[Texascavers] Cave and karst news announcements from NCKRI

Dear Friends, Everyone at NCKRI hopes you had a wonderful holiday season and are now enjoying a great start to the New Year! Following are news and announcements from NCKRI and some of our friends around the world. The full details are below. ·Caves and Karsts: Understanding,

[Texascavers] NCKRI cave and karst news and announcements

Dear Friends, Following are the latest news and updates from NCKRI and its colleagues around the world. · Professor Position in Cave and Karst Studies: NCKRI-New Mexico Tech, USA · The Sinkhole Conference: Don’t Forget to Register · Register Now for CavesLIVE: A Distance

[Texascavers] NCKRI cave and karst news and announcements

Dear Friends, Once a year I share our news announcements with friends who are interested in what the National Cave and Karst Research Institute (NCKRI) is doing but don't generally want the regular news messages, such as that below. I do this to announce the availability of NCKRI's newest

Re: [Texascavers] ICS 17 pubs?

The 17th ICS proceedings are being revised. Some mistakes and omissions were discovered at the last minute. Attendees were asked to not distribute the digital versions given to them on thumb drives to prevent confusion when the corrected final version is released. The revised proceedings should

Re: [Texascavers] Bexar Grotto is the center of the caving universe and here's proof...

Bexar Grotto has always been generous, which makes me proud to be a member. Expanding that generosity to Texas cavers in general and some friends close to San Antonio: John Moses in El Paso is the NSS International Secretary Patty Perlaky at Cave Without A Name is President of the National

[Texascavers] NCKRI cave and karst news and announcements

Dear Friends, Here are more announcements from NCKRI and our friends: · Sinkhole Conference final abstract deadline is this Thursday! · Hypogea 2019: the next congress on Artificial Cavities · 16th International Symposium of Speleotherapy · List of Upcoming Cave and

Re: [Texascavers] ICS Trip Report at Monday's Bexar Grotto meeting

No ICS report would be complete without mention of "the congress cough." Luckily the Mitchells avoided it. By my count at least 31 were afflicted with diagnoses including influenza B, sinus and lung infections, colds, and bronchitis. I know at least two people ended up in the hospital and at

[Texascavers] Sinkhole Conference and 3rd Appalachian Karst Symposium: abstracts due on 15 August!

Dear Friends, I have one important announcement. The deadline for abstracts for The Sinkhole Conference will be here very soon on 15 August! Please send yours soon! The Multidisciplinary Conference on Sinkholes and the Engineering and Environmental Impacts of Karst, generally called “The

[Texascavers] NCKRI News: cave and karst news and announcements

Dear Friends, The 17th International Congress of Speleology is nearly upon us! I look forward to seeing many of you there. Here is the list of this message’s news and updates: · International Congress of Speleology Updates · 11th EuroSpeleo Forum, Belgium: Registration is Open ·

Re: [Texascavers] semi-final Road-Trip report

Donation is a great idea for those who want the tax deduction. NPR and others are certainly worthy causes but don’t forget that there are non-profits in the caving community too. A few years ago Bat Conservation International was looking for donations of old cars. I don’t know if NSS and TCMA

[Texascavers] NCKRI: Cave and Karst News and Announcements

Dear Friends, I was happy to attend the US National Speleological Society (NSS) Convention last week with several hundred excellent speleologists. During the week, several announcements piled up and I’m happy to share them with you: · Cave Survey and Cartography Software ·

Re: [Texascavers] History of Comanche Springs

om, Texas Cavers <Texascavers@texascavers.com> Cc: George Veni <gv...@nckri.org> Subject: Re: [Texascavers] History of Comanche Springs George... Mary Kay Shannon comes to mind... Bill Sent from my Verizon 4G LTE smartphone Original message ---- From: George Veni

Re: [Texascavers] History of Comanche Springs

The first part of this message may only be useful peripherally. The last part will be directly useful to you and perhaps may other Texas cavers. About 25 years ago the manager of the Annie Riggs Museum in Fort Stockton was quite knowledgeable about the spring. I'm drawing a blank on her name

[Texascavers] Cave and karst geology announcements from NCKRI

Dear Friends, Here are a few announcements from NCKRI and its friends: * GSA Karst Division Awards Nominations Announcement * GSA Special Session Honoring Nick Crawford * List of Upcoming Cave and Karst Meetings The details are below. As always, please feel free to share

