[Texascavers] FW: Untouched cave in South Dakota to provide clues to history | FOX Business

2015-06-08 Thread Jill Orr via Texascavers
Subject: Untouched cave in South Dakota to provide clues to history | FOX Business The National Park Service is beginning to excavate the mouth of an unexplored cave in the Black Hills of South Dakota, and researchers believe it could help broaden our understanding of how the region's

Re: [Texascavers] batteriser

2015-06-08 Thread Charles Goldsmith via Texascavers
Here is an article talking about how this may not be as great as they claim. http://m.slashdot.org/story/295159 Sent via C=64 Mobile On Jun 2, 2015, at 9:03 PM, Nico Escamilla via Texascavers texascavers@texascavers.com wrote: new device claims to extend battery life up to 8 times link

[Texascavers] Urban lights bad for bats

2015-06-08 Thread Lee H. Skinner via Texascavers
Bats just don't seem to be able to catch a break. The nocturnal creatures are facing all sorts of potentially lethal threats, from climate change http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/climate-change-will-affect-ultrasonic-bat-signals/ and habitat loss

[Texascavers] Honey Creek Work Day Thanks

2015-06-08 Thread Ellie Falgout via Texascavers
Cavers had a work day at Honey Creek Cave property on June 6th and 16 volunteers showed up to work on making preliminary road repairs. The old ranch road has about 6” to 1’ berm along both sides of most of the ½ mile ranch road from the highway to the cave shaft. Heavy rains, bound by the berms,