The Las Cruces meeting was much the same as Carol described. It is
interesting to me that I don't recall any other issue that has
brought the agencies together the way the WNS issue has. Whatever
is done in New Mexico regarding cave management in light of possible
WNS, they want to have a coordinated plan - and they want the cavers
as partners in this plan. I don't know whether that plan will take
the form of complete closure, as it did in Region 2, but at least
they're listening to us - and they seemed open to all the ideas that
were brought up here in LC.
I would encourage those that go to the ABQ meeting to bring all your
ideas regarding how to meet the challenge of WNS, and keep an open mind.
On Jul 27, 2010, at 2:22 PM, Carol Belski wrote:
The Carlsbad meeting was well-attended and well-organized, as I am
sure the Las Cruces and Albuquerque ones will be. These are
information gathering sessions, not decision making ones. Reports
of the ideas and general consensus from all 3 meetings will be sent
to all attendees. It was emphasized that NO decisions have yet
been made in New Mexico regarding how they will proceed. All the
Federal Agencies are trying to work together with the caving
community.
Steve Peerman
"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things
you didn't do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines,
Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails.
Explore. Dream. Discover."
attributed to Mark Twain, but no record exists of his having
written this.
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