WNS Map Update Adds Four New Counties, Confirms Two Others
June 12, 2015 / Canada, United States, North America
Alabama, Michigan and Ontario show additional confirmations in the latest white-nose syndrome map update released on June 12th.
United States Caving News
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New Cave Being Excavated in South Dakota
June 11, 2015 / South Dakota, United States, North AmericaThe National Park Service is beginning to excavate a new cave in South Dakota’s Wind Cave National Park and researchers are excited over the bones being discovered.
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Native American Festival Returns to Desoto Caverns This Weekend
June 10, 2015 / Alabama, United States, North AmericaAs part of its 50th anniversary celebration, Alabama’s DeSoto Caverns Family Fun Park is bringing back its popular Native American Festival.
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Southern Alabama Bats Remain Safe from White-Nose Syndrome
June 10, 2015 / Alabama, United States, North AmericaRecent winter surveys of 24 bat caves in 11 Alabama counties shows that white-nose syndrome remains confined to the state’s northern counties.
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WNS Decontamination Protocol Revision Calls For Temperature Increase
June 9, 2015 / United States, North AmericaOngoing investigations into decontamination protocol used to kill the white-nose syndrome causing fungus have determined that the current recommendation needs to be modified.
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Watch: Wisconsin Cavers Install New Heavy Duty Cave Door
June 9, 2015 / Wisconsin, United States, North AmericaWatch as cavers move a brand new, nearly half inch (1.2 centimeter) thick, steel door into place on the Spring Cave at Wisconsin’s Cherney Maribel Caves County Park.
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Video: The Bridge Bats of Austin, Texas
June 7, 2015 / Texas, United States, North AmericaThe world’s largest urban bat colony, which lives under the Congress Avenue Bridge which crosses the Colorado River in Austin, Texas, is profiled in a piece by Discovery News.
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Cave Without A Name Holds 17th Annual Summer Solstice Concert
June 5, 2015 / Texas, United States, North AmericaCave Without A Name’s 17th annual Summer Solstice Concert, which focuses on the thematic interplay of darkness and light, is slated for Saturday, June 20th.
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Utah Cave Artifacts Shed Light on Prehistoric Gambling
June 1, 2015 / Utah, United States, North AmericaHundreds of dice, hoops, carved sticks and other trinkets unearthed in a Utah cave are thought to have been used in indigenous games of chance and skill.
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Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park Owner Profiled
May 29, 2015 / Colorado, United States, North AmericaGlenwood’s post independent recently talked with Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park owner, Steve Beckley, about the historic caves and hot springs.
