Norway just opened the Svalbard Global Seed vault yesterday to hold 4.5 million crop seeds from all over the world. Plain Dealer page A10 (2/27) This is built under an Artic Mountain just 620 miles from the north pole.
I wonder if Groundspeak is making a giant geocache sticker for the front door? lol
This is really just a geocache or maybe what UFO Aliens might consider an Earthcache.
I found a link to a cute pinbadge set about micros and thought I'd start a poll on the love or hate issue of micros. The subject has been debated over and over from the start and I don't believe anyone will ever have a definitive answer on the question, but it's fun to talk about and offer opinions from time to time. This link will take you to the Geochums forum topic and poll.
NEW- Natural Areas of Kelleys Island
Postcard Lottery Event
May 17, 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Erie County
This new event will give you a taste
of the natural beauty to be found on
Kelleys Island. Participants will be
given guided tours of the glacial
grooves, North Pond and North Shore
Alvar state nature preserves and
Kelleys Island State Park. Visit
www.ohiodnr.com/dnap and click
on the Discovery Series icon to learn
how to enter the postcard lottery. This
event is limited to 24 participants. All
postcard entries must be received by
April 15. For more information, contact
(614) 265-6520 or (419) 433-4919
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I can't find the Discovery Series Icon to learn the address for the postcards. I submitted an email to the powers that be for it. I'll post it when I get it.
Last night Cleveland Metro Parks put on a cache event aimed at educating geocachers on how to identify Meth Labs and their dumpsites. Carly, CMP’s Naturalist and Geocaching Program director, arranged the event for us after having gone through the presentation herself as part of her job.
Geocachers are often in remote areas of parks, exactly where criminals like to cook their meth and discard the leftover supplies. The odds for a geocacher to stumble across these are higher than the general public.
Meth labs and dumpsites are potentially lethal. The combined toxins and poisons found there can kill if inhaled or touched. Some of the containers used can even explode. Another risk is running into the person who is operating the lab. He/she is not going to be pleased that you discovered them...
Saw this email from Jim Battista on the NWPA and Kinzua cachers mailing list and thought i would put up a notice here for those who may not have see it. Here is Jim's email:
Allegany State Park GeoBash III GC17DYH
If you were planning to attend this Event please log you will attend and also be sure to visit our site at:
www.aspgeobash.com
also Visit our store and get your orders in early! http://www.aspgeobash.com/store.htm
May 16-18, 2008
This 3 day event is located in the beautiful 65,000 acre
Allegany State Park, NY.
All activities this year will be conducted at Group Camp #12
(former Camp Arrowhead) near Thunder Rocks - bigger grounds than last year!
In keeping with our devotion to a Geo family-friendly event and because of your generosity with donations, there is no registration fee for this event.
Please sign in here and on the website meal page so the cooks and
planners have plenty of supplies on hand. There will be no set charge for meals - donations will be accepted and appreciated to fund this. Once again we will have cabins available on the campgrounds at a reasonable rate, please see the website for more details.
This is a 2lb solid state wonder. Roo picked one up and I was checking it out today. He has loaded windows 2k on it without a problem. Load up GSAK and we are talking a kick butt traveling PC. All for just 0!!!!
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