MnGCA

towlebooth · Posted: Mon Jan 20, 2003 1:05 pm Post subject: Cache Guidelines page

Check out the new page on the main site that details our group's guidelines for environmentally friendly geocaching. It also links to the various government/park system rules, regulations, and prohibitions. These links will be updated as the rules go online (most are currently in progress).

http://www.mngca.org/guidelines.php

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kleiner · Posted: Mon Jan 20, 2003 2:52 pm Post subject:

Just happened to bump into an interesting statement on the DNR current conditions page. www.dnr.state.mn.us/current_conditions/index.html? Look at the part about snowshoeing in parks and forests.

LanceVE · Posted: Mon Jan 20, 2003 3:13 pm Post subject: You mean this?

EelSid · Posted: Tue Jan 21, 2003 9:41 pm Post subject: Snowshoes

What if we propose to them that we wear snowshoes when we are geocaching? Heck, we can even do it in the summer! Because everyone knows that the bigger the feet the less pounds per square inch of pressure, so when snowshoed feet tromp through the undergrowth they just break it down and crush it gently!

Moe the Sleaze · Posted: Fri Jan 24, 2003 6:05 pm Post subject:

Is there any precedent for calling "dibs" on a park? Very Happy

Moe the Sleaze

MNSledHead · Posted: Wed Jan 29, 2003 10:57 pm Post subject: Must Be A First!

I can't believe the DNR would actually allow anyone to travel <gasp> off of a designated trail! Wouldn't this create issues with respect to "visitor safety" and "staff workloads" as they said geocaching did? Smells like a double standard to me!

crizyal

I agree with all that is said on this page, but I also think that if a diolog is started with the premis that the Parks Dept. has created a double standard we will surely be crippled in our efforts to educate them Rolling Eyes

goucher · Posted: Sun Sep 28, 2003 2:17 pm Post subject: National Park Service Land

I placed a cache in a park that has a sign that says it is a City of Sandstone park, but it also had National Park Service on the sign. Where can I check if this will be ok to list, and who do a speak with...the city of Sandstone, or the National Park Service? Question

bobhiker · Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2003 10:40 pm Post subject:

I know there is a National Park Visitors Center at the Pipestone National Monument. Maybe someone there would know of the conection with the National Park Service and the city of Sandstone. Let us know what happens.

15Tango · Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2003 2:02 am Post subject:

The NPS administers National Parks, like Yellowstone, as well as National Monuments, like Pipestone, Devil's Tower, etc. and National Scenic Waterways, like St. Croix, and I believe the same cache guidelines apply to all three--no physical caches, and virtuals if you can jump through all the hoops gc.com has put in place to get virtuals approved.
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towlebooth · Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2003 9:03 am Post subject:

Marsha and Silent Bob · Past MnGCA President Joined: 02 Sep 2003 Posts: 6261

After receiving a copy of the Detroit Lakes Geocaching Policy (*very* similar to the Duluth Policy) via fax from onion pond, I posted it on the guidelines page which links to the copy here: http://www.mngca.org/detroitlakes.php
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Pear Head · Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2006 6:42 pm Post subject:

Pelican Rapids has a great policy in place now:

http://www.pelicanrapids.com/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC=%7BC2C033BE-16F0-471D-88AC-C0F9BA46C1BE%7D&DE=

We'll get it posted to the cache guidelines page shortly.
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