Agreed, and thank you for the note. I will try to be less abrasive.
thanks,
Ray
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From: Lois Manno loisma...@comcast.net
To: NM Caver nmca...@caver.net
Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 4:22 PM
Subject: [NMCAVER] WNS please keep it civil
Hey! This is a discussion
See article at:
http://www.whsv.com/westvirginiaap/headlines/94312429.html
Lee Skinner
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Interesting. I am headed to Cass Cave this weekend for the
first of three survey trips intended to finish up the map this
summer. The cave is otherwise closed. That press release is slightly
misleading about the protection it affords the cave, since the land
in question does not
Interesting. I am headed to Cass Cave this weekend for the first of
three survey trips intended to finish up the map this summer. The cave
is otherwise closed. That press release is slightly misleading about the
protection it affords the cave, since the land in question does not
contain either the
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Date:Tomorrow ( May 21, thru May 23 )
Time: Dinner served 6 p.m. May 22nd
( breakfast and lunch served also )
Place: Camp Happy Hollow
2029 Happy Hollow Rd., Brenham, TX
Gate Code: 4490
I am optimistic, that those who
Hi all,
For those of you planning on going to Pinon Cave to help with the surveying and
mapping efforts over the Memorial Day Weekend; Please plan on arriving with
clean caving clothing and decontaminated equipment. Also plan to decontaminate
all you equipment after being in the cave. This
I'll bring to Pinon Cave campsite an expanded Decon field version we use at
Torgac's. I plan to arrive Friday afternoon. System is six 5-gallon buckets,
ie two separate decon setups to accomodate everyone: bucket #1 intial wash,
bucket#2 Lysol dip (1 oz per gallon of water), bucket #3 rinse.
The decon procedure also has you plastic bagging your cave clothes, wiping
exposed skin - cameras - glasses - other sensitive items that need to stay out
of water - with anti-bacterial wipes that I will supply, and then putting on
fresh clothes .
The decon is to prepare for the next cave
The Center for Biological Diversity is organizing a petition to congress asking
for more funding for WNS research. You can see the petition here:
http://action.biologicaldiversity.org/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=3815
Sam
This is the same group that wanted to administratively close ALL caves,
occupied by bats on ALL federal lands in the continental US because of WNS.
I am all for increasing funding for WNS research.
But I am NOT going to sign this petition due to the organizations past poorly
considered
If all the (federal) caves are closed, then perhaps humans wouldn't be
responsible for the cross-contamination of bat colonies.
Just a thought ;-)
Stefan
From: John Brooks [mailto:jpbrook...@sbcglobal.net]
Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2010 3:19 PM
Cc: texas cavers
Subject: Re:
1. A human connection has not been proven one way or the other. Mr. Kennedy has
pointed that out to us many times.
2. The proposed ban would NOT have impacted access to caves on private land.
Nor would it have prohibited infected bats from visiting other caves nearby
Sent from my
The winking smiley was supposed to denote a tongue-in-cheek comment. Oh well…
From: John Brooks [mailto:jpbrook...@sbcglobal.net]
Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2010 4:59 PM
To: Stefan Creaser
Cc: texas cavers
Subject: Re: [Texascavers] WNS action
1. A human connection has not been
Central Texas Cavers,
Bill Russell has mostly recovered from his stroke and is ready to go caving.
Please join him at Ruby Ridge, Hays County, Monday morning, May 24, between
9 and 10am to celebrate. We will be cleaning out a vertical shaft that has
been filled with small rock, then open up
OMG - this is AWESOME news. Congrats to William!! The best therapy in the
world is caving! I wish I could join you. I'll be in Austin next week for 3
days (Wed-Fri) for a grants training course, but will have to miss this grand
event at Krizak Kave.
Glueck Auf!
julia
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