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Welcome

You have reached the homepage of the Michigan Geocaching Organization (MiGO). The purpose of our organization is to promote the sport of Geocaching in Michigan via improved

communications and to provide information to the public about our activities and the sport of geocaching. Please spend some time on our site. If you have any questions, feel free to contact us or visit the geocaching.com FAQ for more details.

Wednesday at 8:30pm EST is the scheduled weekly chat. People hang out in chat almost any time though, give it a try by clicking "MiGO Chat" in the left hand navigation.

"Help support the park systems that support MiGO! Click here for Land Use Guidelines!"

The 5th Chapter

The board of Directors has revised the MiGO Bylaws creating a 5^th Chapter.

The 5^th Chapter is made up of all MiGO members that reside outside of Michigan.

Therefore we are in need of a RVP for the 5^th chapter. The 5^th chapter RVP will be appointed by the EC.

We are currently accepting Self Nominations for The 5th Chapter RVP for the remainder of 2008.

“All active members age 18 or over who have been a member of MiGO for a minimum of one (1) year will be eligible to submit their name for consideration of the 5th Chapter RVP position.”

If you would like to nominate yourself for consideration for the 5^th Chapter RVP, please send us an email ec@mi-geocaching.org Be sure to include your Caching name and real name. Also feel free to include any relevant information about yourself that you feel may convince the EC that you are the right person for the job.

All self nominations must be received by July 30, 2008

Posted July 9, 2008

Huron History Mystery Tour

The Huron River Watershed Council, in cooperation with the Huron-Clinton Metroparks and 12 MiGO volunteers, have organized the longest 5 star terrain cache series ever. Over 100 miles in length, the series will take geocachers along the Huron River, past old dams, mills, and other historical and/or interesting places. Within the caches will be significant historic, informative and environmental facts about the Huron River, its watersheds, creeksheds and tributaries. For information on the series, please visit the Huron History Mystery Tour website.

Posted: May 28, 2008

MiGO Joins Michigan Trails & Greenways Alliance

MTGA is a non-profit organization that shall foster and facilitate the creation of an interconnected statewide system of trails and greenways for recreation, health, transportation, economic development and environmental/cultural preservation purposes.

Michigan is currently a national leader in trailway development, with over 2,000 miles of rail-trail and non-rail-trail corridors and growing fast! Did you know that over two-thirds of Michigan counties either have an existing trailway or are in some stage of developing one? Michigan currently ranks second in the nation for the most trailway mileage. MiGO members have numerous geocaches placed along many of those trails. MTGA is for the trail groups in Michigan as MPRA is to Park managers throughout the state.

MiGO has already been asked by the Lower Rouge River Recreation Trail to set-up an informational booth for the grand opening of phase one of their newest section of trail in Canton on June 7th.

Check out the MTGA Trail-Finder program.

MTGA is the organization behind the Michigander Bike tour each year.

Posted April 1, 2008

MiGO Receives REI Grant

Today, in a special ceremony at the Troy REI store, before the store opened for daily business and with all the employees in attendance, Gary Scramling the President of MiGO accepted a $5000 check made out to the Michigan Geocaching Organization for a Grant from the 'REI Gives' program. Unbeknownst to MiGO, we had been nominated by a store employee for the volunteer work by Tom LePage (Cyclops) and a few others working with REI over the past couple of years. REI's corporate offices then asked all the non-profit groups that had been nominated to write a proposal and apply for this grant last October. In early January we were notified that MiGO had been chosen to receive the Michigan Grant.

Left to right: MiGO Compliance Officer Donna Scramling, REI store manager James Kimball, Clinton River Watershed Council President Dan Keifer and MiGO President Gary Scramling.

REI dedicates a portion of its operating profits to help protect and restore the environment, increase access to outdoor activities, and encourage involvement in responsible outdoor recreation. REI employees nominate organizations such as MiGO for projects and programs in which they are personally involved, to receive funding or gear donations. During 2006, REI granted $4 million to more than 430 non profit community partners.

MiGO's leadership put together a grant proposal for the money to be spent on various projects throughout the year. Much of these funds will be spent on tools and equipment, such as trash litter pickup tools for the MiGO chapters, and the new MiGO lending library, complete with GPS units, books, videos and classroom handouts. Other projects are in the works and will be announced as we put them together.

REI will be opening a new Michigan store in Ann Arbor this spring; they currently have a store in Northville and one in Troy, with over 80 around the US.

Posted: January 15, 2008

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