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Post by Taylor on Aug 5, 2006 3:44:55 GMT -5
This may be old news, but here is a website on Tennessee landforms, with links to a number of geological and/or natural features around the state, including such items as: - natural areas and national natural landmarks
state parks greenways and parks TennGreen.org state forests wildlife management areas geology caves 8600+ (latitude/longitude) caves-per-county map rivers (latitude/longitude) and stream flows or stream flow map TN river/lake navigation charts NPS TN rivers and state scenic rivers national wildlife refuges national wilderness areas Bowater pocket wilderness areas
www.cs.utk.edu/~dunigan/landforms/
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Post by Taylor on Jun 21, 2006 21:55:23 GMT -5
Another study? That's not always the answer we want June 19, 2006 For David Loper, a retired Florida State professor of hydrology, the question seemed simple enough: Precisely how does the flow at Wakulla Springs increase with the amount of rainfall? The answer, he thought, would help predict how future land-use changes could affect water quality. But he stumbled onto something unexpected: He discovered that as Hurricane Frances approached from the Gulf of Mexico in 2004, the water flowing out of Wakulla Springs decreased by about 40 percent - but as Hurricane Ivan approached that same year, the flow increased by about 20 percent. Storms and tides in the Gulf, he learned, influence the amount of water flowing out of Wakulla Springs. Wakulla Springs and Spring Creek, located along the Gulf Coast, apparently are connected by cave conduits, where water flow is affected by the tides. The Wakulla Springs flow decreased during Frances as winds were blowing water away from the land, he said. The flow increased during Ivan as water was being blown onshore. Loper's simple study represents the difficulty scientists have in solving what's ailing Florida's springs. For example, there are several potential sources of nitrogen pollution around springs, including sewage-treatment plants, septic tanks, farms and development. Determining which ones are causing problems in which springs can be difficult. Scientists aren't even sure how much nitrogen reduction is needed to reverse the growth of weeds and algae in springs. Some environmentalists express frustration when calls for additional scientific studies mean delaying pollution reductions - particularly at Tallahassee's wastewater spray field. The studies cost hundreds of thousands of dollars and can take years to complete. Loper, who last year was chairman of a scientific panel that reviewed Wakulla Springs studies and made recommendations, says Florida is facing a "huge problem" with its declining springs. Studies are needed, he says, but Florida can't wait for all the science before it acts. "We're not going to come up with a smoking gun," Loper said. "I hate to say this, but there will always be room for more studies. At some point you have to say, 'The evidence is good enough. Let's proceed with some remedies.' '' www.tallahassee.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060619/NEWS01/606190306/1010
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Post by Taylor on Apr 27, 2006 8:08:15 GMT -5
Growing population means possible contamination of aquiferBy César G. Rodriguez April 20, 2006 The growing population of the North Side of San Antonio represents a threat to the Edwards Aquifer. The contamination concern is happening now, biology Lecturer Michael Flinn said. The risk of introducing contaminants — sewage, oil, gasoline, fertilizer and pesticides — into the aquifer grows with the population. If the water is contaminated, “There is no back-up plan,” Flinn said. People wanting to build a residential area would like to grow grass by using fertilizers, Flinn said. After growing the grass, people want to keep insects down by using pesticides. Flinn said a residential area would also require a sewage system. Contaminating the aquifer may include the sewage system because it uses septic tanks that may spill. The growing population requires a means of transportation. More people mean more cars. That signifies a potential risk of contamination of the aquifer. Routine tasks, such as filling up at a gas station or oil spills from cars, represent risks when the rain comes. Spilled oil can move through the soil into sink holes that filter water back into the aquifer, Flinn explained. Sink holes are caused by the dissolution of rocks