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The Hollow Earth News The Hollow Earth News Volume 20 No. 9 www.wisconsincaves.org September 2013 Work continues in the Fountain Spring Cave project in Minnesota. See article on page 8. Photo courtesy of David Gerboth The Wisconsin Speleological Society The Hollow Earth News Page 1 WSS Executive Officers 2012-2013 Membership Info Annual membership in the WSS is now based on how Chairman: you would like to receive this newsletter. The fees are: Kasey Fiske Electronic version emailed to you is $15 per individual and S9740 Exchange Road $18 per family. The mailed version is $20 per individual Prairie du Sac WI 53578 and $25 per family. The WSS Membership Year begins on 608-544-2212 June 1st and ends on May 31st of the following year. If you [email protected] join other than in June, please prorate, divide total by number of months left until May and pay accordingly so Vice Chairman: Treasurer/Secretary: that your membership ends in May. Include your email Bryan Kleist Brad Graf address, your NSS number and any information that you 3618 W Northland Ave 1228 Williams Ave. want in the WSS database and printed in the annual Appleton, WI 54914 South Milwaukee, WI 53172 Membership List. 920-830-6484 414-745-7840 [email protected] [email protected] Send remittance (payable to: WSS) and changes of address to: Brad Graf 1228 Williams Ave. Board of Directors: South Milwaukee, WI 53172 Allan Schema Gary K. Soule 1419 S. 31st St. 224 S. 7th Ave. The WSS usually scheduled from 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 rd Manitowoc, WI 54220 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235-2216 a.m. on the 3 Saturday of every month, either at the 920-683-9025 920-743-6488 Ledge View Nature Center at W2348 Short Road, Chilton, [email protected] [email protected] Wisconsin, 53014 (October thru June) or at Cherney Maribel Caves county Park in Manitowoc County (July Mike Sobush David Sheffer thru September). This schedule sometimes changes and 523 N. Packer Dr. 770 East Albert Dr. Lot #41 WSS meetings are held at other locations. Please refer to Manitowoc, WI 54220 Manitowoc, WI 54220 the latest issue of The Hollow Earth News or see the 920-860-6123 920-323-2296 calendar of events at www.wisconsincaves.org for updated [email protected] [email protected] information, as well as maps and directions to the caves. All are welcomed to attend. Digging opportunities usually follow the meeting. The Hollow Earth News Madison Chapter The WSS strongly advocates safe caving and caving Editor: Board Members: related activities. However, neither the WSS nor its Karen Fiske Vacant Position members can guarantee the safety of anyone participating S9740 Exchange Rd. in these activities and are not responsible for injuries, Prairie du Sac, WI 53578 Vacant Position illnesses, deaths or financial losses during such 608-544-2212 participation. [email protected] The WSS and its members do not necessarily endorse or agree with the opinions and articles in The Hollow Earth News and the Wisconsin Speleologist, or with opinions and articles presented in any other WSS publications and cannot guarantee the accuracy or validity of them. Historian: Gary K. Soule 920-743-6488 [email protected] http//www.wisconsincaves.org Librarian: Allan Schema 920-683-9025 [email protected] Cave Survey Chairman: Dave Wysocki 608-767-3981 The Hollow Earth News is the official monthly newsletter of the Wisconsin Speleological Society, a grotto of the National Speleological Society. Exchanges and inquiries, as well as articles for publication, should be sent to the editor’s address listed above. The Hollow Earth News Page 2 Caving Calendar meeting. Saturday, and Sunday from 8:30 in the morning until 3:00 in the afternoon will be scheduled cave exploration and ex- A great selection of upcoming caving activities is in the cavation opportunities for the Nature Center. The excavation works! All are welcome in any of our caving activities. Please work will be in Montgomery Cave. A volunteer crew of five is come and be a part of the exciting world of caving. These out- being requested to help out with the excavation activities. Sleep- ings may include caving trips, educational opportunities, survey ing arrangements will also be made for anyone wanting to stay opportunities, and cave excavation activities. I hope you can over night in the Nature Center for Friday and Saturday nights join us on one of these great offerings and become a part of the for no fee. Just bring something soft to sleep on and covers to wonderful world of underground adventures. One huge issue keep warm. This is a great opportunity for anyone to see and everyone needs to be aware of in any of our caving activities is participate in a major cave expansion and exploration that will the potential devastation of our bat populations that will occur be