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Post by TundraQuad on Oct 29, 2008 15:31:36 GMT -9
Thought I'd post a brief note here about my new earthcaches in Denali NP. It took a long time and lots of communication to get approval for earthcaches in the boundaries of the park. The NPS being a partner with GSA I think is finally what did it, or maybe stuborn refusal on my part. I started with the Public Affairs Officer Chris and ended up with the Superintendent. It looks like as long as there is not anything left on site and it is along an established trail it will be able to be approved. After discussing it with the Super I was turned over to Phil F. Brease the park geologist. Suggest he be a POC if any one else is looking at developing an earthcache in the park.
Cache on!
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Post by NorthWes on Oct 29, 2008 15:47:05 GMT -9
Congratulations! You're commended for sticking with it and working up the chain of command to get approval. I see there's two published already - I missed 'em on the website! Was there on Fathers Day weekend this year - have all the 'stuff' for the 'Ancient Dust' earthcache - would my visit qualify if I've got the answers? (I'd researched the area for earthcache placements but hadn't got as far as you with park contacts. Good job!!!)
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Post by powmia on Oct 29, 2008 19:34:48 GMT -9
I have wondered about some earthcaches. Folks stop on the side of a road and take a photo of a neat geographical point, and move on. There is not a city or town within 100 miles, and one has to get approval from a land manager to make the same point of interest an earthcache. I would have no idea who a land manager would be for some of the neat geographical places I have been to along roads in the Yukon Territory where I thought an earthcache would be nice. For that reason, I am not able establish an earthcache.
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Post by ladybugkids on Oct 30, 2008 16:02:09 GMT -9
Very cool! This is exactly how geocachers can interact with land managers in a positive way. Denali is so rife with earthcache possibilities, I can just see an earthcache power trail along the 80 mile road to Wonder Lake.
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Post by TundraQuad on Oct 31, 2008 17:56:15 GMT -9
I hope these earthcaches are just another way for visitors to enjoy the park. I realize many people have visited these locations but frown on the idea of accepting finds for dates prior to the publishing date. After all, these geographical features have been around for ages.
I can't help with finding land owners for the Yulon Terr., but usally can in Alaska with a couple calls or internet searches. The Fairbanks Bourough page list all the landowners here on a GIS link. The state page has a general reference map that can usually get you pointed in the right direction.
And there are three in the park. Pioneer Woman hadn't done one and needed to for the Masters Program. Hers is at Polychrome Pass and will require a bus ride.
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Post by socorro on May 25, 2010 11:57:06 GMT -9
Hi all,
I'm sad to say Phil Brease passed away suddenly a couple weeks ago.
But...we're hopefully in the process of coming up with an easier system to submit EarthCache proposals in Denali (such as maybe an online form), but there's no going around having to send it by a lot of people for approval. My goal this summer is to make that more fluid and open. Stay tuned!
Socorro
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Post by SSO JOAT on May 26, 2010 18:11:04 GMT -9
Sorry to hear about that.
I hope that the EC approval system for Denali continues.
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Post by ladybugkids on Jan 7, 2011 12:59:03 GMT -9
Denali National Park's website has an EarthCaching webpage with e-mail contact information if you wish to develop an EarthCache within Denali National Park. Many of these EarthCaches were developed by an intern provided by GeoCorps, an internship program that places interns on public lands managed by the National Park Service, the National Forest Service, and the Bureau of Land Management.
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