over a long period of time. The process may take millions of years. This city is the third largest in Texas and ranks eighth in the United States with a population of 1.24 million. The Edwards Aquifer Authority Web site reads, “The Edwards Aquifer is one of the major groundwater systems in Texas. It has been a source of water for people in South Central Texas for more than 12,000 years. Today, it is the primary source of water for approximately 1.7 million people.” According to www.edwardsaquifer.net., an artesian well is a water well drilled into a confined aquifer where enough hydraulic pressure exists for the water to flow to the surface without pumping. As the population grows, it is moving north over the recharge and contributing zone, Flinn said. “People want to live in the Hill Country because it is pretty.” The contributing zone is the area where water is collected through rainfall, Flinn explained. The recharge zone is an area full of sink holes, a typical feature of a karst aquifer that is composed of limestone and dolomite. According to the Webster’s New World College Dictionary, karst topography is a region made of porous limestone containing sinkholes and characterized by underground caves and streams. In addition to providing water for this city, the aquifer also serves agriculture and houses several threatened species, such as Texas blind salamander, helotes mold beetle, the robber baron cave harvestman, and the robber baron cave spider. www.theranger.org/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/04/20/444823bc760d3
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Post by Taylor on Apr 17, 2006 1:26:52 GMT -5
Caves shed light on darkest secrets of our weather cycleBy James Woodford April 15, 2006 Every drop counts … Dr Janece McDonald collects samples at Wombeyan Caves. Each drip holds clues to thousands of years of droughts and floods. Photo: Dallas Kilponen.For millenniums there has been a drip in Kooringa Cave. Understanding its secrets is vital to the management of Sydney's water supply. Whenever it rains on the surface, water percolates through 12 metres of bedrock into the cavern, which is part of the Wombeyan karst system in the Southern Highlands. After heavy rain the drips fall more frequently - as fast as one every 17 seconds from one exquisite stalactite called K1. During the driest days of 2004, Dr Janece McDonald, a researcher in the School of Environmental and Life Sciences at the University of Newcastle, and her supervisor, Dr Russell Drysdale, had to wait for five minutes between drops. The catchment is again parched as dam levels continue to hover around historic lows. "It's now down to one drop every seven minutes," Dr McDonald says. When the water lands on the cave floor, dissolved chemicals are left behind and stalagmites begin to grow upwards at a rate measured in millimetres per century. One of the slowest growing stalagmites put on a mere 25 millimetres of growth over 1000 years. Some stalagmites at Wombeyan are likely to be millions of years old. Because every drop of water entering Kooringa carries a chemical signature, recording a journey from the sky and through the earth, Dr McDonald and her colleagues have discovered the stalagmites hold clues to thousands of years of droughts and floods. Long before modern weather observations began in Sydney, Wombeyan's stalagmites were steadily logging the cycles of droughts and floods in the catchment area. Such information is crucial to planners making decisions about water restrictions. The chemical record in stalagmites is so sensitive the scientists are even able to plot the presence of what is called the bomb peak - the presence of excess carbon 14 created by the global atmospheric nuclear tests of the 1950s and '60s. Because there is not much more than a century of good rainfall data for Sydney's catchment areas, no-one yet understands the impact of bigger cycles. The beauty of Wombeyan caves is that they are in the geographic heart of the catchment. The science program manager for climate variability and extreme events at the Sydney Catchment Authority, Professor Henk Heijnis, says it is crucial to get a longer perspective on Sydney's weather. "At the moment we work with instrumental records which go back to 1905. The second half of the 20th century was drier than the first. But you can't do an awful lot of modelling with two lots of a cycle. With this study we may be able to get a view over 1000 years or more." Adding to the importance of the research is the likelihood that climate change is already beginning to have an impact on the amount of water falling in Sydney's catchment. The new work may confirm the arrival of climate change, revealing any big unusual shifts that may be under way. www.smh.com.au/news/national/caves-shed-light-on-darkest-secrets-of-our-weather-cycle/2006/04/14/1144521508888.html
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Post by Taylor on Apr 2, 2006 14:36:37 GMT -5
Science goes underground 04/02/2006 Jeanne Russell Express-News Staff Writer Because students learn best when they think it matters, 30 South San teachers spent Saturday exploring how to make San Antonio's water source come alive in their classes. They visited the Cave Without a Name and Boerne's Cibolo Nature Center, where South San science coordinator Joann De Luna offered tips on how to make models of the Edwards Aquifer using recycled water bottles, sand and gravel. "Some of them are tactile; they need to touch it and feel it," Kazen Middle School teacher Susie Benavidez said. Like other teachers, Benavidez said she craves opportunities to make required science ideas real for kids and to expose them to a natural world that, despite its proximity, remains unexplored. "Most of them will never see it if we don't show it to them," said Valarie Aktepe, a 10th grade science teacher at South San High School. The Edwards Aquifer is a karst limestone formation, porous enough to hold water and allow it to move. Fights over protecting the quality and quantity of its water have divided San Antonio and other regional users that depend on it. That means teachers have a responsibility to inform kids, De Luna said. Most textbooks cover only the science of the more typical sand and gravel aquifers, said Annalisa Peace, executive director of the Greater Edwards Aquifer Alliance, who co-taught the workshop, which was supported by a grant from Boeing. Peace, who focused on effects humans have on the aquifer, hopes to offer the workshop to teachers citywide next year. Using food coloring to tint the water, De Luna graphically illustrated the tiny amount of the world's water that is fresh, compared with salt water. She dripped hydrochloric acid on the limestone for another "good visual" of how water forms sinkholes, part of a summary of the creation of the interlocking underground rivers that form San Antonio's primary source of water. As she spoke, she touched on concepts such as porosity, solubility and permeability that Texas teachers are required to cover. She wrapped up by pouring colored water through a model showing the two types of aquifers side by side. The green water remained artificial and bright in both, eliminating any notion that an aquifer filters, or cleans, the water. With books, South San High School teacher Paul Pearson said, "you can tell them, you can let them read about it, but their eyes glaze over." In contrast, he said, his students still are talking about last year's weeklong trip to Big Bend. "One of the things we need is less book learning and more field trips," said Pearson, who praised the workshop for bridging required concepts with hands-on tactics to drive meaning home for students. Such trips are hard-won, the teachers said. Benavidez vowed to find grant money to visit the cave because, she said, "exposure is so necessary. Without it they can't even fathom what's out there." The teachers visited the cave first, and as a result, the workshop ran late. Perhaps learning much as their students do, they resisted leaving the stalactites and stalagmites to go sit at tables and chairs. www.mysanantonio.com/news/metro/stories/MYSA040206.01B.aquifer.2c6937a.html
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Post by Taylor on Apr 1, 2006 2:33:24 GMT -5
Here is an in depth article by John Ganter on a variety of boots generally used by cavers. From Bata boots to Wellies, and everything in between. This is an older article, but someone new to caving could get an idea of the advantages or disadvantages of the various styles of boots used in caving. technology.darkfrontier.us/Wearing/Boots/
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Post by Taylor on Mar 13, 2006 1:04:46 GMT -5
Foxfury has updated their website, though I'm not sure how recently, since I hadn't looked at it in a while. Seems to offer more information on the Pro Series. www.foxfury.com
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Post by Taylor on Mar 10, 2006 20:07:23 GMT -5
This would have been an exceptional bargain at $10.00. The bid is currently up to $33.00.
