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Cover Photo by Joe Levinson: Paul Woodell taken in the Entrance to Jack Patricks Cave in Schoharie County, New York. It took first place as a color print in the 1997 print salon at the NSS National Convention in Sullivan Missouri. The camera was a Nikonous V with a 35mm lens using natural light on Professional Kodachrome 200 2005 NCKMS Staff Chairman Michael Warner [email protected] NCC Event Coordinator Emily Davis [email protected] CCH Treasurer Joe Levinson [email protected] NCC Abstract Coordinator Vince Kappler [email protected] NCC Facilities Aubrey Golden [email protected] MKC Field Trip Thom Engel [email protected] NCC Audio–Visual Jeff Bray [email protected] WVCC Bob Simmons [email protected] NCC Registration Liaison Ken Nichols [email protected] NCC Onsite Registration Karen Kastning [email protected] VA Cave Board Publicity Paul Steward [email protected] NCC Restaurants & Offsite Activities Christa Hay [email protected] NCC Exhibits Bob Addis [email protected] NCC Program Editor Amy Cox [email protected] NCC Proceedings Coordinator Steve Stokowski [email protected] Boston Grotto Proceedings Editor Tom Rea [email protected] NSS NCKRI Workshop Louise Hose [email protected] NCKRI Pat Seiser [email protected] NCKRI Bat Conservation Workshop Jim Kennedy [email protected] BCI Project Underground Workshop Carol Zokaites [email protected] PU Proceedings of the 2005 National Cave and Karst Management Symposium Albany, New York October 31 – November 4, 2005 Symposium Organizers Northeastern Cave Conservancy, Inc. Proceedings Coordinator Steve Stokowski Proceeding Editor G. Thomas Rea Layout and Design by Published by The NCKMS Steering Committee Cheryl Jones, Chairman Host Organization Northeastern Cave Conservancy, Inc. Sponsors NCKMS Steering Committee American Cave Conservation Association Bat Conservation International U.S. Bureau of Land Management Cave Research Foundation U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service USDA Forest Service Karst Waters Institute National Caves Association National Park Service NationalSpeleological Society The Nature Conservancy http://www.nckns.org Co-Sponsors Supporting Howe Caverns National Caves Association National Cave and Karst Research Institute Contributing Karst Waters Institute National Speleological Society National Speleological Foundation Hoffman Environmental Research institute Michigan Karst Conservancy Northeastern Karst Conservancy West Virginia Cave Conservancy Speleobooks Partner Inner Mountain Outfitters Special Thanks Brewery Ommegang Girl Scouts Council of Central New York Christa Hay of CT Mail Contents Chairman’s Welcome Biology Macro-Invertebrate Survey of Timpanogos Cave – Jon Jasper and Dr Riley Nelson Cave Resource Inventories: Why are they Important? – Johanna Kovarik and Pat Kambesis Cave Faunal Study for the Interstate 66 E.I.S (Somerset to London, Kentucky) – Julian J. Lewis and Salisa L. Lewis Hawaiian Cave Biology: Status of Conservation and Management – Fred D. Stone and Francis G. Howarth Microbial Speleology: Opportunities and Challenges – Diana E. Northup and Penelope J. Boston Critical Issues in Cave Biology – William R. Elliott Bacteria as Indicators of Human Impact in Caves – Kathleen H. Lavoie and Diana E. Northup Missouri’s Cave Focus Areas – William R. Elliott Caves, Karst, and the Public Cave Management Guidelines for Western Mountain National Parks of Canada – Greg Horne Strategy for Managing Alpha Radiation in Show Caves to Protect Caves, Cave Employees, and Cave- Businesses – Thomas Aley, Kimberly Castillon, and John Sagendorf Studying Cave Visitation Trends at Timpanogos Cave National Monument and Nutty Putty Cave – Jon Jasper History of Resource Management: Conflict and Resolution, Howes Cave, New York – Steven J. Stokowski, Paul A. Rubin, and Benson P. Guenther General Interest Cave and Karst Centers of Excellence – James R. Goodbar Collaborative Efforts Between University and Non-Profit Groups in The Evaluation of Cave and Karst Resources – Melissa Hendrickson and Richie Kessler Digging: Guidelines for Cavers and Resource Managers – William K. Jones, David C. Culver, and Philip C. Lucas Very Small and Eclectic Caves: Conservation and Management Issues – Ernst H. Kastning Experimental Research on the Use of Thermography to Locate Heat Signatures from Caves – Jim Thompson and Murray Marvin Photography and The Digital Image Workflow as Cave Management Tools – Kevin Downey 116 Correlating Geophysics and Cave Cartography for Greater Accuracy and Application – Jeremy A Tal- lent, Nicholas C. Crawford, and Patrica Kambesis Assessment of Atrazine Within a Karst Landscape In Rough River Lake Reservoir, Kentucky – Scotty R. Sharp How are we doing? Evaluation of Cave and Karst Programs – Kathleen H. Lavoie