[Hiding Geocaches in Wildlife Management Areas]

Geocaches are permitted in Kentucky WMA's.

[Happy Holidays to one and all!]

Happy Holidays to one & all!

 

In the new year:

 

May all your travels be lined with Geocaching Adventures

 

with large containers filled with cool swag, no DNF's and no soggy logbooks.

[Kentucky Cemetery caches]

For any geocachers planning a cemetery cache hide within the state of Kentucky:

 

Please feel free to write ahead to me at bluegrassreviewer@gmail.com if you have concerns about your geocache being publishable.

 

In general, cemetery caches hidden within Kentucky are fine as long as they are in a respectful location away from graves. Specific permission from the caretaker is always the best idea. Be prepared for me to ask for specific details about your cache hide if it is within a cemetery. I suggest putting any and all pertinent information about any hide within a Reviewer Note - it typically helps to get your cache published quicker and avoid any misunderstandings.

[Question regarding reviewers and new caches]

 

A local cacher wanted to do a great history-based multi in our town. You would go to various plaques around town, gather information, and use it to determine the location of the final. So far, so good.

 

Unfortunately, one of the crucial plaques was within 0.1 mile of an existing cache. A cache that could never have been confused with the plaque in question, since it is a micro hidden nowhere near. But the plaque couldn't be used in the multi. Period. The reviewer would not or could not allow an exception.

 

As a result, the cache is missing a big piece of history; the cache hider basically had to provide it on the cache page instead of letting the seeker visit the spot.

 

Result: proximity rule decreased the quality of the cache.

 

If the reviewers have never mentioned this kind of situation, I would be quite surprised.

 

I had a similar situation with a KY cache hider. He was able to get his cache published and still point cachers to the point of interest by using the "Reference Point" waypoint option.

 

Also of note: historical markers are their own category on Waymarking.

 

I really do not see how the proximity guideline is "hurting" the quality of geocaches.

 

GCY5TH

[Sticker On Stop Sign]

 

That makes sense ...not.

 

"...I still do not feel the sticker is appropriate"

 

yet you are still going to publish it???

 

If you are getting conflicting messages from different reviewers, why not ask The Man In Charge for the ultimate ruling?

 

Ed

 

This is an official gray area; one of many here at geocaching.com. I have not finished the review of this cache yet, so reserve judgement.

 

The Man In Charge has much larger issues than this to rule on, it is best handled on a case-by-case basis by the reviewers at the present time. Thank you for your interest.

[Sticker On Stop Sign]

I am waiting for the responce from the reviewer. I will keep you all posted.

 

My response, for all who are interested:

 

Greetings SG-MIN,

 

Thank you for your patience. I have viewed your forum topic discussion on this issue. Since I am a conservative reviewer, I still do not feel the sticker is appropriate. As you have conflicting answers from two reviewers, I will leave this portion of the cache hunt up to your discretion. If you do decide to go with the sticker and I get even one complaint, I will have to archive the cache. I appreciate the amount of thought and planning that you have put into this hide. Please let me know what you decide about this stage either way. I will begin the mapping process tonight, and if all goes well it may be published as early as tomorrow.

 

Sincerely,

 

Bluegrass Reviewer

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