[Texascavers] Cave and Karst News from NCKRI

Dear Friends, This week’s announcements from NCKRI and our friends are: · Karst Interest Group Meeting: Registration is Open · Post-Karst Interest Group Activity · 44th International Association of Hydrogeologists Congress, Dubrovnik, Croatia · International Clean-up

Re: [Texascavers] Spring Convention

Amy, I can see that Caverns of Sonora didn’t work out. Thanks for trying. Unfortunately, I won’t be able to make it this weekend at HCSNA. If you’ll be at the Bexar Grotto meeting on February 27th, we can at least meet there. George George Veni, PhD Executive Director

[Texascavers] News and announcements from NCKRI

Dear Friends, More news and announcements from NCKRI and its partners: * International Congress of Speleology: the price goes up on 1 February! * Study Abroad: Opportunity for Students to Study Karst in Bosnia * Biospeleology Congress in Italy * Geological Society of

[Texascavers] Happy Holidays with cave and karst news from NCKRI

Dear Friends, Here are a few more announcements, just in time for the holidays: * Karst Session at the 2017 Geological Society of America Joint Northeast-North Central Meeting, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA * Solution Mining Research Institute Technical Conference, Albuquerque,

[Texascavers] NCKRI News!

Dear Friends, Most of my messages are a mix of news from NCKRI and from our partners and friends. This message is only news about NCKRI and some of its projects: * New Employees at NCKRI! * Karst Information Portal upgrade * NCKRI's new Annual Report is now available *

[Texascavers] Cave and karst news from NCKRI

Dear Friends, Below are several cave and karst news items and announcements: 1)International Congress of Speleology abstract deadline nearly upon us! 2)International Conference of Geomorphology and Karst Sessions 3)Fund raising for karst spring study 4)Biospeleology

[Texascavers] Cave and karst news from NCKRI

Dear Friends, I'm happy to share the following news and announcements: 1)International Congress of Speleology Scholarship 2)International Congress of Speleology Abstract Deadline 3)Karst Waters Institute 2016 Karst Award 4)List of upcoming cave and karst meetings The details

[Texascavers] Cave and karst news from NCKRI

Dear Friends, Here are three announcements that may interest you, your students, or colleagues: 1)List of upcoming cave and karst events. 2)Undergraduate karst research scholarship. 3)Meeting of the Geological Society of America Karst Division. The details are below. Please feel

[Texascavers] Job announcement: Office Manager at the National Cave and Karst Research Institute

Dear Friends, This is a reminder to ask you to contact any of your friends who may be interested in applying for NCKRI's Office Manager job position, or post this to any message service as appropriate. Debbie Herr, the long-time and excellent Office Manager for the National Cave and Karst

[Texascavers] 17th International Congress of Speleology: Registration is open!

Dear Friends, The 17th International Congress of Speleology is an event of the International Union of Speleology (UIS) and will be held in Sydney, Australia, on 23-29 July 2017. This is the world's most important gathering of cave explorers, scientists, managers, and educators. It happens only

[Texascavers] Announcements from NCKRI: New UIS Bulletin and Call for AGU Karst Abstracts

Dear Friends, I am sharing two announcements below. The first is the publication of the latest issue of the Bulletin of the International Union of Speleology (UIS). The second is a call for karst-related abstracts for the next meeting of the American Geophysical Union. Please contact the

Re: [Texascavers] Comal County Caving

to get a notification from the USGS that the report is available? If not, and if you are allowed, please do let us know when the report is published. Thank you, julia Julia G Germany germa...@aol.com -Original Message- From: George Veni via Texascavers <texascavers@texasc

Re: [Texascavers] Comal County Caving

The geology there is the upper member of the Glen Rose. The USGS is publishing a report with the latest detailed mapping of the area. I was asked to review the draft and can't say much until they release the final report, but they subdivided the upper Glen Rose into several units that nicely

Re: [Texascavers] Bracken Bat Cave Spider makes Ripley's Believe it or not in the San Antonio paper July 4

Don't believe it. Ripley got it wrong on two counts. First, the name of the cave is "Braken" not "Bracken." It's an understandable mistake and often confused with the bat cave owned by BCI. Randy Waters and I named it as a joke, which is another story, never imagining that this tiny cave