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Post by Taylor on Mar 21, 2006 10:04:26 GMT -5
I'll have to leave the songwriting to those more talented in that arena, but here is the second installment and possible end to this fellow's research into caving. RIDING ON THE UNDERGROUNDThe Times March 20, 2006 TO BE HONEST, I HAD HOPED TO LET MY suddenly declared passion for caving quietly die a death in these pages. Frankly, the whole faddish fortnight is a source of no little embarrassment at parties. “Ah, Baker,” they say. “Still caving, are we? Still insisting pot-holing will outshine the World Cup this summer and the smart set are all to be found underground these days, what?” Of course I never said such things, but when one has painted such a glaring target on the seat of one’s trousers, one must be big enough to bend over and let others swing a boot at it. I know I would, had the other Danny declared he was over soccer and investigating hot-air ballooning or something. Thankfully, though, not everybody who follows this column is tugging my beard and calling me a horse. I will briefly return to the subterranean this week to acknowledge the letter from Phillip Gardiner, of Stroud, who is, at least, treating part of my observations about caving with near respect. Sadly for the many “serious” cavers who sent outraged e-mails about misrepresenting their sport, it is the observations about lost oceans and fur bikini-wearing tribes of Amazonian women that Phillip wishes to endorse. Writes Phillip: “As a fellow caver, I want to tell you about an incident some years ago when I was deep in Clearwell Caves in the Forest of Dean. (We) were inching along a passage hitherto unknown to us when, in the gloom, four figures could be seen standing across the way. They stood motionless and eerie and seemed to be awaiting our arrival. “Getting closer, we could make out that they were tall, apparently female and, as we approached, we noted they comprised of three blondes and a brunette, all with arms outstretched toward us. I know it sounds exotic, but we were absolutely paralysed with fear. Were we dreaming? Hallucinating? This was in an unmapped underground chamber far, far beneath the Earth’s surface. “It was my friend Al who got close enough to shine his headlamp on to one of their faces and thus illuminate the ghastly inhuman open mouth immediately identifying them as ‘adult’ blow-up dolls. Well, this should have been a relief, funny even, but I promise you, as one man, we screamed and scrambled our way as fast as possible back down the passage we had just so carefully negotiated. We eventually got back up into the clear fresh air above and sat on the grass breathless and shattered.” A terrific tale, Phillip, and possibly enough for me to make one last descent, following in your own footsteps. I could retrieve one of these mannequins, dress it as myself and send it to the various gatherings where I am expected to be an Aunt Sally for others simply because of my caving craze. There it will stand in a dark corner and absorb the barbs and abuse of all the assembled wits and wags, offering little by way of any comeback. “Baker’s a bit quiet tonight, eh, Kelly? Mortified, I suppose. Still, if a bloke will make such damn silly announcements, what? Caving indeed! Now then . . . about this balloon of yours . . .” What do you think? E-MAIL: dannyanddanny@hotmail.co.uk www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,4-2093890,00.html
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Post by Taylor on Mar 1, 2006 23:49:00 GMT -5
I was hoping to find the next edition to read how the following phase of the author's caving went, but I must have missed it. Yep, he'd be a fun one to take caving. ;D
It would make a good song title, didn't think of that, but then I don't sing.
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Post by Taylor on Feb 20, 2006 23:35:23 GMT -5
A cut and paste from the daily column of a Sports writer: SUBTERRANEAN BANTER BLUESTHOSE OF YOU WHO HANG UPON these columns as once people did to Flash Gordon serials will doubtless be keen to know how my newly declared career as a caver is going. Well, to be succinct, it’s not. Frankly, I had no idea caving would be quite so complicated. I imagined, once vetted and allotted a spot on the squad, that we would all meet around some secluded depression in the local woods and light up the torches and descend into the Earth. I realise that any talk in the last column about underground oceans, log rafts and discovering races of Amazon women in fur bikinis that worshipped all men as Gods was pushing the imagery a bit — at least in the Lewisham area — but I hadn’t foreseen all the red tape involved in caving today. For example, did you know there was a toe-curling Caver’s Slang Lexicon that must be learnt by heart? Well there is. God, I hate sports that employ banter. Cavers seem to have a whacky vocal alternative