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Unknown CacheVernal Pool

A cache by plumb69     Hidden: 8/23/2008

Size: Size: Small (Small)     Difficulty: 3 out of 5     Terrain: 2.5 out of 5 (1 is easiest, 5 is hardest)


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N/S ? ??.??? W/E ??? ??.??? 
In New Hampshire, United States

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This cache is being placed for the Sandown Town Forest Expansion Event.
The Cache is NOT at the posted coordinates.
The posted coordinates will bring you to a Vernal Pool.
Information About Vernal Pools

Physical description of a vernal pool
A vernal pool is a contained basin depression lacking a permanent above ground outlet. In the Northeast, it fills with water with the rising water table of fall and winter or with the meltwater and runoff of winter and spring snow and rain. Many vernal pools in the Northeast are covered with ice in the winter months. They contain water for a few months in the spring and early summer. By late summer, a vernal pool is generally (but not always) dry.

Vernal pools may be found in a variety of different locations.

Biological description of a vernal pool
A vernal pool, because of its periodic drying, does not support breeding populations of fish. Many organisms have evolved to use a temporary wetland which will dry but where they are not eaten by fish. These organisms are the "obligate" vernal pool species, so called because they must use a vernal pool for various parts of their life cycle. If the obligate species are using a body of water, then that water is a vernal pool. In New England, the easily recognizable obligate species are the fairy shrimp, the mole salamanders and the wood frog.
Obligate vernal pool species
Fairy shrimp are small (about 1 inch) crustaceans which spend their entire lives ( a few weeks) in a vernal pool. Eggs hatch in late winter/early spring and adults may be observed in pools in the spring. Females eventually drop an egg case which remains on the pool bottom after the pool dries. The eggs pass through a cycle of drying and freezing, and then hatch another year when water returns. The presence of fairy shrimp indicates that a water body is a vernal pool.
Wood frogs are an amphibian species of upland forests. They venture to vernal pools in early spring, lay their eggs, and return to the moist woodland for the remainder of the year. The tadpoles develop in the pool and eventually follow the adults to adjacent uplands. The presence of evidence of breeding by wood frogs (chorusing or mating adults, egg masses or tadpoles) indicates that a pool is a vernal pool.
The mole salamanders are also upland organisms. They spend most of their lives in burrows on the forest floor. Annually, on certain rainy nights, they migrate to ancestral vernal pools to mate and lay their eggs. They soon return to the upland. The eggs develop in the pool and, by the time the pool dries, the young emerge to begin their life as a terrestrial animal. Evidence that mole salamanders breed in an area make that water body a vernal pool. Breeding evidence would be a breeding congress, spermatophores, egg masses or larvae.
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The Cache can be found at 169 ft 269 degrees from the posted coordinates.
IF YOU SIGNED THE LOG IN THE BISON TUBE THAT IS NOT THE CACHE AND YOUR LOG WILL BE DELETED.
THE ACTUAL CACHE IS A SMALL LOCK-N-LOCK.

 

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 November 4, 2009 by Hipointer and Capiti (8228 found)
First time visiting this forest. Decided to go right for the puzzle cache. Followed a trail for awhile and then bushwhacked to the cache area. Looked around for a bit and then Capiti spotted it nearby in a winter friendly place. Thanks for the challenge!

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 August 28, 2009 by The Hampstead Beagle (234 found)
What a great day caching.

TFTC, SL, The Hampstead Beagles

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 June 28, 2009 by jajast (401 found)
After finding the GZ pretty quickly. Off we went. Two groups in two different directions. While stomping around to where I thought it was I heard the king say what is that to your right. A small lock and lock I said. Doh!! TFTC

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 June 28, 2009 by two ninjas and mom (311 found)
LOL - what a funny find for us....."Hey, whats that over there?"

"Oh that- that's a small lock-n-lock" - just like that lol

TFTC

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 June 28, 2009 by 4 Queens and a King (510 found)
Neat little puzzle cache.....enjoyed the concept on this one.

We found the ground zero and then the next spot pretty easily but spent a little time looking for the container till a eureka moment.

TFTC

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Current Time: 2/10/2010 3:35:22 AM (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) (11:35 AM GMT)
Last Updated: 11/4/2009 3:21:32 PM (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) (11:21 PM GMT)
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