Re: [Texascavers] Server problems :

Bill, Thanks. I just logged on and hadn't see that the NCKRI website was down. It downs like a problem beyond our website itself since others are affected too, but I'll notify our IT people to look into it. George George Veni, PhD Executive Director National Cave and

[Texascavers] Announcement: 15th Sinkhole Conference date and location

Dear Friends, I am happy to announce that the 15th Multidisciplinary Conference on Sinkholes and the Engineering and Environmental Impacts of Karst, which is generally known as "The Sinkhole Conference," will be held in Shepherdstown, West Virginia, on 2-6 April 2018. Mark your calendars! For

[Texascavers] NSS Convention call for abstracts: Future of Cave and Karst Science and Exploration

Dear Friends, This year's National Speleological Society Convention will be held in Ely, Nevada, on 18-22 July 2016. Below is a multidisciplinary session that is being offered and abstracts sought. For more information on the convention and to register, see http://nss2016.caves.org/. For more

[Texascavers] NCKRI news: karst job announcement and call for Geological Society of America cave and karst abstracts

Dear Friends, Below are two announcements. The first is a job announcement in Guan and the second is a call for cave and karst abstracts for this year's Geological Society of America Convention. If you have questions, contact the people and organizations listed below and feel free to share

[Texascavers] Carlsbad Cavern Cave Technician Position Open

From Dale Pate (feel free to share with others): All, A permanent GS5/7 Cave Technician Position is now open through March 22. https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/430708500/ Dale Sent from my phone. George Veni, PhD Executive Director National Cave and Karst

[Texascavers] DeepKarst Conference Schedule

Dear Friends, Normally I send announcements of things with definite dates and availability. This message is a little different. As I hope you know, the April 11-14 DeepKarst conference, which focuses on hypogenic karst, will be held in Carlsbad, New Mexico, at NCKRI Headquarters. The general

[Texascavers] Announcements from NCKRI: job available in Virginia, ice cave project needs funding, and student travel funds

Dear Friends, Below are three announcements that may interest you. Feel free to share them with others and please contact the people and organizations below for more information. George George Veni, PhD Executive Director National Cave and Karst Research Institute 400-1

[Texascavers] DeepKarst: register before the price increases soon!

Dear Friends, DeepKarst, the conference on hypogene karst which will happen soon on 11-14 April, is coming together very nicely. This message is your final reminder that the lower, early registration prices will end soon and the prices will increase starting Monday, 15 February. To register,

[Texascavers] NCKRI: Cave and karst announcements from around the world

Dear Friends, Many things are happening in the world of caves and karst and I'm happy to share them with you. You are welcome to share them with others who may be interested. Please contact the people and organizations listed below for more information. George George

[Texascavers] Sinkhole Conference proceedings and more on line!

Dear Friends, The National Cave and Karst Research Institute (NCKRI) partnered with the Minnesota Ground Water Association last year to host The Sinkhole Conference, the 14th Multidisciplinary Conference on Sinkholes and the Engineering and Environmental Impacts of Karst, in October in

[Texascavers] Job opening at NCKRI

Dear Friends, Late last year I announced a job position that is open at the National Cave and Karst Research Institute (NCKRI). With the holidays, the timing of my message was poor so I'm re-sending this announcement in case you or anyone you know may be interested. Please feel free to pass

[Texascavers] Hydrologist job position in the Carlsbad karst

Dear Friends, The Bureau of Land Management is looking to hire a hydrologist at their Carlsbad Field Office. Since the region has a lot of karst hydrology, some of you may be interested in applying, or sharing this message with students, colleagues and friends who may be interested. If you

[Texascavers] DeepKarst 2016: new field trips!

