Rocky Mountain Region Denies Appeal: Caves to Reopen
The Rocky Mountain Region of the U.S. Forest Service denied an appeal of their new cave access policy earlier this week, paving the way to reopen many of the regions …
The Rocky Mountain Region of the U.S. Forest Service denied an appeal of their new cave access policy earlier this week, paving the way to reopen many of the regions …
A caver spent 17 hours trapped in a pit earlier this month after his rope and ascending equipment failed due to an accumulation of sticky mud. Late on June 22nd, …
The project, to install sewer lines to a Love’s Travel Stops & Country Stores being constructed off Interstate 24 near Jasper, Tennessee, was diverted to an alternate, less problematic, route …
A new species of cave dwelling thread-legged bug, first discovered in Arizona’s Kartchner Caverns in 1990, has recently been described in the journal Zootaxa. Adapted to prey on spiders, the …
This summer Missouri’s State Fair Community College will be offering a course on caves and caving. The evening course, instructed by Blake Stephens with the Missouri Department of Conservation, will …
After forty years, a historic sign has returned to New Mexico’s Carlsbad Caverns National Park. The sign, which once identified Mirror Lake in the Big Room of the cave, was …
With 9 days left to spare, the fundraising campaign to benefit the Ellison’s Cave rescuers has reached, and now surpassed its goal of $5,000. Started by friends and family of …
A three-year-old girl from Utah sustained serious injuries after she fell off a platform while on a tour at South Dakota’s Jewel Cave National Monument on May 28th. The girl …
After a 380 day marathon of development, Indiana Caverns, America’s newest show cave, opened to the public this past weekend. The journey began on May 31st, 2012 when veteran NSS …
Pennsylvania’s Lincoln Caverns will be celebrating its 81st year with two days of special historic tours, workshops and children’s activities next weekend, June 22nd and 23rd, 2013. First discovered in …