A recent study by the National Park Service credits Mammoth Cave National Park for injecting $62 million USD into the local economy. A money generation model, developed by Michigan State …
Cavers are mourning the loss of iconic adventurer Herb Conn, who died this past Wednesday, February 1st at the age of 91. Together with his wife Jan, Herb was heavily …
News has emerged that the Florida Park Service is working to develop a draft plan for allowing limited recreational cave diving at Florida’s Wakulla Springs. The draft plan does not …
White nose syndrome has been confirmed in bats hibernating in the caves and ledges of Liberty Park in Twinsburg, Ohio. During a weekly inspection of the caves and ledges that …
Last Thursday January 19th, the South Dakota National Guard‘s 82nd Civil Support Team, together with park staff conducted a emergency response exercise/mock cave rescue at Jewel Cave National Monument. The …
In a letter sent earlier this week to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the National Speleological Society requested that they publicly release the data and methodology that led to …
After nearly 50 years, a one meter (three foot) tall stalagmite is back home in West Virginia’s Mystic Cave. The 45 kilogram (100 pound) stalagmite, which had spent time supporting …
Wind Cave National Park is currently asking for comments on an environmental assessment plan to replace the existing revolving door at its walk-in entrance with a new two-door airlock structure. …
Rescue groups responded yesterday evening to a caver trapped in Schtrumph’s cave, just west of Hagerstown, Maryland. While exploring the 90 or so meter (300 foot) long cave with a …
Since September 2010, the two primary elevators that whisk visitors in and out of Carlsbad Caverns National Park have been out of service while a project is underway to replace …
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