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Post by ladybugkids on Feb 22, 2010 13:43:34 GMT -9
Geocaches have recently been flagged for removal from areas under Alaska State Parks jurisdiction in the Mat-Su/Copper River Basin with the note "This Geocache is not permitted within Alaska State Parks and will be removed upon discovery. Alaska State Parks will allow Geocaches by permit only. Please contact 907-745-3975 for permit information."Please, please, follow the permitting process outlined on the GeocacheAlaska! website on the Land Manager page. It's easy to download the form, fill it out, and fax it back. Doing so keeps one's caches in a good status with Alaska State Parks. A map of the affected area may be found here. (The yellow region labeled "Mat-Su/Copper River Basin.") This also applies to existing caches for which a permit was not obtained.The GeocacheAlaska! Advocacy Committee will be contacting the Alaska State Parks office for the affected area to discuss the possibility of a blanket permit such as used by Chugach State Park. Anyone who lives in the area that can facilitate the conversation should contact Saidbystacy.
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cavyguy
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Post by cavyguy on Feb 26, 2010 20:22:18 GMT -9
I submitted paperwork today for a blanket pemit for this area to the MAT-Su Regional office. They are for helpng us streamline the process for all state areas and making it 1 permitt for all. They seem to be very positive and want to work with us to achieve that. I will update this posting as I get information.
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Post by Hazelsgroup on May 15, 2010 16:45:57 GMT -9
Cavy Guy, Have you heard back on this yet?
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Post by FrostG1anT on May 15, 2010 21:14:54 GMT -9
Currently, the GeAK! Advocacy committee is working with the land managers in hopes of securing a permit for geocaching in the area. As with any federal or state level office this process takes exceedingly longer than it would if dealing with the private sector. As information becomes available it be distributed here and through the GeocacheAlaska! Inc. general membership.
It has been a slow process thus far, but is still a work in progress.
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Post by ladybugkids on Aug 3, 2010 16:04:44 GMT -9
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