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Post by GreatlandReviewer on Apr 17, 2012 15:47:07 GMT -9
When placing a cache or stages of a cache, the cacher should consider what the land owner/manager or member of the public think if they discover this manifestation of the game?” The Groundspeak Fundatmental Placement Guidelines provide this guidance: “Geocache placements do not deface or destroy public or private property. Geocaches are placed so that the surrounding environment is safe from both intentional or unintentional harm. Keep both natural and human-made objects safe. No object or property may be altered to provide a hiding place, clue, or means of logging a find.” So, please carefully consider your use of screws, nails, cordless drills, and even Sharpie pens when placing a cache or stages of a cache. In general, unless the cacher uses these items on his own property, the use of these and other means to construct a cache or stage of a cache is not condoned by Groundspeak. Land Managers in other parts of the world explicity prohibit screws, nails, etc. The Mat-Su State Parks permit #S12-010 states: "11. No natural resources will be damaged or destroyed in placing the Cache. Live vegetation may not be cut or disturbed." An exception can be granted if the Land Manager supplies explicit permission for the defacement. However, there are so many other nonintrusive ways to place a cache in a tree, why bother installing a screw or drilling a hole in the first place and prompt a Land Manager to question geocachers' stewardship of the land and its natural resources?
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Post by NorthWes on Apr 17, 2012 20:51:33 GMT -9
One of the premier ethics a geocacher should practice is that of "Leave No Trace" (well, other than a geocache, of course). There's so many ways to hide a cache that we just don't need to resort to breaking those guidelines!
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