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PPL’s Environmental Preserves Embark On New Mission To Promote Geocaching
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PPL’s environmental preserves throughout Pennsylvania – Brunner Island, Holtwood, Lake Wallenpaupack, Martins Creek, Montour and the Susquehanna Riverlands – have updated their cache of fun summer hikes with new geocaching missions.
Geocaching allows enthusiasts to enter coordinates on a handheld GPS to hunt for hidden “treasure,” leaving items and messages in the caches for others to find. Staff at the preserves set up “caches” – small containers with logbooks and trinkets – to promote the outdoor sport among preserve visitors.
To celebrate the sport’s 10th anniversary in 2010, staff members at the environmental preserves have created new travel bug missions, specially labeled items placed in its caches with travel instructions.
“Geocaching is a great sport that allows both kids and adults to get outdoors and have fun. It’s good exercise, too,” said Meg Welker, supervisor of Public Programs. “In the three years since PPL’s environmental preserves officially entered the world of geocaching, the outdoor sport has attracted more than 1,500 new visitors to our facilities and sent items around the world on various missions.”
In addition to the new missions at the preserves, PPL has travel bugs at its Montana locations and at the company’s headquarters in Allentown. A bug from Brunner Island in York County has traveled 4,800 miles and is currently in Sweden, while a bug from the Montour Environmental Preserve near Danville has covered 5,200 miles and is now in southeast England.
To learn more about geocaching, visit PPL’s geocashing website and search for username PPLPreserves.
At our environmental preserves, PPL works to protect the land, care for endangered species and habitats, and provide public recreational facilities for people to learn about and enjoy nature’s beauty.
For more information, visit PPL’s environmental preserves webpage.
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7/12/2010 |
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