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Cave Research Foundation Quarterly Newsletter March 2003 Volume 31, No CAVE RESEARCH FOUNDATION QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER MARCH 2003 VOLUME 31, NO. 1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2 CRF NEWSLEITER A Great Big Thank You! Volume 31, No.2 For the last three years, Paul Nelson, CRF established 1973 California, has been an editor for the CRF Send all material for submission to: Newsletter. For the first two years, he did the job Lois Lyles, Content Editor single-handedly: all the solicitation of articles, 1170 I LaCueva Ln. NE editing, formatting, and production of the newsletter. Albuquerque, NM 87123 505-296-5818 At the 2001 Board Meeting, the directors elected me (Winkler) as the Publications Manager overseeing The CRF Newsletter is a quarterly publication of the the Newsletter and the Annual Report. After that, we Cave Research Foundation, a non-profit organization brought Lois Lyles, CRF Guadalupe, on board to incorporated in 1957 under the laws of Kentucky for the handle the general editing. purpose of furthering research, conservation, and Of late, Paul's many commitments have been education about caves and karst. pressing, so, he is stepping down as editor. Paul is a Newsletter Submissions & Deadlines: Original articles and photographs are welcome. If significant contributor to CRF survey, exploration intending to jointly submit material to another publication, and photography. We have enjoyed the photos and please inform the CRF editor. Publication cannot be trip reports he has contributed to the newsletter and guaranteed, especially if submitted elsewhere. All material hope he will continue to share his adventures with us. is subject to revision unless the author specifically requests You will note changes in the newsletter. We are otherwise. To assure timely publication, please adhere to returning to the old format- a simple version without these deadlines: color. Ralph Earlandson, Eastern Operations, has March issue by January 1 agreed to take on this task. This change will have the June issue by April 1 benefit of costing a great deal less for the newsletter, September issue by July 1 which will reduce the burden that each operations December issue by October 1 area pays for its members. (*Remember when your Before submitting material, please see publication operations manager collects a fee, it covers the cost guidelines at: www.cave-research.org of the newsletter and the liability insurance that CRF NEWSLETTER STAFF: carries on every member. This is not medical insur­ Solicitation of Materials: Elizabeth Winkler ance; it covers you if someone on your party gets hurt Layout: Ralph Earlandson (beginning next issue!) and decides to sue you!). Mailing: Bob Hoke So, again, thank you Paul for all your work! ©2003 Cave Research Foundation Elizabeth Winkler Cave Research Foundation A NOTE FROM THE EDITOR Board of Directors Kudos and Apologies Rick Toomey - President I received a note from Stan Sides, with the follow­ Phil DiBlasi- Personnel Officer ing question: "Why was my name deleted on the Chuck Pease - International Exploration Chair Adwell Obituary, and, Gordon Smith's from Parker Peter Bosted Mick Sutton Joel Despain Ritter's obituary, but Bridgeman's left on Tufts?" Pat Kambesis Richard Maxey First, my apologies for this omission of Officers authorship. I often receive articles via email that have Roger Smith-Treasurer Elizabeth Winkler-Secretary the author's name at the bottom of the article, or I Operations Council have only the "from" segment of the email to Barbe Barker (Guadalupes) Scott House (Ozarks) determine who submitted it. While everyone who Janet Sowers (Lava Beds) Dave West (Eastern) works on the newsletter tries to catch omissions like John Tinsley (Sequioa/Kings Canyon) these, they sometimes slip through. For information about the CRF contact: In the future, I urge all contributors to the Rickard Toomey, III CRF President newsletter to make sure their article lists them as Kartchner Caverns State Park 520-586-4138 author directly below the title. This will help us PO Box 1849 fax 520-586-4113 ensure that proper credit is given. Benson, AZ 85602 The quality and quantity of submissions to the CRF newsletter has been substantial and excellent! COVER PHOTO: The articles are very well written and require only Rick Toomey looking at Cow Falls in Pohl light editing. Thanks to everyone who has written for A venue, Unknown Cave section of Mammoth the newsletter! Cave. Cover photo by Rick Olson. Good caving, Lois 68th Annual Meeting of the Cave Research Foundation By Elizabeth Winkler, CRF Secretary On November 8, 2002, the CRF Board of In Ft. Stanton cave there has been a recent big Directors convened the 68th annual meeting of the breakthrough that has caused a stop in survey and Cave Research Foundation at the national head­ exploration in that area until the park and CRF quarters at Hamilton Valley, Cave City Kentucky. A negotiate how research will be carried out. The floor reception