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Update 137.Pdf IKC UPDATE No 137 PAGE 2 JUNE 2020 INDIANA KARST CONSERVANCY, INC PO Box 2401, Indianapolis, IN 46206-2401 ikc.caves.org Affiliated with the National Speleological Society The Indiana Karst Conservancy is a non-profit organization dedicated to the conservation and preservation of caves and karst features in Indiana and other areas of the world. The Conservancy encourages research and promotes education related to karst and its proper, environmentally compatible use. EXECUTIVE BOARD COMMITTEES / CHAIRPERSON GROTTOS & LIAISONS President Education/Outreach Bloomington Indiana Grotto* Salisa Lewis Dave Everton Jerry Lewis (2021) 812-967-7592 812-786-1744 [email protected] 812-272-2300 [email protected] Web Technologies Central Indiana Grotto* Bruce Bowman Keith Dunlap Secretary 317-539-2753 317-882-5420 Marc Milne (2021) [email protected] 757-338-1080 Dayton Underground Grotto [email protected] IKC Update Editor/Publisher Mike Hood Keith Dunlap (see E-Board list) 937-252-2978 Treasurer Keith Dunlap (2021) Hoosier National Forest Liaison Eastern Indiana Grotto 317-882-5420 Jerry Lewis Jonathan Annonson [email protected] (see E-board list) 317-395-4325 Buddha Karst Property Manager Evansville Metro Grotto* Directors Keith Dunlap Jeff Cody (2022) (see E-board list) Steve Weinzapfel 317-888-9898 812-4630-7995 [email protected] Lowry Karst Property Manager Ray Sheldon Louisville Grotto* [email protected] Susan Wilkinson Laura Demarest (2021) 317-910-8023 812-320-5973 Orangeville Rise Property Manager [email protected] Carla Striegel-Winner Near Normal Grotto* (see E-board list) Ralph Sawyer Scott Frosch (2023) Robinson Ladder Property Manager 309-822-0109 317-250-9535 John Benton [email protected] 830-305-1026 Northern Indiana Grotto* [email protected] Cheryl Doan 260-385-0631 Danyele Green (2022) Shawnee Karst Property Manager 317-370-7891 Jerry Lewis [email protected] (see E-board list) St Joseph Valley Grotto* Joy Baiz 574-286-9404 Dave Haun (2021) Sullivan Cave Property Manager Keith Dunlap 317-517-0795 (see E-Board list) Sub-Urban Chicago Grotto [email protected] Gary Gibula Wayne Cave Property Manager 630-791-8020 Goni Iskali (2022) Danyele Green (see E-Board list) [email protected] Windy City Grotto Indian Creek CE Monitor Phil Goldman Matt Selig (2023) Jamie Winner 847-917-1290 317-258-9983 812-639-5228 [email protected] [email protected] *grottos with liaison agreements Bob Sergesketter (2023) 812-482-5517 MANAGED CAVES / PATRONS [email protected] Suicide Cave Buddha Cave Kevin Smith Tom Sollman (2021) Jeff Cody 317-412-3667 812-753-4953 317-888-9898 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Sullivan Cave Carla Striegel-Winner (2022) Lowry Cave Paul Uglum Ray Sheldon 317-417-5596 812-367-1602 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Robinson Ladder Cave Upper Twin Cave Richard Vernier (2023) John Benton Dave Everton 812-385-5058 830-305-1026 812-272-2300 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Shiloh Cave Wayne Cave Sue Vernier (2021) James Adams Dave Everton 812 385-5058 317-499-5451 812-272-2300 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Cover: Jesse Guethlein climbing the 56’ drop in Medium Well, Crawford County, Indiana. Photo by Chris Bell, March 2017. JUNE 2020 PAGE 3 IKC UPDATE No 137 IKC QUARTERLY MEETING REMINDER SATURDAY, JUNE 13th, 11:00 AM EDT 3918 SR 60 E, MITCHELL, INDIANA (PROPERTY ADJACENT TO THE SHAWNEE KARST PRESERVE) The quarterly meetings are for the Executive Board to conduct business, and for our members and other interested persons to have an open forum to talk about caves and karst conservation and related topics. Past, present, and future IKC projects are discussed to solicit comments and input from our members and the caving community as a whole. The meetings are informal, and everyone is encouraged to attend and participate. The IKC Board wants your input. Preliminary Agenda: Recap of recent work projects and the promotion of upcoming projects at our vari- ous preserves; Financial reports; Membership renewals; Investment Committee discussion; Lowry Karst Preserve stewardship and fund-raising wrap-up; Wayne Cave EQIP funding contract update; Mid-State Corridor Highway project; Cave/land acquisition activities (in particular the Shawnee Karst Preserve ad- jacent property); and more.... Directions: From SR 37 in Mitchell, travel 4.0 miles east on SR 60 to the driveway on the south side of the road marked “3918” (green address sign). The driveway is 0.6 miles east of the entrance road to Spring Mill State Park and the first driveway west of the access driveway to the Shawnee Karst Preserve. Property Preview: Since there will be an agenda item on pursuing the acquisition of the host property, Board members are encouraged to arrive early (e.g., 10 AM) to walk the property under consideration. Also note there is a small cave on the property, should anyone wish to explore. Meeting Contingencies: Due to coronavirus considerations, this meeting will be held outdoors with prop- er social distancing protocols followed. If the weather is forecasted to be questionable or other conditions change, the meeting will be switched to a virtual meeting. Please verify the meeting status with Jerry Lewis ([email protected]) prior to attending. ACTIVITIES CALENDAR June 13 – IKC Quarterly E-Board meeting (see above) Sept ?? – IKC Quarterly E-Board meeting (date & location TBD) For more information on the Indiana Karst Conservancy, visit our website at ikc.caves.org or write to our PO box. Membership to the IKC is open to anyone or any organization interested in supporting cave and karst conservation. Annual dues are $15. Please see inside the back cover for a membership application form or to make a much-appreciated donation. Memberships and dona- tions can also be made by credit card using our on-line services on our website (see the Join Us! tab in the menu). The IKC Update, distributed for free, is published quarterly for members and other interested parties. The purpose of this newslet- ter is to keep the membership and caving community informed of IKC activities and other news related to cave/karst conservation. Submission of original or reprinted articles for publication is encouraged. IKC Update (ISSN 1076-3120) copyright © 2020 by the Indiana Karst Conservancy, Inc. Excluding reprinted material and indi- vidually copyrighted articles and artwork, permission is granted to National Speleological Society affiliated organizations to reprint material from this publication, with proper credit given to the author/artist and the IKC Update. Articles do not necessarily represent the opinions of the Indiana Karst Conservancy, the National Speleological Society, or their respective members. IKC UPDATE No 137 PAGE 4 JUNE 2020 RAMBLINGS FROM THE PRESIDENT... I’m fairly sure this ramble will be the first of its speaker is supposed to be someone like Neil Arm- kind in the history of the IKC… written amidst a strong, who would tell us about how he grew up in pandemic. For the first time, the IKC cancelled its a little town in Ohio that no one has heard of, but Annual Business meeting in March. That was one went on to become the first person to walk on the of the more difficult decisions I’ve made during my moon. That would be great, but you just get me tenure as President, with a lot of hand-wringing and instead, so ratchet down your expectations. e-mail exchanges with the Board. In the end, the My origins as a cave biologist were strongly decision was simplified when the Monroe County influenced by Dr John Holsinger, who I first en- Public Library in Bloomington cancelled all of their countered when he was a post-doctoral fellow at meeting room reservations. On the heels of our the Smithsonian Institution, in the National Muse- Board meeting succumbing to COVID-19, we then um of Natural History in the nation’s capital. John had to cancel the annual Indiana Cave Symposium, identified my first cave amphipods for me and I still sponsored each year by the IKC and the Indiana have his personal letter with the information on my Cave Survey. That decision was largely made due specimens from Missouri caves (e-mail was still to recommendations from the Center for Disease decades in the future). That was the beginning of a Control (CDC) about safe group sizes that were al- life-long friendship, based on equal parts of respect, lowable, with the state finally embracing sheltering admiration, and hero-worship. I went on to become in-place orders and social John’s graduate student at distancing practices when Old Dominion University dealing with other people. in Virginia, and during that Not exactly something that time, he introduced me to would work with the cave Dr Tom Bowman, a cura- symposium format. tor at the Smithsonian who Thanks to COVID-19, taught me much of what I I’ve discovered that I know about cave isopods. have a job tailor-made I was spending more and for working while doing more time in Washington, social distancing during learning from Tom, and a pandemic: cave biolo- working with the vast col- gist. Unlike a lot of folks lections of the Smithson- with more mainstream ian Institution. occupations who have My goal became at- been put out of work, taining a position at the I’ve been able to contin- Smithsonian after I com- ue working. Yesterday I pleted my doctoral work spent the day surveying the fauna of a sinkhole on cave isopods at the University of Louisville. (that’s been swallowing a road) and never saw I had married not long after starting at U of L another person.
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