Dear Friends, The DeepKarst 2016 conference now includes a wide range of optional field trips to further view, discuss, and debate hypogene karst. The Guadalupe Mountains of southeast New Mexico and west Texas are considered one of the type areas of hypogene karst development, and up to nine

[Texascavers] 7th International Workshop on Ice Caves

Dear Friends, The 7th International Workshop on Ice Caves will be held on 16-22 May 2016, in Postojna, Slovenia. Registration is now open and full details are available at the conference website: http://iwic.zrc-sazu.si This conference is hosted by our friends at the

[Texascavers] News from NCKRI: karst sessions and scholarship

Dear Friends, Below are announcements of karst sessions and a travel scholarship that you may find of interest. Please feel free to share this message and contact the people listed below for more information. George --- European Geophysical Union Karst Sessions Dear

Re: [Texascavers] Rope inquiry

Back to the original topic. I've seen some cave speculation on Geary's question, but I don't think he said anything about the rope being needed for a cave... George Veni, PhD Executive Director National Cave and Karst Research Institute 400-1 Cascades Avenue Carlsbad, New

[Texascavers] Cave and karst conference announcements from NCKRI

Dear Friends, One reminder and one announcement to start your week. Please feel free to share this information with anyone who may be interested, and contact the organizations listed below for more information. George --- There's still time to registration for the

[Texascavers] Cave and karst news and announcements from NCKRI

Dear Friends, I'm pleased to share the following several announcements. Their details follow below. 1)DeepKarst 2016: registration is open 2)50th Annual Meeting of North-Central Section of the Geological Society of America: karst symposium 3)Hypogea 2017: 2nd circular now

[Texascavers] Job opening at NCKRI: Event Planner

Dear Friends, I don't know that this message applies to any of you, but if you know anyone who may be interested in the job below, please feel free to forward this message to them. NCKRI is hiring an event planner. The basic information is below. NCKRI is administered by the New Mexico

Re: [Texascavers] Secrecy

Thirteen years ago I published an article in The Texas Caver titled “TSS: Secrecy, Sharing, and Responsibility.” It outlined many of the topics touched on in this thread. I presented information on how and why TSS releases data and the interest of the average Texas caver in that data. Not much

Re: [Texascavers] historic posting

That publication was the first book in my caving library. It was a huge help to my and other young cavers' early caving at the time when help was not forthcoming from some of the cavers who complained about it. I still own two copies. Many things have changed since then. TSS is a great place

[Texascavers] DeepKarst last minute reminder: papers/abstracts due tomorrow, 15 September!

Dear Friends, As a final and last minute reminder, papers for the DeepKarst 2016 are due tomorrow, 15 September 2015! This conference is focused on hypogenic karst, its theory, management, economic reservoirs, and more. DeepKarst will be held at National Cave and Karst Research Institute

[Texascavers] Important news!

Earlier today I got a call from Wm Shrewsbury, President of the National Speleological Society. He had received a call from the Philippines in relation to Kyung Sik Woo, the President of the International Union of Speleology (UIS). The caller had enough information about Kyung Sik and his

[Texascavers] Sinkhole Conference: important announcements, reminders, and deadlines!

Dear Friends, The 14th Multidisciplinary Conference on Sinkholes and the Engineering and Environmental Impact of Karst is now only seven weeks away. Although we all simply call it The Sinkhole Conference, its full name tells you it is about so much more. Below are some important announcements

[Texascavers] Biospeleology conference and book announcements

Dear Friends of Biospeleology, Below is an announcement of an upcoming conference and two books on Mexico you may find of interest. Please contact the individuals and organizations named below for more information and feel free to distribute this message to anyone who may be interested.

[Texascavers] Major DeepKarst Conference publication announcement

Dear Friends, NCKRI is partnering with the Karst Hydrogeology and Speleogenesis (KHS) Commission of the International Union of Speleology (UIS) to host next year's DeepKarst 2016 Conference on hypogenic karst. Now we have added a new partnership to create an important publication from the

Re: [Texascavers] Sinkhole Conference news and List of upcoming cave and karst events

Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Sinkhole Conference news and List of upcoming cave and karst events George, The DLS is actually on October 16. Geary From: Texascavers [mailto:texascavers-boun...@texascavers.com] On Behalf Of George Veni via Texascavers Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2015 11:39 PM To: New

[Texascavers] Geological Society of America Convention: karst field trip and sessions

Dear Friends, Below are two messages about this year's Geological Society of America (GSA) Convention. The first is about what I expect will be an excellent karst field trip. The second message describes all of the karst sessions offered. The abstract deadline of 11 August 2015 is rapidly

[Texascavers] Cave conference announcements

Dear Friends, One of the things I love about studying caves is the diversity of research and exploration possibilities. This is wonderfully demonstrated by the following two conference announcements. Feel free to distribute this information to any list, newsletter, website, or person who

[Texascavers] DeepKarst 2016: Registration is open and call for papers!

