Welcome to the Blue Goose GeoTour!
Since you must fly or boat to get to nearly all of Alaska’s Refuges, we are bringing the refuges to you! The Blue Goose GeoTour (BGGT) is a series of 16 geocaches that have been hidden at 16 of the 223 Anchorage Parks. Each geocache features one of Alaska's amazing National Wildlife Refuges.
This cache features Togiak National Wildlife Refuge. Dominated by the Ahklun Mountains in the north and the cold waters of Bristol Bay to the south, Togiak National Wildlife Refuge confronts the traveler with a kaleidoscope of landscapes. The natural forces that have shaped this land range from the violent and powerful to the geologically patient. Earthquakes and volcanoes filled the former role, and their marks can still be found, but it was the gradual advance and retreat of glacial ice that carved many of the physical features of this refuge. And what a wealth of biological diversity these carved and crumpled lands support! The refuge is home to 48 mammal species, 31 of which are terrestrial and 17 marine. More than 150,000 caribou from two herds, the Nushagak Peninsula and the Mulchatna, make use of refuge lands, which they share with wolves, moose, brown and black bears, wolverines, red foxes, marmots, beavers, and porcupines, among other land mammals. Seals, sea lions, walrus and whales are found at various times of year along the refuge's 600 miles of coastline.
Prizes
Each cache contains a special First to Find (FTF) prize with up to 10 additional prizes. Caches also contain a trivia question that is answered by following a virtual clue printed on passport cards in the cache. The first 50 people to visit all 16 caches and submit your completed trivia postcard will receive a custom Alaska National Wildlife Refuges path tag. All submissions will be eligible for other fabulous prizes, but the more you caches you log, the better your chances are of winning!
Take the Blue Goose GeoTour
1. Link to the GPS coordinates on Geocaching.com by searching the Hidden by Username: “Blue_Goose” or the Cache Name: “BGGT”.
2.With your GPS or smartphone find up to 16 refuge geocaches.
3.Within each cache is a passport card with a trivia question. Take a passport card and follow its virtual path to answer the question.
4. To track which caches you’ve visited and trivia questions you’ve answered, download a passport and postcard .
5. Submit your trivia answers via postcard to:
Blue Goose GeoTour
Alaska NWRS, MS 235
1011 E Tudor Road
Anchorage, AK 99503
Or via email to: wild4ak@gmail.com
Deadline for submitting entries is November 14, 2012.
Don't forget to “stamp” your Anchorage Park Foundation Park Passport using the Anchorage Parks app . Good luck and happy geocaching!
The Blue Goose GeoTour was made possible by:
