Cavers, we need your help! The Texas Cave Management Association (TCMA) will be sponsoring a work day to spruce up the Ezells Cave Preserve in Hays County. The date is Saturday 19 April 2014 beginning at 10:00 am and ending about 2:00 in the afternoon. Meet at the 1500 block of Brown Street, San Marcos. Cell number for the day: 512-797-3817 (Ron Ralph).
We plan to cut dead wood, remove limbs, cut weeds, and just generally make the property more attractive. Ediger is bringing his chipper to mulch the waste material. We will be concentrating on the front part of the property but will work inside the fence to prepare the ground for a new bat-friendly cave gate. We will also be spreading mulch for erosion control on the trail down to the fence gate. We need people, saws, loppers, sling blades, weed eaters, and maybe even someone with a trailer willing to carry all the debris to the landfill. And if you have a wheelbarrow, bring that along with a shovel and a rake. Bring gloves, boots and your own drinks and snacks for the work, but TCMA will treat all volunteers to pizza and drinks afterward. We will have water and litter bags for your use. If anyone wishes to enter the cave after the work is completed, the Preserve Manager has agreed to that. Bring standard caving gear if you are entering the cave. All visitors to the Preserve will be asked to sign a liability waiver. Please RSVP to Ron, and also give him a call if you get lost getting to the property or would like more details. In case of heavy rain, the event may be postponed to a later date. Thanks for your support! Jim Kennedy, TCMA Preserves Chair 512-663-2287 Directions to Ezells Cave Preserve (roughly 1500 Brown Street, San Marcos) If coming in on IH 35 from the north or south, take exit 202 (Wonder World) and turn west passing the Valero and over the railroad tracks. At the traffic light, turn right on Hunter Road or FM 2439 (north), then left on Dixon (across from Jack's Road House), then jog right on Blevin and go past the Habitat for Humanity houses that back up to TCMA property. Turn left at the next street (Clara) and left again at the next intersection (Brown). Ezells Cave Preserve is the first jungle on the left, just before the cul-de-sac.
