I have an acquaintance working for the Manistee National Forest office in Manistee, MI. He has informed me that the Law Enforcement officers have started a...
Well that just sucks! I suppose my tax dollars and thier time could'nt be better spent? Any reasom why they suddenly feel the need to remove our caches? Team...
jamie rich
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Jun 4, 2002 3:31 pm
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I heard about this about two months ago. They were tossing around what to do about it. My understanding is a "special use permit" is needed to place a cache on...
I think this is probably isolated to the Manistee Forest area. The national forests in general have not had a specific policy against Geocaching to this point...
I emailed our local friends in the Forest Service, and the reply was that they are going to forward my email to somebody else, lol! Will keep you posted if...
jamie rich
jamiewrich@...
Jun 4, 2002 9:13 pm
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Hello all, The following is a list of the people I have emailed to in regards to the issue of placing Geocaches in the Huron-Manistee National Forest. I am...
jamie rich
jamiewrich@...
Jun 5, 2002 2:00 am
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Red Alert, I just got back an automated response from Sen Stabenow. If you don't put your name AND postal address (to show that you are from the state of MI)...
jamie rich
jamiewrich@...
Jun 5, 2002 2:48 am
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Let's not go too far and stir up officials that have never even heard of geocaching and don't need to get involved yet. If you check the geocaching forums you...
... I was told that it would be a sweep of entire forestlands for caches. Officers were extremely upset about the sheer number of caches on forestlands. I am...
... "Federal Park" is definitely NOT in a wilderness area. It's in the middle of the Day Use area of the Lake Michigan Recreation Area.. And "Field of Ferns"...
I second Rusty's suggestion. I'd hate to see too much attention focused on geocaching in Michigan before we've had a chance to establish a history of good...
OK, I got the hint & won't stir up too much stuff right now! But I do agree with the below statements of being able to demonstrate the we are "good guys" for...
jamie rich
jamiewrich@...
Jun 5, 2002 1:28 pm
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... Ranger ... We were up in that area camping not long before the cache was placed but haven't been back there since so I don't have first hand knowledge of...
Everyone in this forum understands that the negative impact of geocaching on the environment is between little and none. We enjoy and have a reverence for...
All, Just to give you a preview of coming attractions with the web site, (it's not a myth!!) :) We already have two things that demonstrate our comradery and...
I have hidden a cache with quilt squares for people to put their signatures on for DXChallenged's geoquilt. See GC60CD. There are 19 squares in the cache....
... We visited our cache today and added our phone number to the first page of the log book. Thought it might make it easier to get in contact with us in case...
There's only a place holder there now. By preview I meant verbal. However the URL is and will be www.mi-geocaching.org There's a small page up there that's...
90% of the information is there. Some small updates will be done, but I expect we'll be adding information to the site quite regularly. Feel free to send me...
Greetings all cachers, Help me out here. I am confused as to which parks can not have caches. National Park Service parks in Michigan are the following... ...
The NPS connections that mentions that caches are burried was totally on the part of the author of the letter. This was discussed in the forum threads when it...
I just visited the new website, it looks great! You did a wonderful job putting it together, and it looks very professional! Jamie "To me, everything is...
Hello All; Good news regarding the Manistee National Forest. We have been given the "thumbs up" by both districts (Baldwin & Manistee). It took awhile to find...
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