maybe, just maybe: http://www.statesman.com/news/local/austin-travis-county-u-s-fish-and-wildlife-850774.html
--- On Tue, 8/10/10, Brian Vauter <[email protected]> wrote: Mark, Do you think the Feds are also not letting up on their policy for fear of lawsuits from environmental groups? On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 10:22 PM, Mark Minton <[email protected]> wrote: This is essentially what happened here in Virginia. Initially there was a knee-jerk, blanket ban on caving, but then people realized that cavers were the eyes and ears on and under the ground that provided real-time info on how the bats were doing. The policy soon changed to allowing caving with decon. That was true for everyone but the feds; the USFWS never relaxed their caving ban. My guess is that they won't do so any time soon - they are the most remote from cavers and the most impenetrable. Fortunately for us that affects relatively few of the caves most of us visit regularly.
