Cave Research Foundation Annual Reports 1998-2000 This page blank Cave Research Foundation Annual Reports - 1998-2000 The Cave Research Foundation (CRF) is a private non-profit organization, incorporated in 1957 under the laws of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Its purpose is to: • facilitating research, management and interpretation of caves, and karst resources • forming partnerships to study, protect and preserve cave resources and karst areas • promoting the long-term conservation of caves, and karst ecosystems Elizabeth Wmkler Patricia Karnbesis 9225 E. Tanque Verde Rd. Department of Geography & Geology Apt. 15102 Western Kentucky University Tusceon,AZ 85749 Bowling Green, KY 42101 [email protected] pnkarnbesis @juno.com Cave Research Foundation 1998-2000 Annual Reports, © 2003 by Cave Research Foundation, Inc. Permission is granted to reproduce this material for scientific and educational use only ISBN 0-939748-43-6 Published by CAVE BOOKS 4700 Amberwood Drive Dayton, Ohio 45424 USA Cover photo: Stream passage in Fitton Cave, Arkansas Photo by Scott Dankof Annual Reports 1998-2000 Cave Research Foundation 177 Hamilton Valley Road Cave City, Kentucky 42127 Cave Research Foundation Annual Reports- 1998-2000 Table of Contents CRF Activities 1998 1998 Highlights, Patricia Kambesis............. ... .. ........ ....................... ...... ............... .. .. ............. 9 Hamilton Valley Project Overview, Joyce Hoffinaster............ ............... ............. ...... ........... 12 Operations Area Reports Arkansas Operations Area - Fitton Project Report, Pete Lindsley .................................... 14 Eastern Operations Area, Dave West & Patricia Kambesis ............................................ 16 Lava Beds Operations Area, Janet Sowers ...................... .................. ............................ 18 Missouri Operations Area, Scott House ............... .......................................................... 19 Sequoia Kings Canyon/Mineral King Operations, John C. Tinsley .................................. 21 Southwest Operations Area, Barbe Barker................................................................... 24 Archeology CRF Archeological Project, Patty Jo Watson ................................................................. 25 The Salts Cave Slipper Revisited, Angela Gorden ......... ............................................... 26 Foraging Societies of Eastern Central Brazil: An Evolutionary Ecological Study of Subsistence Strategies During the Terminal Pleistocene and Early/Middle Holocene, Renato Kipinis ...................... 28 History History of the Peoples and Caves of Flint Ridge, Kentucky, Stanley D. Sides ................. 31 Mammoth Cave Register Project, Philip James DiBlasi. .............................................. 33 Geosciences New Karst Connection at Mineral King Valley, John C. Tinsley ...................................... 36 Middle To Late Wisconsinan Vegetation Change At Little Nankoweap, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, Larry Coats .......................................... 37 GIS Cave and Karst Information Systems Workshop, Mike Yocum.. ........................... .......... 39 China Caves Project 1998 China Caves Project Expedition to Guizhou Province, Guado and Da Fang Area, Paula Ledbetter .. .... ........... ... ... ........................................ .. 40 CRF Activities 1999 1999 Highlights, Patricia Kambesis ................................ ..... ... .. ............ ... ........... .................. 47 Operation Area Reports Eastern Operations, Dave West & Patricia Kambesis ........................ ..... .............. .. .... .. 53 Highlights of 1999 at Lava Bed, Janet Sowers .............................................................. 54 Lava Beds Research Center Capital Campaign, Janet Sowers ..................................... ... 55 4 Cave Research Foundation Annual Reports - 1998-2000 Missouri Operations Area Overview, Scott House ............ ... .. ... .. .................. ................. 56 Fitton Cave Survey Project Report- Ozark Operation Area Pete Linsdley...... .................. 58 Sequoia and Kings Canyon/Mineral King Operations Area, Bill Fan; Bradley Hacker, William D. Howcroft, John W. Hess, Bill Frantz, Peter Bosted, John C. Tinsley, Roger Mortimer & Jeff Cheraz ...... ................................ .......... ........................60 Southwest Operations Area Report, Barbe Barker.. ............................................. ........ .. 65 Cave Research Foundation Lincoln National Forest-Capitan Peak Study Area, Dick Venters ..... .............. .. ................ ................. ... ............................. ...... ......... 