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WHO/WHAT/WHERE:
Northwest Ohio
Geocachers are the proud adoptors of a two mile section
of US-24/River Road, west of Waterville near Grand Rapids, with a
portion of our section bordering Providence
Metropark.
Our obligation is to pick up litter
four times a year along our adopted highway section. In
return, ODOT has posted nice free advertising for us on signs (see
image above), at each each end of our adopted
section.
Coordinates of our sign at the
north eastern end of our highway
section:
N 41º 25.974' W 083º
49.871'
Coordinates of our sign at the
south western end of our highway section: N 41º25.029' W
083º51.446'
 ODOT will also post orange
"SHOULDER WORK AHEAD" signs at
each end of our section for each of our clean-up
events.
We are responsible for picking up
litter between the berm of the road and the utility pole
line.
In the past, with plenty of
volunteers, these CITOs took barely an hour to
complete.
These CITO events are actually a good
time, as we also usually find a place to grab lunch and socialize
plus hunt caches after our events.
Click
here to see photos of previous events.
We meet at the American Legion Post
232 parking lot (12580 River Rd. at Yawburg Rd.), at the coordinates at the top of this
page, to coordinate our event, and to hold a
"tailgate" safety briefing. Being close to the middle of
our adopted section, this is a good base of operations with safe
and ample parking.
If you can not, or do not feel like
walking and picking up litter, we can always use a driver to
shuttle people, as well as water and other
supplies.
We split into groups of two to four
and work facing traffic. Depending on the number of volunteers, we
start in the middle and work to the ends, and then return on the
opposite side, or start in the middle and at the ends with someone
helping to shuttle.
Please note that
children under the age of 12 are NOT
permitted to participate in the Adopt-A-Highway program according
to the State of Ohio. For participants aged 12 through 17, a parent
or guardian must complete a consent and release form, to be bought
to the event.
Download the
Parent/Guardian Consent and Release Form.
Each adult participant will have to sign
a group release form which should be available at the event. (This
requirement will be elaborated on before the event, after NWOGEO
attends a A-A-H refresher course along with a Meth Lab awareness
presentation. Please add this event to your "Watch List" so that
you will be notified of any requirement
changes.) |