Rescue Training Held at Cumberland Gap National Historical Park
May 20, 2015 / Virginia, United States, North America
Staff and volunteers participated in two mock cave rescues over the weekend at Cumberland Gap National Historical Park.
Virginia Caving News
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Virginia Caver Promotes Underground Activity
April 22, 2015 / Virginia, United States, North AmericaVPI Cave Club VP and new caver trainer Sarah Crowder was featured as part of a Virginia cave week article on “going under.”
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Virginia Cave Week 2015 Celebrates Bat Conservation
April 20, 2015 / Virginia, United States, North AmericaVirginia’s rich cave heritage is being celebrated this week as part of Virginia Cave Week 2015, running until April 25th.
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Shenandoah Caverns Legacy Lives on after Death of Owner
April 10, 2015 / Virginia, United States, North AmericaThe transition of Virginia’s Shenandoah Caverns following the passing of longtime owner 86-year-old Earl Christian Hargrove Jr. earlier this week, is expected to be seamless.
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Virginia’s New River Cave Becomes 14th NSS Cave Preserve
March 17, 2014 / Virginia, United States, North AmericaThe NSS Board of Governors, meeting this weekend in Richmond, Virginia, voted to add a 14th preserve to the NSS Cave Preserve system—the five-mile-long New River Cave, longest cave in …
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Virginia’s Fountain Cave to Offer Adventure Tours
July 24, 2013 / Virginia, United States, North AmericaVirginia’s Grand Caverns has recently re-opened Fountain Cave, an old commercial cave that has been closed to the public, for Adventure Tours. Once a bustling commercial cave with thousands of …
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Virginia Cave Week to Feature Tours of Ogdens Cave Natural Area Preserve
April 12, 2013 / Virginia, United States, North AmericaFree walking tours of Ogdens Cave Natural Area Preserve in Frederick County are the highlight of this year’s Virginia Cave Week, April 21st to 27th. The annual week, sponsored by …
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Family Dispute Rages Over Virginia’s Luray Caverns
March 27, 2013 / Virginia, United States, North AmericaAll is not well at Virginia’s Luray Caverns. A recent article in the Washington Post has shed light on a huge family dispute that has seen the popular attraction as …
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Stuck Teen Rescued from Virginia Cave
July 17, 2012 / Virginia, United States, North AmericaA teenage boy was rescued from a Virginia cave on Monday after he became stuck. The 14-year-old boy was one of about a dozen teenagers exploring Glade Hill Cave, near …
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Upcoming USGS Presentation on White-Nose Syndrome
February 24, 2012 / Virginia, United States, North AmericaThe topic of the monthly USGS Science in Action public lecture series will be white-nose syndrome. Entitled “Bat White-nose Syndrome: There is a New Fungus Among Us”, the free lecture …