for every eventuality. Brace yourself for some of these — they’re pretty ripe I warn you. Take the caver’s helmet. Surely one of the most mundane pieces of all caving equipment. Well this is referred to as “the brain bucket”. At the other end of the scale, in that I have no idea what either description means, there is the Carbide Pig : “A length of knotted car inner-tube used for carrying carbide in descent. Also known as piglets if made from bicycle inner-tube — often pink.” Then there’s Chair Sucker. “Chair Sucker” (rope sucker, stove sucker, etc.) — one who uses someone else’s gear while the other person is preoccupied with something else. “I got up to get something to eat and someone sucked my chair!” Cratering: Too fast a rappel ending with too quick a stop. “Put a knot in the end of the rope or ya’ might crater!” I mean, what? And yes I looked down the list to see if “rappel” might be explained, but nothing doing. All those exclamation marks too. Guaranteed, any gathering of men who talk in sentences that require exclamation marks is a gathering of men who need pushing off a cliff. Here’s a few more terms you need to master before any subterranean sauntering. Doing a Neil: Local South Wales Caving Club term, for a keen caver trying his best to overtake people to get to the front of a party. Sporting: Implies a positive image of a challenging, muddy cave. “It’s a sporting cave!” Nerd Gate: A natural, but overcomeable barrier in a passage that prevents wimps from going any farther into a cave. “Don’t panic — it’s just a nerd-gate!” Had enough? I thought so. Dear me, what a terrible disappointment. I had no inkling that cavers were such dreadful bantering bores. Call me naive — or a “cardboard” to use their word — but once my party got submerged, I had simply imagined a spooky ethereal silence tinged with awe, only occasionally punctuated by the sound of a few drips. Oh hang on . . . www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,23530-2048559,00.html
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Post by Taylor on Feb 2, 2007 21:33:53 GMT -5
Caving a sport for the curious, cool-headedby Karen Chávez published February 2, 2007 2:01 pm BLUFF CITY, Tenn. – Invisible from the surface roads and the rolling hillsides in this rural town is a subterranean city known as Worley's Cave – a world as foreign to many as the moon. Welcome to the underworld. "You have to be willing to get wet and muddy and somehow enjoy it. You have to just pretend you're a kid again," said Alicia Henry, 25, chair of the Flittermouse Grotto. The Flittermouse Grotto – named for the opera, "Der Fledermaus," which means "bat" in German – was founded in the early 1970s by Cato Holler, a dentist in Old Fort and some friends. Holler got into caving as an undergrad in UNC Chapel Hill's outing club and was instantly hooked. The friends started an NSS chapter, known as a grotto, with about eight people. Today the club has some 50 members. "I started caving as a hobby, but it soon turned into an avocation," said Holler, who took his wife, Susan, caving on their first date. She fell for caving, as did his children, including daughter, Nancy Holler Aulenbach, a nationally known cave rescue instructor who starred in the 2001 IMAX movie, "Journey into Amazing Caves." "I have been interested in cave biology," Cato Holler said. "We turned up 15 to 20 new species of cave organisms such as isopods and amphipods, very small crustaceans." In between dental fillings, Holler has become an expert on subterranean cavities and their inhabitants. He even has a cave-dwelling flatworm named in his honor – the Phagocata holleri, which he discovered in the late 1970s in a cave in the Piedmont region. He also discovered many new caves. "No one thought there were any caves outside of the commercialized Linville Caverns," he said. "We found 1,500 caves in North and South Carolina." Local NSS ChaptersThe Flittermouse Grotto meets at 7 p.m. the first Friday of each month at the Black Mountain Library in downtown Black Mountain. For more information, call president Alicia Henry at 274-8777 or visit www.caves.org/grotto/flittermouse/The Bryson City Grotto just received its charter from the NSS about a month ago. No set meeting times have been set yet, but for more information on the club and its caving trips, call Ben Eudy at 506-9497 or e-mail info@hightrek.org. www.citizen-times.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=200770202054
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Post by Taylor on Jan 27, 2007 14:38:27 GMT -5
Mid-Appalachian Region (MAR) Business MeetingThe MAR Annual Business Meeting is scheduled for Saturday, February 24, 2007 in Harrisburg, PA starting at 1:30 p.m. See the website www.caves.org/region/mar/busnmtg.htm for directions and/or other information. The Pennsylvania Cave Conservancy (PCC) Winter Business Meeting will be held immediately after the MAR meeting.
