Post by Sharon Faulkner on Jul 13, 2007 22:36:51 GMT -5
Repost from Chris Clark - ACCA
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SALTPETER PIT CLEANUP 2007
Cavers and Volunteers~
Here is the announcement for ACCA's Summer Cleanup. I look forward to working with all of you again this year, if not on this project, one in the future.
This is a very important project and a very significant cave to cleanup. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me at the American Cave Museum 270-786-1466 or by email at cclark@cavern.org
Also, feel free to post this on any of the groups sites and grotto sites as you wish. Spread the word and see you underground soon.
Chris Clark
Program Coordinator
American Cave Conservation Association
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*SALTPETER PIT CLEANUP 2007*
The American Cave Conservation Association is sponsoring the second season of the cleanup of Saltpeter Pit, Pulaski County, Kentucky. Thanks to grants provided by the Eastern Kentucky PRIDE and Bat Conservation International, ACCA is proud to host the cleanup once again.
Starting after this year's NSS Convention in Marengo, Indiana, volunteers are encouraged to join us in helping to restore a significant hibernacula for the fourth largest colony of Rafinesque’s big-eared bats known. We will be in the Somerset area of Kentucky from July 31-August 27, working to clean out this wonderful pit cave.
Saltpeter Pit was used during the Civil War to mine out saltpeter. The cave then saw a tragic turn - for over 70 years people were encouraged to dump anything and everything into the hole to fill it in. The once 80 plus foot pit had been reduced to a mere 37 feet.
Last year, volunteers from various Grottoes of the NSS, members of the SERA Karst Task Force, Bat Conservation International, Neighbors, and ACCA, spent three weeks removing more than 100 cubic yards of trash - including 80 tires, several refrigerators, parts to cars and motorcycles, as well as household items.
A dedicated crew will work for the month to clear as much garbage out, before the return of the colony. Volunteers are still needed to assist in the cleanup. If you have a weekend or a week that you can come be a part of this project, contact me at the American Cave Museum 270-786-1466 or email at cclark@cavern.org . We are trying to see what days you are available to assist, so that we can make sure that we have
enough refreshments for everyone. Come be a part of helping to restore this hibernacula to its native state.
Chris Clark
Program Coordinator-American Cave Conservation Association
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SALTPETER PIT CLEANUP 2007
Cavers and Volunteers~
Here is the announcement for ACCA's Summer Cleanup. I look forward to working with all of you again this year, if not on this project, one in the future.
This is a very important project and a very significant cave to cleanup. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me at the American Cave Museum 270-786-1466 or by email at cclark@cavern.org
Also, feel free to post this on any of the groups sites and grotto sites as you wish. Spread the word and see you underground soon.
Chris Clark
Program Coordinator
American Cave Conservation Association
=============================
*SALTPETER PIT CLEANUP 2007*
The American Cave Conservation Association is sponsoring the second season of the cleanup of Saltpeter Pit, Pulaski County, Kentucky. Thanks to grants provided by the Eastern Kentucky PRIDE and Bat Conservation International, ACCA is proud to host the cleanup once again.
Starting after this year's NSS Convention in Marengo, Indiana, volunteers are encouraged to join us in helping to restore a significant hibernacula for the fourth largest colony of Rafinesque’s big-eared bats known. We will be in the Somerset area of Kentucky from July 31-August 27, working to clean out this wonderful pit cave.
Saltpeter Pit was used during the Civil War to mine out saltpeter. The cave then saw a tragic turn - for over 70 years people were encouraged to dump anything and everything into the hole to fill it in. The once 80 plus foot pit had been reduced to a mere 37 feet.
Last year, volunteers from various Grottoes of the NSS, members of the SERA Karst Task Force, Bat Conservation International, Neighbors, and ACCA, spent three weeks removing more than 100 cubic yards of trash - including 80 tires, several refrigerators, parts to cars and motorcycles, as well as household items.
A dedicated crew will work for the month to clear as much garbage out, before the return of the colony. Volunteers are still needed to assist in the cleanup. If you have a weekend or a week that you can come be a part of this project, contact me at the American Cave Museum 270-786-1466 or email at cclark@cavern.org . We are trying to see what days you are available to assist, so that we can make sure that we have
enough refreshments for everyone. Come be a part of helping to restore this hibernacula to its native state.
Chris Clark
Program Coordinator-American Cave Conservation Association