and Louise D. Hose 2007 NCKMS, Saint Louis, Missouri – William R. Elliott, Jim Kaufmann Strategies for Accessing and Monitoring High-Flow, Submerged Cave Systems In Central Florida – Terrence N. Tysall, Amy L. Giannotti, and Rima B. Franklin The Global Karst Digital Portal: an Emerging Collaboratorium Will Enhance Information Exchange Among Cave and Karst Managers – Louise D. Hose, Robert Brinkmann, and Diana E. Northup 2005 National Cave and Karst Management Symposium 1 Contents Using Sandblasting to Remove Graffiti in Bloomington Cave, Utah – Jon Jasper and Kyle Voyles Down Under! Incorporating Cave and Karst Research Into Primary and Secondary Education. – Amy L. Giannotti, Rima B. Franklin, and Terrence N. Tysall Bats Monitoring and Environmental Microclimate Data Obtained From Studies of Hibernacula Sites within Caves in West Virginia – Mike Masterman and Todd Leonhardt The Forgotten Bat Caves: Recognizing and Managing Bat Caves Even When There Are No Bats – Jim Kennedy Bat Gates for Large Colonies and Maternity Sites – Roy Powers and Jim Kennedy The MDC Method: Counting Bats with Infrared Video – William R. Elliott, James E. Kaufmann, Stephen T. Samoray, and Sara E. Gardner Ecological Restoration of Stuart Bat Cave, Kickapoo Cavern State Park, Texas – Jim Kennedy Cave Management – National Lava Cave Management in Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park – Fred D. Stone, Francis G. Howarth, and Jadelyn Moniz Nakamura Developing a 3D Model in GIS to Assess the Potential Extent of the Jewel Cave System: A Tool for Managing the Unknown – Michael E. Wiles Mapping Surface Geology to Protect Cave and Karst Resources of the Jewel Cave System – Michael E. Wiles Protecting Virginia’s Caves and Karst Through the Environmental Project Review Process – Wil Orndorff, Rene Hypes, Phil Lucas, Joey Fagan, Carol Zokaites, Zenah Orndorff, Charlotte Lucas, and Benjamin Schwartz Cave Management – International Thinking About Karst and World Heritage – Elery Hamilton-Smith Karst Management in British Columbia: The Transition to a Results-based Forest Practices Frame- work and the Legally Supported Practice Requirements for Karst Resource Features – Paul Griffiths, Peter Bradford, Bob Craven, Bill I’Anson, Carol Ramsey, and Tim Stokes Chinese/American Cooperation in Cave Management and Study at Wanhua Cave, Hunan Province, China – Patricia Kambesis, Jiang Zhongcheng, Chris Groves, Andrea Croskrey, and Johanna Kovarik Castleguard Cave Digital Mapping – Volunteerism over Four Decades – Greg Horne Cave Conservancies Methods and Objectives Karst Conservation in the Ozarks: Forty Years at Tumbling Creek Cave – William R. Elliott, Thomas J. Aley The Missouri Caves and Karst Conservancy: Twelve years of Cave Conservation in Missouri – James E. Kaufmann McFails Cave, the Beginning of NSS Cave Ownership and Development of a Model for Interactive Cave Management – Fred D. Stone 2 2005 National Cave and Karst Management Symposium Contents Site Specific Standards The Oregon Cave Controversies and The National Commission on Risk Assessment and Risk Management – William R. Halliday The National Park Service’s Cave and Karst Management Program – Ronal Kerbo Facilitating Research at Carlsbad Caverns National Park – Dale L. Pate Source Area Delineation of Russell Cave National Monument and Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Parks – Brian D. Sakofsky and Nicholas Crawford Addresses of Participants 2005 National Cave and Karst Management Symposium 3 Welcome I welcome you to Albany on behalf of your host, Northeastern Cave Conservancy, Inc. Thirty years ago in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the first National Cave and Karst Management Sym- posium was convened. This year we mark that anniversary, reflect on the past 16 symposiums, and meet once again in the pursuit of improved management for caves and karst. Bill Elliott, who is indexing proceedings of the NCKMS and related meetings, reports that since 1975 there have been 617 papers and 3015 pages. published in the NCMS and NCKMS Proceedings. This year we will add a considerable number of papers to that ongoing work. Management, however, is about more than the amount of good information that is produced. It is also about understanding. Managers need to understand how studies can or should be used in manage- ment plans. Researchers need to understand how their work needs to be presented and reproduced. The NCKMS represent an opportunity for managers, scientists, and researchers to come together and discuss the important issues that both divide and combine their disciplines. This Symposium promises to be such a meeting. We hope you see this week as an opportunity for outreach, to the public and most critically to each other. You will see many Northeastern Cave Conservancy members this week