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Texas City Approves Residential Development on Karst
February 12, 2013 / Texas, United States, North AmericaEarlier this month the city council of San Marcos, Texas approved the development of Lazy Oaks Ranch, a 1,396-acre property that is part of the recharge zone for the Edwards …
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Cumberland Gap Bats Test Positive for White-Nose Syndrome
February 12, 2013 / Kentucky, United States, North AmericaWhite-nose syndrome has been found in bats hibernating in caves at Kentucky’s Cumberland Gap National Historical Park. According to a news release, Park Superintendent Mark Woods has confirmed that three …
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Attend a Presentation on Fort Stanton Cave’s Snowy River Passage
February 11, 2013 / New Mexico, United States, North AmericaA presentation on the exploration of Fort Stanton Cave’s Snowy River Passage will be held on February 23rd at New Mexico’s El Camino Real International Heritage Center. “The Most Remote …
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Twin Lakes Conservation Task Force Volunteers Keep Busy in Kentucky
February 11, 2013 / Kentucky, United States, North AmericaThe Twin Lakes Cave Conservation and Survey Task Force have had a busy few months since becoming an official NSS Conservation Task Force in September 2012. Twin Lakes CTF volunteers …
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Disputed Underground Railroad Cave Requires Second Opinion
February 11, 2013 / Kentucky, United States, North AmericaAdditional research is warranted was the outcome of a private meeting last week to decide the fate of a cave, and suspected stop on the Underground Railroad, which has held …
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Speleological Union of Ireland Announces 2013 Try Caving Weekend
The Speleological Union of Ireland has just announced their 2013 Try Caving Weekend. The free event, held March 2nd and 3rd, 2013, will include a short talk on caving and …
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White-Nose Syndrome Decontamination Protocol Research Released
February 9, 2013 / United States, North AmericaA paper detailing the research that led to the development of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service White-nose Syndrome Decontamination Protocols has been released. Set to be published in upcoming …
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This Week on CaveChat: February 2nd – 8th, 2013 Edition
February 8, 2013 / By David GrimesCaveChat.org is the official forum of the National Speleological Society. Since its creation in 2005 CaveChat has quickly become the go to place for everything related to caving. With more …
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Register for the 2013 WKU/Mammoth Karst Field Studies Courses
February 8, 2013 / Kentucky, United States, North AmericaRegistration is open for this summer’s 2013 Karst Field Studies Program. Organized by the Hoffman Environmental Research Institute through its Center for Cave and Karst Studies and in cooperation with …
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World’s Longest Sea Caves Surveyed in New Zealand
February 7, 2013 / New Zealand, OceaniaRecent surveys of New Zealand’s Matainaka Cave have confirmed it, as of October 2012, as the world’s longest sea cave. Based on survey work by Nicholas Barth, Matainaka Cave, located …
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Washington College to Host Lecture on White-nose Syndrome
February 7, 2013 / Maryland, United States, North AmericaThe Philadelphia Grotto is teaming up with Washington College‘s Center for Environment & Society and its Department of Biology to sponsor a lecture on white-nose syndrome later this month. Titled …
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Ask Cavers: What are Your Best Survey Tips & Tricks?
February 6, 2013Although surveying caves can be exciting, sometimes it can also be a slow, cold and miserable experience. This week we want to hear your best tips and tricks to make …
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Disputed Cave May Have Been Stop on the Underground Railroad
February 6, 2013 / Kentucky, United States, North AmericaA cave which has been holding up plans to build a coal ash landfill in Kentucky is now thought to have once been used as a hiding place for the …
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BLM Reopens Wyoming’s Spirit Mountain Cave
February 6, 2013 / Wyoming, United States, North AmericaThe U.S. Bureau of Land Management has reopened Wyoming’s Spirit Mountain Cave after a collapse last year made it unsafe to visit. The offending boulder was eventually removed with the …
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Attend an Online Tour of West Virginia’s Caves and Karst
February 5, 2013The latest topic in the NSS webinar series features a tour of West Virginia’s caves and karst. This presentation, put on by George Dasher, will describe the different limestone and …