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Geocaching Crackdown?
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As of last year the Minnesota Department Of Natural Resources cracked down on geocaching in state parks. They claimed that people were harming the environment by not staying on the marked trails. This shouldn't really come as a surprise to those of us who live in MinneSNOWta. In the late nineties they banned mountain biking from state parks...claimed it damaged the environment...but horses were OK on the trails. Last year it was geocaching. This year it's ATV's. What will be next?
The main thing to remember is that those of us who live in this tundra called Minnesota are quite lucky. We are just hours away from the Boundary Waters Canoe Area. The BWCA contains 1.2 million acres of woods to play in. The Canadian Quetico borders the BWCA, adding another million acres. Of course you can add the Superior National Forest on to that (parts of which are considered part of the BWCA), and you have several thousand more acres to play in. All of these areas support Geocaching as a valid sport and activity.
I agree that it is sad to see geocaching being banned from areas near the Twin Cities. However, we are still better off than a lot of states.
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As of last year the Minnesota Department Of Natural Resources cracked down on geocaching in state parks. They claimed that people were harming the environment by not staying on the marked trails. This shouldn't really come as a surprise to those of us who live in MinneSNOWta. In the late nineties they banned mountain biking from state parks...claimed it damaged the environment...but horses were OK on the trails. Last year it was geocaching. This year it's ATV's. What will be next?
The main thing to remember is that those of us who live in this tundra called Minnesota are quite lucky. We are just hours away from the Boundary Waters Canoe Area. The BWCA contains 1.2 million acres of woods to play in. The Canadian Quetico borders the BWCA, adding another million acres. Of course you can add the Superior National Forest on to that (parts of which are considered part of the BWCA), and you have several thousand more acres to play in. All of these areas support Geocaching as a valid sport and activity.
I agree that it is sad to see geocaching being banned from areas near the Twin Cities. However, we are still better off than a lot of states.