Proceedings of the 1997 Karst and Cave Management Symposium 13Th National Cave Management Symposium
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Proceedings of the 1997 Karst and Cave Management Symposium 13th National Cave Management Symposium Bellingham, Washington and Chilliwack and Vancouver Island, BC, Canada October 7-10, 1997 Symposium Organizers Robert R. Stitt and Paul Griffiths, Co-Chairs Proceedings Editor Robert R. Stitt Layout and Design by Robert R. Stitt Our Sponsors HOSTS: National Speleological Society American Cave Conservation Association Cave Research Foundation The Karst Waters Institute National Caves Association The Nature Conservancy U. S. Forest Service U. S. National Park Service U.S. Bureau of Land Management U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service CO-SPONSORS: British Columbia Speleological Federation British Columbia Ministry of Forests Northwest Caving Association Oregon Grotto of the NSS Northwest Chapter of the ACCA Northwest Cave Research Institute BC Parks Bat Conservation International Washington Dept. of Fish and Wildlife Richmond Area Speleological Society Terra Associates Western Forest Products Limited MacMillan Bloedel Limited Canadian Forest Products Limited The Record (Gold River) Mount Tahoma Chapter of the American Association of Zoo Keepers National Cave Management Symposium Steering Committee David Foster, American Cave Conservation Association Jennifer Jinx Fox, U. S. Bureau of Land Management Roger McClure, Cave Research Foundation Robert R. Currie, U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service Jim Miller, U. S. Forest Service Dr. Rane L. Curl, The Karst Waters Institute Gordon L. Smith, Jr., National Caves Association Ronal Kerbo, U. S. National Park Service Janet B. Thorne, National Speleological Society Gabby Call, The Nature Conservancy, Tennessee Chapter Steering Committee Coordinator Janet Thorne Organizing Committee Rob Stitt, U.S. Co-Chair; Paul Griffiths, Canadian Co-Chair; Libby Nieland, Treasurer; Tom Strong, Program Chair; Dick Garnick, Local Arrangements; Dave Klinger, Sponsorship and Volunteers; Mark Sherman, Publicity; Jim Nieland, Mt. St. Helens Field Trips; Donovan Whistler, Publications; Eric Larsen, Sponsorship; Reid Robinson & Sue Vessey; Martin Davis, Canadian Vendors; Steve Sprague, U.S. Vendors; Bill Marshall; Alisa Vanderberg; Mack Pitchford, Registration; Pat Shaw, Chilliwack Field Guide; Denis Moffatt, Phil Whitfield; Michael Compton; Rick Coles; Jim Baichtal, Alaska Field Trips; Karen Griffiths, Travel Arrangements; Sheryl Craig, Registration; Linda Heslop, Graphics Design; The rest of the gang: John Madsen, Rob Wall, Ken Langdale, Cam Brady, Len Titus, Hal Reveley, Gerry Still, Charlie Cornfield, Bill Bennett, Laura Friis, Scott Davis, Dave Hopf Printed in the United States of America Copyright © 1999 National Cave Management Symposium Steering Committee All rights reserved. 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Table of Contents Opening Remarks................................................................................................................................................................. 1 Rob Stitt, Paul Griffiths, and Janet Thorne Role of the Epikarstic Zone in Temperate Rain Forest Management in Alaska .................................................................. 3 Tom Aley and Cathy Aley Application of a Karst Management Strategy: Two Case Studies from the Tongass National Forest, Southeastern Alaska The Challenges of Implementation ...................................................................................................................................... 4 James F. Baichtal Karst Landscapes and Associated Resources: A Resource Assessment - Poster Presentation........................................ 12 James F. Baichtal Karst Management in British Columbia............................................................................................................................. 13 Bronwen Beedle Salmonid Populations in the Karst Landscape of North Prince of Wales Island, Southeast Alaska.................................. 22 Mason D. Bryant, Ph.D., Douglas N. Swanston, Robert C. Wissmar, and Brenda E. Wright Use of Dye Tracing and Recharge Area Delineation in Cave Protection and Conservation on Private Land ................... 23 Gabrielle K. Call, Tom Aley, David L. Campbell, and John Farr The Distribution of Troglobitic and Troglophilic Invertebrates in Southeast Alaska ........................................................ 28 Kent R. Carlson Invertebrate Habitat Complexity in Southeast Alaskan Karst Ecosystems........................................................................ 