66 Archeology Progress Report: Excavations of Pine Crest Rockshelter (15LE70), Lee County, Kentucky, Elizabeth Monroe ........................................ ..... ............ ............ 69 Geosciences Speleogenesis ofMovile Cave, Southern Dobrogea, Romania: A Continuation of Studies about a Place Lost in Time and Space, Annette Summers Enge/ ................................................................... 75 Sedimentology of the Redwood Canyon Karst, John C. Tinsley ........................................ 78 Paleontology at Mammoth Cave, Rickard Toomey .......................................... ... ............. 79 CRF Activitities 2000 2000 Highlights, Patricia Kambesis .. .. .. ... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 83 Operations Area Reports Eastern Operations Acivities, Dave West & Patricia Kambesis ............................... .. ...... 87 Lava Beds Operations Area Report, Janet Sowers ........................................................ 88 Ozark Operations Area, Mick Sutton ............................................................................. 89 Sequoia Kings Canyon/Mineral King Operations Area Report, John C. Tinsley ....... ... ... .... 93 Southwest Operations Area Report, Barbe Barker. ........................................................ 94 Archeology Sediment Composition and the Preservation of Macrobotnatical Remains at Mounded Talus Rockshelter,Daniel Boone National Forest, Lee County, Kentucky, Katherin R. Mickelson .................................................................................... 95 Biology Comparative Biology of Epegeal and Hypogeal Banded Sculpins, Ginny Adams ....... ..... .. 97 Cartography/Resource Inventory Resource Inventory of Less-Extensive Caves: Mammoth Cave National Park Scott House .................................... .. ....... ........... .................... ... ..... ...... ........... loa Digital Database Project of the Cave Research Foundation, Don Coons ....... ...... ..... .. ...... l03 GeoScience An Important Interglacial Fauna from Sediments of the Frozen Niagara Entrance, Mammoth Cave National Park, Mona L. Cobum, RickardS. Toomey III, Rick Olson &Jeff Dora/e .. ... ............. .......... .. ........ .. .......... ..... ...... ................... 106 5 Cave Research Foundation Annual Reports- 1998-2000 The Ice Cavity at Merrill Ice Cave, Janet Sowers & Bill Devereaux .............................. 107 Lateral and Vertical Thermal Fluxes in the Hyporheic Zone of a Low-order Karst Stream, Toby Dogwiler & Carol M. Wicks.................. ......................... 110 Predicting heterogeneity in the Red wall Paleokarst, Grant Canyon Area, Arizona, Tony Troutman ......................... .. ............... ....... ......................... ......... 112 History Mammoth Cave Gazeteer and Bibliography, Mick Sutton & Sue Hagan ......................... 116 China Caves Project China Cave Project Update - 2000, Chris Groves & Alan Glennon ........... ............... ..... 119 Hawaii Hawaii Field Season 2000, Patricia Kambesis ....... ........... .......... .. .. .. ............................. 123 Cave Books, Roger McClure ..... .. ............................................. ..... ......... .......... ..... ................ 126 Contributors List ............ .... .. .... .. .... ................ .... ... ........... .. ........ ....................... .... ...... ...... .. .. 128 6 Cave Research Foundation Annual Reports - 1998-2000 Cave Research Foundation Activities 1998 Cave Research Foundation Annual Reports- 1998-2000 Cave Research Foundation Directors 1998 Patricia Kambesis Rick Toomey President Fellowships and Grants Program Paul Cannaley Dick Maxey Treasurer (beginning October 1998) Hamilton Valley Project Peter Bosted Secretary Chuck Pease International Projects Phil DiBlasi National Personnel Officer Bob Osburn Roger McClure Chris Groves (through September 1998) Fellowships and Grants Program Operations Council Arkansas Operations Area: Pete Lindsley Eastern Operations Area : Dave West Southwestern Operations Area : Barbe Barker Lava Beds Operations Area: Janet Sowers Missouri Operations Area: Scott House Sequoia Kings Canyon/Mineral King Operations Area: John C. Tinsley Page 5 photo credit:Da Fong Area, Guizhou Province, Peoples Republic of China Photographers: Peter and Ann Bosted 8 Cave Research Foundation Annual Reports- 1998-2000 1998 HighlightS Compiled by Patricia Kambesis CRF's Ancient Cavers Reunion Area. During his time as EOM, Mike restructured and reorganized some of the administrative workings of East­ To commemorate the 40th anniversary of the ern Operations. In addition, he renegotiated the cur­ Foundation, and the 25th anniversary of the Flint-Mam­ rent "Memorandum of Understanding" with Mammoth moth connection, CRF held an Ancient Cavers Reunion, Cave National