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Post by Taylor on Oct 14, 2006 10:42:02 GMT -5
The September issue of the KY Caver is' available at frontierfolk.net/bgg/kycaver/This issue includes a report on Webster Cave Complex, but if you read nothing else in the issue read "ERGOR’S ESSENTIAL CAVE EXPLORING RULES". You will get a laugh out of this commentary on caving as portrayed in the movies. ;D
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Post by Taylor on Aug 20, 2006 10:02:25 GMT -5
Caving 101 • Getting started: Want to start exploring underground? Because many caves have locked gates and dangerous features, the easiest way to get started is to join a local club, or grotto. The five Colorado grottos are based in Denver, Boulder, LaPorte, Colorado Springs and Glenwood Springs. Visit the National Speleological Society Web site, at www.caves.org, and click the "How to Join" button. From there, read the Local Grottos item to find contact information about the Colorado clubs. • Beginner cave: Fulford Cave is considered the consummate beginner's cave in Colorado, because of its spectacular geological formations and because it does not require technical climbing. It is located 17 miles south of Eagle, near Yeoman Park Ranger Station and Campground. It is not gated, and maps often are posted at the trailhead. • What to bring: The Colorado Grotto recommends dressing in warm clothing, wearing a climbing-style helmet and carrying three sources of light and a first-aid kit. And, as with a long hiking trip, taking food and water is recommended, just as long as trash and crumbs are not left behind. • Commercial caves: There are several commercial caves in the west that offer walking tours, including: Cave of the Winds in Manitou Springs (1-719-685-5444; http://www.CaveOfTheWinds.com) Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park in Glenwood Springs (1-800-530-1635; http://www.GlenwoodCaverns.com) Jewel Cave National Monument in Custer, S.D. (1-605-673-2288; www.nps.gov/jeca) Carlsbad Caverns National Park in Carlsbad, N.M. (1-505-885-8884; www.nps.gov/cave) Wind Cave National Park in Hot Springs, S.D. (1-605-745-4600; www.nps.gov/wica/). Some of those, including Glenwood Caverns, also offer wild cave tours. www.rockymountainnews.com/
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Post by Taylor on Apr 2, 2006 14:30:29 GMT -5
Student Rec Center hosts Outdoor Expo March 27, 2006 The Daily Athenaeum Interactive
The Greater Morgantown Convention and Visitor's Bureau, in conjunction with Cellular One, presented an outdoor expo on Saturday at the West Virginia University Student Recreation Center. "The Rec Center is such a great facility, and this event really gives people the chance to see it," said Melissa Harrah, coordinator of the Visitor's Bureau. "This event will also provide awareness of outdoor activities in the area and give people information about how they can get involved."
Information on a wide variety of activities was available at the event, including information about the many rail trails in West Virginia as well as kayaking and information about the Mountaineer Area Rescue Group, Inc., a volunteer search-and-rescue group in the Morgantown area. "We're just trying to get members and get people interested in the outdoors," said Doug Moore, an operations officer with Mountaineer Area Rescue Group.
Several WVU student organizations were also at the event giving out information, including the WVU Cycling Team and the WVU Student Grotto.
"We are teaching people how to change flats and perform basic mainteance on their bikes," said Tyler Pearson, a member of the Cycling Team. "We are also giving out information on the different events that we do, including our spring group rides with schools like Virginia Tech and North Carolina State and the fund raising we do for places like the children's hospital."
"The student grotto is better known as the Caving Club," said Ryan Ellers, president of WVU Student Grotto. "It is open to all students and the experience level varies."
"We take trips to places like Randolph and Pocahontas County," he added. "We survey new caves and discover new passageways."
Tim Terman, public relations director for the WVU College of Business & Economics was also at the event regarding information on scenic kayaking tours he provides on the Monongahela River. "The expo chose a bunch of great people to let students know what is going on with outdoor activities," he said.