Dear Friends, Registration is now open for DeepKarst 2016! This conference is focused on hypogenic karst, its theory, management, economic reservoirs, and more. DeepKarst will be held at National Cave and Karst Research Institute (NCKRI) Headquarters in Carlsbad, New Mexico, USA on 11-14 April

[Texascavers] Sad news

I got the following message from Australia and know that some of you knew Elery: It is with sadness that we share the news of the passing of Prof. Elery Hamilton Smith. He passed away yesterday, Saturday 27 June. Elery's contributions to World Heritage, as well as to Cave and Karst Protection

[Texascavers] UIS Anniversary activities

Dear Friends, I you are considering going to the 50th Anniversary Celebration of the International Union of Speleology in Postojna, Slovenia, which will be held in conjunction with this year's Classical Karst School, the schedule for the celebration day is below. For more information, visit

[Texascavers] News from NCKRI: groundwater and management conference announcements

Dear Friends, Below are announcements for two upcoming conferences this year: 1) Karst Groundwater at Birmingham 2015 provisional programme 2) National Cave and Karst Management Symposium call for papers Please forward this information to anyone who may be interested. Thank you,

[Texascavers] Karst Information Portal updates

A few months ago Bill Mixon pointed out some gaps and problems with some Texas Caver issues on the Karst Information Portal. Most of those were the result of problems in the files posted on the TSA website which were copied over to the Portal. This post, which I apologize for being a bit late,

[Texascavers] Sinkhole Conference car-pooling and Call for GSA Karst Abstracts

Dear Friends, I have one small and one large announcement. The small announcement is that if you would like to car-pool to Rochester, Minnesota, USA for The Sinkhole Conference on 5-9 October 2015, there is now a tool at www.sinkholeconference.comhttp://www.sinkholeconference.com to connecter

Re: [Texascavers] Query

I've tried a few times over the years to get a copy of the original and very good map from the cartographer so TSS could properly scan it. I ended getting a bunch of other maps, which was a great thing, but it looks like it's time to try for this one again. George George

[Texascavers] Announcements from NCKRI: Geology conference, UIS Bulletin, Bat biology job, cave rescue scholarship

Dear Friends: Below are some announcements you may find of interest: * Bahamas Geology Conference (not strictly a karst meeting but it will certainly have a significant karst focus) * UIS (International Union of Speleology) newest Bulletin now available. * Bat biology

[Texascavers] Sinkhole Conference: exhibits, scholars, and deadline!

Dear Friends, This year's Sinkhole Conference, the 14th Multidisciplinary Conference on Sinkholes and the Engineering and Environmental Impacts of Karst, is less than 7 months away. It will be held in Rochester, Minnesota, and NCKRI is jointly organizing it this time with the Minnesota Ground

[Texascavers] DeepKarst 2016 and Conservation Award

Dear Friends, Below are two announcements you may find interesting: 1) DeepKarst 2016 Call for Papers 2) 2015 Habe Cave and Karst Protection Prize Please feel free to distribute this message to anyone who may be interested. Thank you, George -- DeepKarst

[Texascavers] Cave and karst announcements: speleothem school, job opening, bat workshops

Dear Friends, A number of items things to announce today: * School on Speleothem Science * Job opening at Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument * Bat workshops Please share this message and contact the appropriate people below for more information. George

Re: [Texascavers] Volcano in Colima, Mexico

I'm not aware of any caves in rock on Popo, which isn't to say there aren't any. But long ago Scott Harden told me he was climbing the mountain, saw an ice cave in a glacier across a valley, heard a deep rumble from the glacier and watched house-size blocks of ice flying horizontally out of the

Re: [Texascavers] reporters

Heather and everyone, Many cavers have long held the positions: * don't trust or talk to the media because they will screw up what you tell them, and * we need the public to better understand caves to care about and help protect them. The problem is that we need the media to

[Texascavers] Call for karst geology session and short course proposals

Dear Friends of Karst Geoscience, The Geological Society of America (GSA) created the Karst Division in three months ago. Below is a message from Karst Division Chairman Cory Blackeagle about this year’s GSA Convention. Join him and others in making this first year of karst in GSA a

[Texascavers] Upcoming Internship at Government Canyon SNA.

