[NYS DEC Policy on Setting Caches in Public Lands]

In some instances they have removed lean-tos, but there are also numerous lean-tos still on forest preserve land, not to mention summit registers for hikers and climbers. What's a summit register? A waterproof container with a logbook and pencil.  Sounds an awful lot like a geocache to me.  But OK, we'll give you the forest preserves and keep them free of the scourge of concealed Tupperware.  What about the hundreds of thousands of acres of DEC managed lands that are not forest preserve?

 

Apparently the DEC doesn't have an issue with geocaching itself, otherwise they would ban it outright. They're just afraid of being sued by someone tripping over a rock while hiking to a cache.

Actually, they have removed the canisters on the "trailless peaks". I know, I am also a 46er. If the DEC or the Parks dept. wants to allow geocaches in other areas like state parks, or the non-wilderness areas, I guess that's fine. Just like to see something that approaches wilderness left as such as much as possible.

[NYS DEC Policy on Setting Caches in Public Lands]

As one who frequents the wildlife management and wilderness areas of the Adirondacks and nearby areas, and one who has also found a few geocaches, and a NY resident and tax payer, I frankly am glad the DEC has the regulations against leaving personal property on state land. As far as the argument that hunters use the land, and don't need insurance, well, they are under many rules and regulations, have to have a license, and are also not supposed to leave personal property on the land. I think the permit that the DEC has proposed probably has been designed for other purposes, and is being offered as a solution for those of you eager to leave geocaches in these areas. I never put out a cache in these areas because I knew it wasn't permitted, and I didn't want to bother getting permission. But I do know of several "illegal" caches. I hope they will be removed. In any event, as far as the Adirondack park and the wilderness areas, they are protected and supposed to be "forever wild". The DEC has removed leantos, ranger stations, and other non-conforming structures, so if you think that geocaching is being mistreated, I don't believe it is. I'm for leaving the wilderness areas as is, without physical geocaches. There are plenty of opportunities for virtual caches. Isn't it more about the hunt, and less about some dollar store trinkets?

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I downloaded the latest service pack for IE6, and now everything seems to be working. Don't know what the real problem was, but now that it's working, I don't care, unless it happens again. Thanks for the help.

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Nope, no popup killer. A window opens, but it is totally blank. It also happens when I try to view a picture. I'm using Windows 2000 Pro, and IE 6. Maybe I'll check for updates to IE. Any more ideas? Thanks.

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For some reason, I can't link from a cache page to Topozone, Mapquest, or Yahoo maps, all I get is a blank explorer window. I've turned off the firewall, and accept all cookies, but it's not working. If anyone has an idea, I'd sure appreciate hearing it. Thanks.