All,
Boredom set in at work today, so I put on the headphones to listen to the radio which I rarely do. It does not help my worsening tinitus, and since music was out of the question, the only station I could receive and listen to that was talk only was NPR. It was perfect timing because they were starting a report on Geocaching with it's good points and bad. They even interviewed Jeremy Irish who you may or may not know is the founder of geocaching.com, and asked him a few questions.
Anyway, during the report they mentioned that it is illegal to place a geocache on ANY federal land such as parks or forests, because there have been many incidents of people digging up historical sites to place their tupperware container. Not to mention people trampling all over the area trying to find them.
This started me thinking about state parks or forests and how that effects the geocache enthusiasts in the pines. More importantly, since the area is a National Reserve as the sign says on Apple Pie Hill, and was established by Congress, there may be a possibility that it is illegal to place a tupperware or similar container in the pines, and if caught it may be a federal offense.
Since I don't geocache it does not effect me, so does anyone elsehave any input on this?
Also, if you have not been to Apple Pie Hill to see the sign, I am taking the liberty of posting the link below of member bnsilly's photo of the sign at Apple Pie Hill. Thanks for the photo bnsilly.
http://www.njpinebarrens.com/albums/albun15/aak.sized.jpg
Guy
Boredom set in at work today, so I put on the headphones to listen to the radio which I rarely do. It does not help my worsening tinitus, and since music was out of the question, the only station I could receive and listen to that was talk only was NPR. It was perfect timing because they were starting a report on Geocaching with it's good points and bad. They even interviewed Jeremy Irish who you may or may not know is the founder of geocaching.com, and asked him a few questions.
Anyway, during the report they mentioned that it is illegal to place a geocache on ANY federal land such as parks or forests, because there have been many incidents of people digging up historical sites to place their tupperware container. Not to mention people trampling all over the area trying to find them.
This started me thinking about state parks or forests and how that effects the geocache enthusiasts in the pines. More importantly, since the area is a National Reserve as the sign says on Apple Pie Hill, and was established by Congress, there may be a possibility that it is illegal to place a tupperware or similar container in the pines, and if caught it may be a federal offense.
Since I don't geocache it does not effect me, so does anyone elsehave any input on this?
Also, if you have not been to Apple Pie Hill to see the sign, I am taking the liberty of posting the link below of member bnsilly's photo of the sign at Apple Pie Hill. Thanks for the photo bnsilly.
http://www.njpinebarrens.com/albums/albun15/aak.sized.jpg
Guy
