MnGCA

Pear Head · Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2004 4:38 pm Post subject: MN DNR Wildlife Management Areas

Has anyone approached the DNR about placing caches on Wildlife Management Areas?

It seems that Geocaching would be acceptable within the areas:

King Boreas · Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2004 6:34 pm Post subject:

Here I go, getting in trouble again:

I always take the broadest view possible. Search google for *geocaching* and *Minnesota State Parks* and you get this link:

http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/state_parks/index.html

tomslusher · Geocacher Joined: 02 Jan 2003 Posts: 182

The way I see it is the DNR has gone out of it's way to contact owners and/or remove geocaches in state parks but hasn't said anything about any other state property such as WMA or wayside rests. I take that to mean they aren't concerned with them in those area.

Some times it is best to leave sleeping dogs lie, because when you kick them, they usually bite.

tomslusher

Pear Head · Posted: Mon Apr 12, 2004 10:24 pm Post subject:

These are some of the answers I guess I was hoping for...

I'm curious now how the folks in the Twin Cities area started getting policies made for the area parks... Was this a case of the parks making policies, or the cachers coming to the park admins looking for a policy?

towlebooth · Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2004 6:12 am Post subject:

loneeagle_24 · Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2004 11:04 am Post subject:

I have been in contact with the local DNR offices (Willmar area), after one of my caches was removed by one of their officers. As of right now they have been instructed to pull all caches that are in Wildlife production areas. Not sure how many cachers this applies too, but I am letting you know.

They got a letter about a month ago on the issue with these, and they were told to pull any they see in these areas. The issue that they have with these in production areas is that we might be disturbing nesting birds and such.

I also talked to the Forestry officer in the Willmar office. As of now they do not have any policy on caches in State forestry areas yet. He was going to let me know if this does change.

It looks like I will be going and retrieving a few of my caches this weekend.

I plan on however continuing discussions with them on what we could do to possibly be allowed to place caches in these areas in the future.

I am still trying to track down the container that the cache was in. Nobody at the office seemed to know who had it. I wouldn't worry so much except that it is a ammo can.

Those that have caches in these areas may want to go and retrieve them sometime soon.

Sorry to give everyone the bad news.
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They put that cache WHERE?

King Boreas · Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2004 1:41 pm Post subject:

rickrich · Geocacher Joined: 06 Jul 2003 Posts: 673

It really is time to bypass the PHB's, and start lobbying the governor directly.

Pear Head · Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2004 6:29 pm Post subject:

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

Moe the Sleaze · Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2004 7:46 am Post subject:

jaywc7 · Geocacher Joined: 13 Sep 2004 Posts: 360

I have though about lobbying before.
It seems unfair that a new "sport" is
being regulated so harshly. If they
start banning geocaching in parks, then
I don't want to EVER walk through a
park and see a whole flippin' Disk
Golf Course and all the junk that goes
along with that! (not opposing disk golf,
just making a point...)