I think it is a good question and it has come up before a number of times.. is this just another form of littering?
I think the stasher has to consider the area he is putting the stash into. Maybe if the place is pristine and a stash is likely to compromise that place, then don't put it there. I decided not to place a stash at the last minute for that very reason. One of my stashes is just beside a busy highway, which is hardly pristine. The other is in a very remote place where there is unlikely to be any visitors other than stash hunters. Hopefully they will not be offended by its presence.
But most importantly, I take responsibility for the stashes that I have placed and will go and remove them when I feel they have outlived their usefullness. When that will be I am not sure.
In your case, if you are unsure about the ethics and legallity of placing a stash in a National Park then I would not put one there. maybe there is a place on the boundary somewhere which could be accessed via the park yet not intrude onto it.
> -----Original Message----- > From: a clever sheep [mailto:aard@aard.org] > Sent: Wednesday, 23 August 2000 04:32 > To: gpsstash@egroups.com > Subject: [gpsstash] national parks and gps stashing > > > i don't really feel that i've lurked on this group long > enough to warrant > posting, but i've been fully unable to find an answer to my > question, so i > thought i'd toss it out and probably get flamed (but also > probably get an > answer). > > i live in miami, florida, which is surrounded on one side by biscayne > national park, and on the other side by the everglades > national park. > these seem to me to be prime geocaching areas. the problem in my mind > though is the legal ramifications of putting stuff onto national park > property. personally, i don't feel that one sealed tub is going to > destroy the environment, but i know that there are enough > people out there > who would think this was completely out of the question. so > i guess what > it comes down to is: were i to put a geocache on national > park property, > what is the worst they could stick me with? littering? > defacement? any > idea what the penalty is for anything like that? > > hope someone can shed some light. if i'm completely > out-of-place asking, > let me know and i'll hush up. ;) > > thanks, > > harald p. nagel, jr. > > -- > la donna e mobile > qual piuma al vento, > muta d' accento - e di pensier > e di pensier > e di pensier! > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ------> GET A NEXTCARD VISA, in 30 seconds! Get rates > of 2.9% Intro or 9.9% Ongoing APR* and no annual fee! > Apply NOW! > http://click.egroups.com/1/7872/7/_/_/_/966961953/ > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ------|e>- > > GPS Stash Hunt Page : > The GPS Stash Hunt page. > http://www.triax.com/yngwie/gps.html > > GPS Stash Hunt FAQ : > THE FAQ > http://www.triax.com/yngwie/stashfaq.txt > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > gpsstash-unsubscribe@egroups.com > > >