This is just a recap of the current status of Facebook related caving sites in Texas. This post is intended for newbies, but also shows some of the areas for improvement in using Facebook as a tool for cave related communication. ( Disclaimer: Please ignore if you are a Facebook hater or disinterested in anything I have to post. )
If you do not wish to use Facebook, or follow any of the sites below, you should at least check out the page, "Cavers of Facebook," as that is an international site that post very interesting current events. State-wide groups: ________________ https://www.facebook.com/groups/TexasCaveManagement/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/28567352179/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/418030138211479/ Grottos: ________ https://www.facebook.com/groups/443324142423059/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/BexarGrotto/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/102420208204/ ( last post in April ?? ) https://www.facebook.com/pages/DFW-Grotto/328738567141784 ( last post 20 months ago ) https://www.facebook.com/pages/Cowtown-Grotto/273063512785471 ( page-manager indicated in June that page was not getting updated ) If the A.S.S. has a page, it looks forgotten, or I can not access their official page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Aggie-Speleological-Society/48239927150 https://www.facebook.com/pages/Lubbock-Area-Grotto/175254709161485 ( appears to only be used to announce upcoming meeting date ) I could not find a link for UT Grotto Maverick Grotto's attempt at a virtual Facebook grotto seems to be in limbo. ( Right ?? ) Commercial Caves: _________________ https://www.facebook.com/cwanTX https://www.facebook.com/naturalbridgecavernstx https://www.facebook.com/InnerSpaceCavern https://www.facebook.com/Cascadecavernstexas https://www.facebook.com/cavernsofsonora Longhorn Caverns link is fubared https://www.facebook.com/WonderWorldCaveAndPark ( not much info about cave ) Non-commericial caves: ________________________ https://www.facebook.com/pages/Kickapoo-Cavern-State-Park-Texas-Parks-and-Wildlife/118032881613887 https://www.facebook.com/SaveBrackenBatCave https://www.facebook.com/pages/Preserve-Protect-Gunnels-Cave/111719558859888 ( inactive ) https://www.facebook.com/pages/Old-Tunnel-State-Park-Texas-Parks-and-Wildlife/446917395333793 https://www.facebook.com/groups/109179009103131/ Nature groups: ____________ https://www.facebook.com/BatCon https://www.facebook.com/groups/213300932024864/ ( currently struggling to stay afloat ) Texas cavers: _____________ Only a wild guess of about 400, but no idea how many are actively post caving related things on their own Facebook page. The following are just examples of cavers who post things about caves on their personal Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/caverarch https://www.facebook.com/galen.falgout https://www.facebook.com/bill.steele.587 https://www.facebook.com/cavebiology You could say there are about 600 Texas cavers on Facebook if you count arm-chair cavers, or people that were once cavers, but have kind of dropped out or gone on a hiatus, but they, like me, never or seldom post anything about caving on their page. But the TSA page shows 611 Facebookers: https://www.facebook.com/groups/28567352179/members/ Feel free to correct me. David Locklear independent arm-chair caver ( semi-retired ) in Harris County, Texas NSS # 27639 P.S. Here are some other pages worth glancing at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/NSS2015/ https://www.facebook.com/nss75th --------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