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Post by Taylor on Mar 13, 2006 0:33:06 GMT -5
Committee Chairpersons Needed in the NSS Education Division The Education Division, under the Department of the Administrative Vice-President, is looking for motivated and effective chairpersons for the following two committees. Environmental Education Committee (Act 57-556) A new chairperson is needed to recruit members, organize, and lead the NSS Environmental Education Committee. The duties of the committee include, but are not limited to: developing cave and karst educational programs for use in K-12 classrooms, provide educators with information and resources on caves and karst, and assist NSS members in their outreach educational programs. The committee also works closely with Project Underground, a well-established national Cave and Karst Education Program, and with other committees within the NSS and the greater education community. Education Grants and Scholarships Committee (Act 57-704) The new chairperson will organize and head a committee to administer the NSS educational grants and scholarships programs. The duties of the committee will include, but may not be limited to: managing available funds, promoting and advertising programs, evaluating applicants, selecting grant recipients, and issuing follow-up reports. The committee chair will work with the Education Division Chief and the Administrative Vice President on developing, awarding, and reporting on these grants. Please consider volunteering to work for the goals of the Education Division of the NSS. For more information on these committees or to apply, please send questions or a vision statement and resume to Amy Bern (amybern@juno.com), Education Division Chief. coloradocaves.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=331
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Post by Taylor on Mar 13, 2006 0:30:05 GMT -5
A few wayward I/O's have not submitted their NSS Annual Report for 2005. Keith Wheeland needs help trying to find someone from the following I/O's to submit their annual report: Bear River Grotto - UT Buffalo Valley Grotto - PA Harrison-Crawford Grotto - IN Madison University Student Grotto - VA Mississippi Valley - Ozark Region Richmond Area Speleological Society - VA Stygian Grotto - MO If you know someone in one of these I/O, please have them contact: Keith Wheeland kwheeland@adelphia.net NSS Internal Organizations Committee I/O Website - www.caves.org/committee/i-o/ Annual Report & Updates- www.nssio.org
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Post by Taylor on Sept 23, 2006 13:51:51 GMT -5
From the examples given in this thread (albeit limited) I can spot a trend developing. The southern half of the country seems to be publishing online at a higher rate than the northern half. Perhaps a difference in cultures across the nation or maybe just another of the vast differences among cavers from different regions.
TAG cavers have always been seen as more open and high profile cavers, maybe due to an over abundance of caves in the region. Back in the early nineties, several Indiana cavers (who shall remain nameless) that regularly visited TAG caves frequently referred to groups of TAG cavers as "the barbarians". ;D
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Post by Taylor on Oct 25, 2006 0:46:20 GMT -5
Announcement ... The new book, Cave Conservation and Restoration, edited by Val Hildreth-Werker and Jim C. Werker is on the market and available through the NSS Bookstore (member price $37) and other cave book vendors. Containing a wealth of detail, the manual describes philosophy, methods, and tools for cave conservation, restoration, and speleothem repair. www.NSSBookstore.org
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Post by Taylor on Sept 23, 2006 13:39:45 GMT -5
This was posted widely on caving forums by new OVP Cheryl Jones but I didn't see it here. Maybe I've overlooked it. 19 Sep. 2006. You can now go directly to the NSS Bookstore via a new URL: www.NSSBookstore.org Easy to remember, easy to type, easy to shop! (the usual caves.org URL for the Bookstore still works as well, should you have it bookmarked.) Visit today and maybe even purchase the newly published "Cave Conservation and Restoration," a valuable resource for grottos and individual cavers. Cheryl (Please circulate this notice widely among cavers)
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Post by Taylor on Jun 21, 2006 21:14:41 GMT -5
;D Completely understand your frustration Itabot. However they will go back to the state listing with the next Members Manual. The MM alternates on an every other year basis, rotating between alphabetical listing and state breakdown of members. That's why many of us keep the last two MM's on hand.
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