going on in the caves at Ledge View. Everyone is welcome from the White Nose Syndrome (WNS) http://www.caves.org/ to help out and be a part of any day of the activities. More infor- WNS/index.htm. Currently it is not in Wisconsin, but it is at our mation about Ledge View and directions to get to the Nature state's doorstep. The link provided here guides you to the Wis- Center can be found at (http://www.co.calumet.wi.us/ consin WNS Caving Protocols on the WSS website departments2.iml?dept_id=70). (www.wisconsincaves.org/WNS) and gives you information _______________________________________________ about the problem and what to do about it. If you have been cav- 10/26-27 - Saturday and Sunday - NCRC Cave rescue training ing out of the State of Wisconsin, you cannot use the same gear in Bloomington, Indiana. This is an introduction to cave rescue. here in Wisconsin caves, per Wisconsin-DNR policies. There Topics covered include Incident Command System and how it are also decontamination protocols from the US Fish and Wild- applies to cave rescues, medical management, hypothermia, pa- life included in the link that must be adhered to on any caving tient packaging, extreme situations, the cave environment, com- activities in Wisconsin and any trips to our nearby sister states. munications, media interaction, search, and more. There will be PLEASE CLEAN AND DISINFECT YOUR CAVING GEAR, both classroom and hands on instruction, and the students will INCLUDING ALL CLOTHING, BEFORE ENTERING AND run a mock incident. There is NO VERTICAL component to AFTER LEAVING ALL CAVES!!!!! If you have any questions this course--horizontal caving only. Prerequisites: There are no about the Ledge View or Maribel activities, please feel free to prerequisites for this class. This is designed for anyone who has contact me at home in the evenings at 608-544-2212 or on the an interest in cave rescue management and operations. Both rec- days of the cave activities by cell phone at 608-370-1883. You reational cavers and emergency response personnel will benefit can also reach me via email until 4:00 on the day before each from this class. activity. Those under 18 will need to call the seminar coordinator to _______________________________________________ make prior arrangements to attend if not accompanied by a par- *New Posting* 10/12-13 - Saturday and Sunday - Ledge View ent or guardian. Nature Center at Chilton WI. There are now two days of cave Seminar Cost: The seminar cost is $40. All seminar instruc- work activities set for the Nature Center. Planned activity is for tors are volunteers to help keep costs low. Where: Indian Uni- excavation work in either Montgomery Cave or Carolyn's Cav- versity Geology Building, 1001 East 10th Street Bloomington, erns System depending on participant turnout. Times for the IN 47405. Preregistration is required. For more information, work and exploration activities are from 8:30 am until 4:00 pm contact: Jess Deli - NCRC-CR Coordinator, by email on both days. For Saturday night, the heated Nature Center will ([email protected]) or by phone: (812) 345-5012. be open for those who would like to spend the night. Just bring _______________________________________________ something soft to sleep on and covers to keep warm. This is a *New Posting* 11/2-3 - Saturday and Sunday - NCRC Cave great opportunity for anyone to see and participate in a major rescue training, Perryville, Missouri. This is an introduction cave expansion and exploration that will be going on in the to cave rescue. Topics covered include Incident Command Sys- caves at Ledge View. Everyone is welcome to help out and be a tem and how it applies to cave rescues, medical management, part of any day of the activities. More information about Ledge hypothermia, patient packaging, extreme situations, the cave en- View and directions to get to the Nature Center can be found at vironment, communications, media interaction, search, and (http://www.co.calumet.wi.us/departments2.iml?dept_id=70). more. There will be both classroom and hands on instruction, _______________________________________________ and the students will run a mock incident. There is NO VERTI- *New Posting* 10/18-20 - Friday, Saturday, and Sunday - Three CAL component to this course--horizontal caving only. There days of caving activities are scheduled for Ledge View Nature are no prerequisites for this class. This is designed for anyone Center in Chilton WI. Halloween Candlelight Cave Tours will who has an interest in cave rescue management and operations. be on Friday and Saturday nights. Halloween tours start on Fri- Both recreational cavers and emergency response personnel will day night at 5:30 and Saturday night at 4:30. The last tour on benefit from this class. Those under 18 will need to call the both nights will be at 8:30 at night.
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