Post by L Roebuck on Oct 4, 2005 17:23:26 GMT -5
News Briefs: Faculty and students map local caves
Published: Tuesday, October 4, 2005
Faculty and students from the Hoffman Environmental Research Institute at Western have mapped six caves in Metcalfe, Green and Adair counties.
The faculty and students also have photos and biological surveys of the caves. The project is helping The Nature Conservancy and other agencies protect the caves.
A presentation written by Richie Kessler of The Nature Conservancy; Chris Groves, director of the Institute; Pat Kambesis of the Institute; and Melissa Hendrickson, a graduate student in the Institute, will be given at the National Cave and Karst Management Symposium in Rochester, N.Y. Hendrickson will deliver the presentation.
-Kelly Richardson
wkuherald.com
www.wkuherald.com/media/paper603/news/2005/10/04/News/News-Briefs-1008117.shtml
Published: Tuesday, October 4, 2005
Faculty and students from the Hoffman Environmental Research Institute at Western have mapped six caves in Metcalfe, Green and Adair counties.
The faculty and students also have photos and biological surveys of the caves. The project is helping The Nature Conservancy and other agencies protect the caves.
A presentation written by Richie Kessler of The Nature Conservancy; Chris Groves, director of the Institute; Pat Kambesis of the Institute; and Melissa Hendrickson, a graduate student in the Institute, will be given at the National Cave and Karst Management Symposium in Rochester, N.Y. Hendrickson will deliver the presentation.
-Kelly Richardson
wkuherald.com
www.wkuherald.com/media/paper603/news/2005/10/04/News/News-Briefs-1008117.shtml