NSS News

[L Roebuck]

The July NSS News arrived in today mail. Am I mistaken or is did it arrive very very early this month?

[Sharon Faulkner]

Nope, you're not mistaken Lynn. I believe the printer needed to finish the July issue earlier than usual (back in May by the way) due to a planned trip or something along those lines. So, he finished printing it earlier allowing the issue to be mailed out earlier than usual.

I received mine this past Thursday. I just barely received the new Members Manual before receiving the July issue of the News.

Love the photos of the helictites found in Black Chasm Caverns. Also, I have to agree with Buford Pruitt's take regarding the rescue of critters (page 30) from pits and such. I've long suspected that animals, snakes, etc., have probably been falling into holes in the ground long before cavers appeared on the scene to rescue them. Doesn't seem that any of them have come close to extinction prior to our running interference with natural selection, though if the animal is large it does stink the cave up for a while. ;D

[L Roebuck]

Perhaps because I had them both lying on the ottoman to read but I just noticed how dinky the " NSS News " is compared to the " Journal of Cave and Karst Studies ". Seems reasonable to me that the " NSS News" should be the bigger cave publication.

Anyone else ever noticed how small a publication the " NSS News " really is?

[NZcaver]

Like all these publications, it depends on the quantity and quality of material submitted to the editor. However if the NSS News went to bi-monthly or quarterly, each issue would probably be bigger...

Well, it works that way for grotto newsletters, anyway! I just can't see the average NSS member being happy if that kind of change was made.