Mission Statement The Texas Geocaching Association (TXGA) is a 501(c)(7) non-profit volunteer organization. Our Aim is to be the foremost advocate for geocaching activities within the state of Texas. Our Mission is to foster, educate and nurture geocaching throughout the entire state of Texas. To fulfill this mission, TXGA and its members are committed to standing for these core values: COMMUNITY, INTEGRITY & CREDIBILITY COMMUNITY: We define community as not only Texas geocachers but all other Texans as well. TXGA believes that we should participate in community events which encourage positive outdoor participation and preservation. TXGA supports other like-minded non-profit organizations and charities in their events, such as bike rides or fun runs. INTEGRITY: TXGA is proactive in working with Texas land management officials to improve and expand geocaching rules and regulations throughout all public lands within the state of Texas. Individual TXGA members will make every effort to work with public and private land management entities by securing permission to include a specific area as a geocaching zone. These individual members know that TXGA is beside them lobbying for safe cache placement. CREDIBILITY: When any member of the TXGA identifies themselves to community representatives (including law enforcement and park officials), the reputation of the TXGA should precede that individual and mark them as credible and honest. View the Texas Geocaching Association Articles of Association. How You Can Join
To be apart of the Texas Geocaching Association, you just need to visit this website often and participate in the forums or local events whenever you can. Official members are recipients of additional benefits and can register here.
History The Texas Geocaching Association (TXGA) was formed in January 2003 by Sam Morrow (UsMorrows), Candy Lind (Moosiegirl), and Will Nienke (9Key). Over the years we have hosted several successful statewide events (the yearly Texas Challenge), GeoWoodstock 4 (the first Mega Event), and have worked to foster the development of geocaching in the Great State of Texas. Board of Directors
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What is Geocaching?
Geocaching is an outdoor sporting activity in which the participants use a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver or other navigational techniques to hide and seek containers, called "geocaches" or "caches", anywhere in the world. A typical cache is a small waterproof container containing a logbook. Larger containers such as plastic storage containers (tupperware or similar) or ammo boxes can also contain items for trading, usually toys or trinkets of little value. Geocaching is often described as a "game of high-tech hide and seek," sharing many aspects with benchmarking, trigpointing, orienteering, treasure-hunting, letterboxing, and waymarking. Visit Geocaching.com for more information.  The Groundspeak Geocaching Logo is a registered trademark of Groundspeak, Inc. Used with permission. The Geocaching.com cache icons are used with permission of Groundspeak Inc. |
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