>The archeological community does have legitimate concerns about
placing
>caches in archeological sites.The consensus of the
archeologists is that
>placing caches near these sites is extremely
damaging. I have learned that
>moving objects, I.e.rocks & stuff
while hunting for a cache, can destroy the
>historical significance of
the site. There are severe criminal and civil
>penalties that can be
assessed if damage is done to these sites. Since there
>are many
unpublished archeological sites throughout the state I encouraged
>the
members of the Conservation Law Enforcement community to log on
the
>Geocaching web site to check there respective areas for caches that
may be
>placed, or near unknown archeological sites. If you happen to
get an e-mail
>from one of them requesting you remove a cache, please do
so. I believe the
>nmajority of them left with a more positive outlook about our
hobby.
Here again I do not totally agree
with Ken.. We all know of caches out there at are close to archeological site.
I believe that the geocaching community needs to police its own. All those
they will not be able to charge geocacher with a felony the hider and the
finders of the cache on a archeological can be taken to civil court. Were
finds can range into the $100K. They would also be able to take all the
toys(jeeps ,4x4, GPS) used to find the cache. I suggest if you think a
cache is on a site do not log it, instead remove it, contact the cache owner
have them remove it. We as cacher can not expect land manager or law
enforcement to go though all the trouble of logging into geocaching.com and
sending us little notes.
As a side note here the cache on
shaw butt is in the archeological site. I was there on Sunday with the manager
of the salt river site stewarts. As a matter of fact I have been assigned that
site and will remove it if it is still there the next time I check on that
site as I been instructed to. (Just toss it in the trash). I know that there
are 2 caches in the white tanks that are also so on sites
>Also, I had the opportunity to speak to a Sergeant with the
Navajo Nation
>Police Department. He told me that they will not allow
any geocaches on
>their lands. If you are caught on their lands without
a permit you can be
>arrested. This is just a reminder to please not
place any caches on tribal
>lands.
The sergeant had a story to tell
about a couple of cacher that wee shot at while looking for a cache. When they
reported it to him they were sited for trespassing and told that if the people
wanted to kill them they would have.
>It still amazes me how
much damage one poorly written and researched
>newspaper article can
cause.
While talking to other stewarts
there I found out that all Shelly has to do all day is play site stewart.
Since her present cause is geocaching STILL we need to start getting
permittion for caches. I was also informed that (forget what national forest)
that the national forest around Prescott is all for geocaching just like
tonto.
BOTTOM LINE DON'T PLACE A CACHE
WITH OUT PERMISSION FIRST.