Passing this on for GCSNA... George Veni -- Good morning, Please inform current students of an upcoming paid internship at Government Canyon State Natural Area in San Antonio. Although the student will experience all aspects of natural area/park operations, a focus

Re: [Texascavers] TCR 2015 Survey

NOAA has posted a map on the general drought forecast through March 2015 at http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/expert_assessment/seasonal_drought.pdf. The Paradise Canyon area is listed as “Drought remains but improves” surrounded by nearby areas of “Drought removal likely.” Looking at

[Texascavers] Conference announcement: Environmental Safety and Construction in Karst Areas

Dear Friends, I hope your new year is starting well. I'm pleased to bring you news of an upcoming conference, Environmental Safety and Construction in Karst Areas, which will be held in Perm, on 26-29 May 2015. For more information, visit http://karst.psu.ru/part-request (scroll down and

[Texascavers] Paging Steve Keselik

Steve, The e-mail address I have for you bounced. Send me your new address so I can send you a map. Thanks, George George Veni, Ph.D. Executive Director National Cave and Karst Research Institute 400-1 Cascades Avenue Carlsbad, New Mexico 88220-6215 USA Office:

Re: [Texascavers] Austin Caverns

The NSS is currently reviewing all of its materials for posting on the Karst Information Portal. NSS materials will be reposted to the Portal as appropriate as the process progresses. George Sent from my mobile phone George Veni, Ph.D. Executive Director National Cave

[Texascavers] Revisiting: UIS Anniversary Celebration and International Karstological School

I received the following question on my recent UIS posting: “I am interested in this event but am concerned my lack of foreign language knowledge would be a big detriment. What is your feeling on this as I have never been to any international events.” It’s a good question and I thought worth

Re: [Texascavers] [SWR] Revisiting: UIS Anniversary Celebration and International Karstological School

Thanks Steve, and I neglected to point out that English will be the official language of the UIS Celebration and the Karstological School. I've been to Slovenia a number of times and find it easy to get around, especially in Postojna (where the events will be held) because of the high number of

Re: [Texascavers] KIP

Thanks Russ. Quite simply the Karst Information Portal is a great tool with incredible potential to assist cave and karst exploration, science, and management. Sensitive information can easily be protected if protection is requested, which didn't happen initially but it is happening now.

[Texascavers] Cave bats and bears: job and conference

Dear Friends, Lava Beds National Monument, in northern California, USA, is looking for an intern to work for four months, starting 12 January 2015, assisting with bat and related research. Applications are accepted until 26 December 2014. For details, visit:

Re: [Texascavers] Karst Information Portal

Mark and everyone, I've been traveling and haven't had the chance to check the KIP website. I called the KIP team to get the latest details but haven't been able to connect yet, so here is what I know so far. KIP does not post anything unless it is described as open access (available freely

Re: [Texascavers] Karst Information Portal

[mailto:texascavers-boun...@texascavers.com] On Behalf Of George Veni via Texascavers Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2014 4:38 PM To: texascavers@texascavers.com Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Karst Information Portal Mark and everyone, I've been traveling and haven't had the chance to check the KIP website. I

Re: [Texascavers] another bad file for old Texas Caver

I did some research on this last week. It turns out that the issues of the Texas Caver posted on the Karst Information Portal are a combination of scans of hard copies made by the Portal team and digital copies made by the editors of the TC. The problems being identified with the TC on the

Re: [Texascavers] International Karstological School

There is no competition when it comes to sharing good information. I'm glad Bill got the info out since I haven't been able to do it yet. I will add that if you haven't been to Slovenia, it is truly worth it. It is the home of the Kras region, which is what the word karst (after some alteration

[Texascavers] Sinkhole Conference: deadline for abstracts and student grants on 1 December!

