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Geocaching on a Federal Forest - Guidelines
ABOUT dot com
By Steve Nix, Forestry
"What is Geocaching?:
Geocaching is a new and developing sport where players use global positioning
system (GPS) receivers. With a GPS unit, users locate caches of stuff left by
other GPS
users. These caches are set up all over the world by individuals and
organizations. The GPS coordinates of the caches are posted on the Internet so
that other GPS users
can find the caches. Once found, a cache may provide the visitor with various
rewards - from trinkets to pointing out a great view seen from that particular
spot.
Can I Geocache on a National or State Forest?:
Geocaching is increasing in popularity on all forest areas. You are usually
allowed to geocache in a state or federal forest if you obey all their very
basic rules. Remember,
recreational public use of a public forest, whether state or federal, is
intended to be short-term and with low-impact so that the many other forest
visitors have an opportunity to enjoy the same lands. However, the USFS
recognizes geocaching as a legitimate outdoor recreation activity and subtly
encourages this activity."
Copyright© 2004 by Steve Nix. All rights reserved.
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Note: I had originally quoted the entire short piece, linking it to the original
article as below. For the very first time as a Webmeister, I had an author ask
me to remove his words from my website. I asked by email if he was sure, because
I felt that the article was well written, interesting, fair and informative. A
friend told me about the article. I had never visited About.com and I enjoyed
discovering and sharing a new source on the web. I had hoped that would be
enough compensation for About.com and Mr. Nix.
I believe the quote above is permissible. I was
not sure whether or not I could use the About.com logo, so I removed it also.
--Webmeister Speik
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