Clear containers now mandated in Clinton State Park, KS

[+caverdoc]

I am a cacher in Lawrence, Kansas. By being proactive and approaching the Corps of Engineers office at Clinton Lake State Park, they have an excellent idea of what "geocaching" is and how much fun we have. The state parks department even placed caches out at all the state parks last year, for a treasure hunt in which the more of the caches were found, the better your chance of winning free passes, camping fees, etc. In sum, I feel that geocaching is well-respected at Clinton Lake by the federal government.

 

Today I was informed that some new regulation is going into effect. Geocaches must be in clear containers. So far I have no guidance about more specific materials. As the owner of the biggest cache in CLSP (Tsar Nicholas' McToy Gulag #2: Lake View)this may represent a bit of a challenge. I aso have a film-can micro which can easily be replaced with a clear film canister.

 

Sooooo...if you or your friends have a geocache out in Clinton Lake State Park, please replace it.

 

If you have trouble getting out here to replace it, just email me and I'll add it to my "chores list."

 

Thanks in advance,

 

caverdoc (Jay Kennedy)

[+caverdoc]

Have a little more information. Containers must be plastic, and a permit is necessary.

 

"Hello. My name is (redacted for privacy) and I am a Park Ranger for the US Army Corps of Engineers at Clinton Lake. We have new regulations regarding your geocache(s) that is(are) on federal land. These regulations include a permit for your cache. The permit doesn’t cost anything. The permit tells you of our policy and requirements for your cache and it tells us the coordinates, the general description, and some of your information in case we need to contact you."

 

As previously stated, this is not a ban. I'd rather deal with a permit system (Lawrence city parks have had one in place for years)and be allowed to geocache. Maybe I'll just pull and archive my old ones, and be creative and put out new, regulation-compliant fresh ones!

 

Cheers,

 

caverdoc

Edited July 9, 2009 by caverdoc