaching as you hadn’t logged a cache in a year (until recently) …but it is obvious that you take very good care of your hides as I constantly see your notes and maintenance reports.

The new series I’m sure was not created to snub anyone but rather to point out a few folks that for whatever reason stuck out in the hiders mind…maybe they did or said something funny or were just more visible of late….Your caches are the ones that most us in the area cut their teeth on…they are fun and well taken care of.

It would be a shame to see anything happen to your hides…I’d love even more to see what else you have up your sleeve in terms of new hides…For the record I have one and only one TEMP hide in my files; of the hundreds I deleted I kept just one that you placed.

It does look like that new pooch is keeping you busy…I see him on Facebook from time to time.

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@AuntieNae wrote:

No ticks on me after walking all over Bong last weekend.

That is great news!
I hope everyone stays tick-free this weekend.

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@TheBalks wrote:

Thanks guys, I guess I didnt dig deep enough and was relying on the label on the google maps, I hope I did not come across as trying to stir something up, I was just confused and still trying to figure out how to pull up maps like lostby7 posted. Is that linked off the SNA page?

Not at all…you were just seeking clarification….this is what the forums are for.

The map I used can be found from this page:
http://dnr.wi.gov/org/land/er/sna/info.htm

@TheBalks wrote:

I figured out the map link thing, apparently I was blind earlier.

Ok so another question to clarify this for me please. If I look at this map
http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/land/er/sna/PDF_topo/map222.pdf
It would be ok to place in the pink assuming permission was granted but not in the blue?

Not sure the (special) rules if any for DNR fisheries…

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@TheBalks wrote:

So what about Great River Trail Prairies State Natural Area? Is it because it is attached to a state park? There are atleast 3 in that SNA.

http://www.geocaching.com/map/default.aspx?lat=44.01565719828622&lng=-91.44865036010742&zm=14&mt=m

Those do not appear to be in the SNA:

http://dnr.wi.gov/org/land/er/sna/PDF_topo/map357_lacros.pdf

Often SNAs are only slivers within a park.

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There should only be virtuals in SNAs like EarthCaches and you need special permission for those…

EDIT I see T&B got to this one first…

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@gotta run wrote:

@Lostby7 wrote:

I hope one of our reviewers can provide more information on this.

To clarify, I did ask our reviewers and the general answer is that landowners own the land and what’s on it.

Well take a look at chapters one and two of the PDF link I posted above…maybe it will give you some insight into water body ownership….I’m still in the beginning stages of understanding it all. I had hoped that the reviewers were familiar with this topic but I know it can be a bit fuzzy and where fuzz lives so to does caution.

What is clear to me is that you can float / walk on any body of water in the state (with a few specific exceptions) so long as your feet stay wet and you will not be found to be trespassing. Whether or not one can place a cache on the waters bed or within it’s “Ordinary High Water Mark” is where it is unclear for me…I think this might be best answered by the DNR or some other state agency.

My best guess to avoid any private ownership issues would be to place a cache on the bed of the river / lake as that is state owned…you’d still need to get state permission though to do so. Perhaps an area of shallow water….a rock outcropping…

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@cheezehead wrote:

@RSplash40 wrote:

@gotta run wrote:

There are various lakes where a small public access boat landing exists, but the rest of the shoreline is private property. I’d like to place a “boat needed” cache but there is no other public property to put a cache. The obvious solution is to find a landowner who doesn’t mind if I hang something from one of their shoreline trees but I am looking for other ideas. No I do not want to make a SCUBA cache. Any suggestions/examples?

Need help on the scuba side? 😛

SCUBA? Isn’t that like of version waymarking that no one does? 😉

I have found that if you can hold your breath long enough even some of the SCUBA caches can be found sans breathing apparatus.

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I have been looking into this and the state provides water rights to folks on any “navigable” waters….streams, lakes etc. The state owns the land under all navigable lakes, ponds and rivers. Maybe someone can correct me if I’m wrong, but from my readings it looks like we might be able to place caches on navigable waters within the “Ordinary High Water Mark.” In other words from the water and up to a point where visible water erosion ends…but of course there are some exceptions to this…

Wisconsin law allows public access to any navigable (a small craft may float down the water at any point in the year) waters so long as your “Feet are wet.” The smallest creeks may present an issue as there the adjacent land owner may actually own the land under the water…but so long as you don’t touch ground you are not trespassing.

…but I’m no a lawyer and I don’t work for the DNR…and maybe I’m inferring permissions (which still would need to come from the state and not private land owners)….I hope one of our reviewers can provide more information on this.

http://learningstore.uwex.edu/assets/pdfs/g3622.pdf

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@sweetlife wrote:

In the days of electronics, you would think they would have a digital copy. most new gps’s would hold both the maps and the trailguide.

They do have an electronic copy but they hold it as private information.

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