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The Fish Barrier Dam 2.0 at Roaring River Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 6/16/2010
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

Small plastic container covered in camo. Contains a log and a FTF prize. Parking is available.

Originally I had a cache on the other side of the Dam but a flood washed it and the tree it was hidden in away. So I have placed this one on the opposite side of the river and upgraded the hiding system so that it is hopefully more secure.

Many of the locals call this a check dam or rock dam but it is officially listed as a fish barrier dam. It is a steel framed and stone filled structure that is covered with concrete. It spans the entire width of the river. Its purpose is to limit the upstream migration of certain fish labled as "rough" fish. In a study perfomed in the 1980s, over 1,000 rough fish were tagged below the dam and none of those fish were ever recorded upstream of the dam.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Unatvat.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)