was held after the meeting for all CRF of this area is gypsum and the walls and ceiling are members and local agency guests. mud. How do you work there without impacting the On the 9th, members participated in the Hamilton cave negatively? CRF and the park are in the process Valley Land Management Symposium hosted by Sue of writing the proposal to specify how this will be Hagan and Mick Sutton (see accompanying article). done. CRF assisted in constructing a gate to protect In addition to the symposium, members from all the this area (the cave is open to the public via permit). operations areas participated in survey, science, and The Sequoia Kings Canyon Area project photography trips in Mammoth Cave as part of the accomplishments were presented by Peter Basted and Eastern Operation project. After the conference and Joel Despain. There are two main project areas in the cave trips, a splendid banquet was held, catered Sequoia: Redwood Canyon and Lilburn Cave. Both by CRF's own master chef Alan Welhausen. of these projects are located in exquisite forested On the morning of the I Oth, a general members' areas. Lilburn Cave requires a five-mile backpack meeting was held. First, the Operation Area managers hike to the field house through the largest redwood gave short reports on the activities and forest left. The park service let CRF rebuild a cabin at accomplishments of their areas: the site for expeditions. This year, they fielded 50 Dave West, Eastern Operations (EO) detailed the trips into Lilburn. A number of trips, led by Joel ongoing Mammoth Cave projects that mostly support France, were dedicated to restoration projects. John cartography, but also digital photography, Tinsley also conducted a sediment study in Lilburn. paleontology, and the lesser caves inventory for 45 cartography parties worked in Lilburn cave. Mammoth Cave National Park. EO is additionally Lots of virgin passage was identified and mapped. assisting MCNP with sediment surveys, enhancing They made a major discovery of over 5500 feet of their public displays and educational materials, canyons that they named "Happy Canyon". It's a among other projects. EO is also working outside the long linear mazy cave in general with lots of small park with projects in conjunction with Stan Sides and survey shots. The 2003 CRF Annual Meeting will be Gary Berdeaux at Diamond Caverns and the ACCA hosted by the Sequoia Kings Canyon Area over at Hidden River Cave. Veteran's Day Weekend in 2003. Scott House described the activities in the Ozarks CRF Board member Joel Despain talked about the Operations Area, in particular, the Buffalo National events at the Mineral King project that is run by River and Fitton Cave. Mick Sutton is also working Roger Mortimer. Mineral King is located in a large in the Mark Twain National Forest in Missouri doing alpine valley, up in the mountains. The caves are biological inventory and cave survey. They plan to do formed in marble rather than limestone. White Chief a bat census of the endangered Indiana Bat in the Cave project passed a mile of survey this year. This is caves there. In the state parks they are continuing the a really real cold cave, about freezing which floods survey of Fisher Cave and Devil's Icebox Cave. They quite a bit, so there is limited formation development. are also involved in the training of park personnel. But the passages are fairly roomy and are composed Barbe Barker reported on Southwest operations. of white polished marble bedrock walls. There are They have been actively involved in restoration some special challenges to this area as well - in the projects in Guadalupes, in particular, Carlsbad, winter, expedition participants arrive on skis! Guadalupe Escarpment and Ft. Stanton. The In addition to survey, other activities are ongoing restoration work is quite time intensive. For example, as well. For example, Carol Vessey is working with it took 3 years of continual work to restore the the national park to develop an inventory protocol for Guadalupe Room that had been severely impacted by caves. Joel Despain, who is a long distance graduate tourists from earlier less protection-oriented times. In student of Chris Groves at Western Kentucky addition, scientific and geological (mineral) University, is doing his research in the Mineral King inventory are ongoing projects. Park and CRF area. He is looking at the water chemistry coming out personnel were trained for this by Harvey Duchene. ofkarst springs that have a high oxygen content. It is speculated that caves may be able to offset the rising carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. 4 Because Janet Sowers was unable to attend, Rick group that Don was instrumental in getting started. Toomey elaborated on the projects at Lava Beds Contact Don Coons if you are interested in joining in. Operations Area. CRF people there have been The meeting finished with a report from Cave working with the National Park Service to build a Books, now completing 20 years of Operations.
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