Dear Friends, Only one week from today, Monday, December 1st, is the deadline for abstracts and also for student grant applications for the 14th Multidisciplinary Conference on Sinkholes and the Engineering and Environmental Impacts of Karst (aka The Sinkhole Conference). This internationally

[Texascavers] Texas Caver on Portal fixed

Last week there were messages about some problems with the Texas Cavers on the Karst Information Portal. The problems have been fixed and the missing issue is no longer missing. My thanks to Mark Alman, Mark Minton, and Bill Mixon for their assistance. As I've noted before, if any of you find

Re: [Texascavers] archive of Texas Cavers

Bill wrote should be scanned and replaced in the TSA or TSS archive of issues, though probably no need to mess with what's in KIP. I strongly disagree. First, KIP makes the Texas Caver and other publications available and easily discoverable internationally, not just those who know to look in

Re: [Texascavers] Texas Cavers magazine archive

Mark, I've passed your message and Bill's. We appreciate such notes that help us fix errors and improve the Portal's operation. George Sent from my mobile phone George Veni, Ph.D. Executive Director National Cave and Karst Research Institute 400-1 Cascades Avenue

Re: [Texascavers] Texas Cavers magazine archive

The Karst Information Portal crew went to the trouble of redacting certain information requested by TSA when TSA gave permission for the Texas Cavers to be posted. If the current officers wish the unredacted issues to be posted, that can be arranged but please note that this all takes effort

Re: [Texascavers] Las Grutas de Carrizal

For those who don't know Carrizal, it is an unusual cave with two streams that converge near its spring entrance. One stream is cool and the other warm. Around 1980 I dove the sumps at the end of both streams. On the cool side Wayne Russell and I surveyed through three sumps and a couple

[Texascavers] Announcements: Student Opportunity and NCKRI Annual Report!

Dear Friends, I'm happy to make two announcements. First, NCKRI's newest Annual Report is now available for download. It summarizes our activities and growth from July 2013 to June 2014. Learn about our educational workshops, conferences, research projects, and much more. Just go to

Re: [Texascavers] Texas Cavers online

The inexpert scanning was the result of working with some bound volumes of the Texas Caver that are simply difficult or impossible to expertly scan, plus from the original TCs that were produced on mimeo and are also difficult to scan. We did some recruiting and got unbound copies of some

[Texascavers] Sinkhole Conference: abstract and student grant deadline reminder and new announcement

Dear Friends, I have two important reminders and one announcement for the 14th Multidisciplinary Conference on Sinkholes and the Engineering and Environmental Impacts of Karst (aka The Sinkhole Conference): First, the deadline for abstracts is 1 December 2014-less than a month away! We

[Texascavers] Announcement: Karst Waters Institute Wilson Scholarship

Dear Friends, If you are a student working on your Masters degree in karst geochemistry, geology, or hydrology in the United States, or you know someone is, please read the grant announcement below from the Karst Waters Institute or forward this message to them. Thank you, George

[Texascavers] Honey Creek Cave lead list

I just looked through the digital version of the latest Texas Caver. My lead list for Honey Creek Cave fills the last few pages. However, I noticed a mistake. A note was added to contact me with any new information but it lists my old e-mail address (which hasn't worked since I moved from San

[Texascavers] Ice Cave conference proceedings available on-line!

Dear Friends, The 6th International Workshop on Ice Caves (IWIC-VI) occurred on 17-22 August in Idaho Falls, Idaho, USA. IWIC is the only conference focused on the state-of-the-art in ice cave research and is a function of the Glacier, Firn, and Ice Caves Commission of the International Union

[Texascavers] Sinkhole Conference: registration and call for papers open!

Dear Friends, Registration for the 14th Multidisciplinary Conference on Sinkholes and the Engineering and Environmental Impacts of Karst is now open! Registration is open not just for the conference but also for its four excellent short courses and field trip. Additionally, we are now

[Texascavers] New lighting system

April and Scott Earl are a couple of good people and cavers in Idaho. They have three sons who are building a new lighting system and are looking for investors. The light seems designed to be multi-purpose. I don't know enough about the system to endorse it, but am passing the information along

Re: [Texascavers] TCR Registration Prices

So to answer the question, what is the price of registration for Old Timers, the answer is Depends... George Veni -Original Message- From: Texascavers [mailto:texascavers-boun...@texascavers.com] On Behalf Of Don Arburn via Texascavers Sent: Friday, September 12, 2014 12:49 PM To:

Re: [Texascavers] tcr

I know why I skipped it. I didn’t understand what it was and could become, and I had a good caving trip planned to the Langtry caves. George George Veni, Ph.D. Executive Director National Cave and Karst Research Institute 400-1 Cascades Avenue Carlsbad, New Mexico

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