The Bureau of Land Management is no longer allowing geocaches within the boundaries of Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area or Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area. As a stewardship partner of BLM’s we’ve been asked by them to assist in removing those materials from within the Sloan NCA boundaries.
I want everyone to know that we respect the geocaching community. I have experience hunting for these caches myself. It’s a fun, family-friendly activity, and Friends of Sloan Canyon is otherwise happy to support the hobby. There are still plenty of local areas in Southern Nevada’s to place and hunt for geocaches. If you have any questions as to where you can place a new geocache refer to Groundspeak’s Regional Geocaching Policies Wiki.
As our trail crews collect the geocache containers within the NCA boundaries we’re noting their geocache code and date of retrieval. All containers and contents are sealed shut or bagged and stored for pickup. BLM is working with Groundspeak, the operators of Geocaching.com, to alert the cache owners with instructions to claim their cache.
Would you like to help retrieve geocaches? Keep on eye on our calendar for dates or email volunteer@friendsofsloan.org and we’ll get you in the crew.