34 Kent R. Carlson Impacts on invertebrate cave fauna in forested karst ecosystems and recommended protection measures in forested karst areas of Tasmania .............................................................................................................................................................. 44 Arthur Clarke Entranceless and Nonproper Cave Management................................................................................................................ 53 Rane Curl, Ph.D. The Karst Waters Institute - Karst Science Serving Groundwater and Biological Resources ........................................... 54 Rane Curl, Ph.D. and Ira Sasowsky, Ph.D. Protecting Stanton’s Cave.................................................................................................................................................. 55 Robert R. Currie and Jim Petterson Bat Usage Of The Weymer Creek Cave Systems On Northern Vancouver Island, Canada.............................................. 56 Trudy A. Chatwin, Martin Davis, and David Nagorsen EPIK: Cartographic Method for Assessing the Vulnerability of Karst Aquifers for the purpose of Delineating Protection Zones.................................................................................................................................................................................. 61 Nathalie Doerfliger and Francois Zwhalen Heceta Island: An Example of Karst Management in the Tongass National Forest, Alaska ............................................. 66 Kris Esterson Northern Vancouver Island Karst and Cave Tourism, Past and Present............................................................................ 67 Karen Griffiths Analogous midsummer maximum daily air temperature and relative humidity profiles from sideslopes of a northern Vancouver Island sinkhole before and after clearcutting................................................................................................... 68 Paul Griffiths Searching For Cave Entrances In Old-Growth Forests: An Overview Of Ground-Based Methods Employed In North And Central Vancouver Island, British Columbia ..................................................................................................................... 69 Paul Griffiths The IUCN Guidelines for Cave and Karst Protection........................................................................................................ 81 Table of Contents Elery Hamilton-Smith Bat Interpretation by Infra-red Imaging at Naracoorte World Heritage Area, South Australia ......................................... 84 Elery Hamilton-Smith and Brian Clark Monitoring visitor experience and environmental conditions at Jenolan Caves, New South Wales, Australia. ................ 87 Elery Hamilton-Smith Cave Softly . and Leave No Trace - Poster Presentation............................................................................................. 92 Val Hildreth-Werker and Jim C. Werker A Synthesis of New Cave Lighting Design Concepts Using Low Voltage Lighting Systems to Light Developed Caves 93 Rodney D. Horrocks Mountain Ladyslippers on White Ridge, Vancouver Island .............................................................................................. 94 by Frank Hovenden and Betty Brooks The Great Leap Forward - Deforestation Ecological Disaster in the South China Karst Belt ........................................... 96 Peter Huntoon, Ph.D. State Endangered Species Associated with the Spelean Environment Poster Presentation .............................................. 97 George N. Huppert, Ph.D. and Betty J. Wheeler BCI’s North American Bat Conservation Partnership: Cooperative Aid for Bat Cave Management............................... 98 Jim Kennedy Management Concerns in the Development of Rock Climbing Recreation Areas in Caves............................................ 109 Larry King Development of a Conservation Agreement to Protect Cave Invertebrates and Obviate Listing as Endangered Species in Bexar County, Texas........................................................................................................................................................ 110 Kenneth J. Kingsley Cave Maps As Geographical Information Systems: An Example From Oregon Caves National Monument ................ 116 Steve Knutson The Nature Conservancy at work in the Indiana karst: The bioinventory of the subterranean fauna of the Blue River Bioreserve ........................................................................................................................................................................ 117 Julian J. Lewis and F. Allen Pursell The Tongass Cave Project...............................................................................................................................................