Why was caving with the Maya cancelled? Nico On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 11:19 AM, Mixon Bill <[email protected]>wrote:
> Forwarded by Mixon: > > Begin forwarded message: > > From: ICS 2009 eList <[email protected]> > Date: May 20, 2009 11:13:57 AM CDT > To: [email protected] > Subject: 15th ICS - field trip news and only 2 months! > > Dear Friends, > > Last month we sadly announced that we needed to cancel and re-examine all > of the trips for the 15th International Congress of Speleology (ICS) because > of White Nose Syndrome (WNS), the mysterious condition that has recently > killed about a half millions bats in the U.S. We hoped to send you news > about the trips a couple of weeks ago, but arranging some of the details was > more complicated than expected. Here is the final news on the Pre and > Post-ICS trips: > > Confirmed Trips, Full > 01: Coast-to-Coast Eastern Segment > 02: Coast-to-Coast Western Segment > 85: Cenote Karst of the Yucatan Peninsula > 88: Giant Caves of Northern Mexico > > Confirmed Trips, Space Available* > 03: Texas Bat Caves > 31: Mammoth Cave, Kentucky > 41: Black Hills, South Dakota > 51: Science in Southeastern New Mexico > 53: Caving in the Guadalupe Mountains (post-Congress) > 55: Lilburn Cave, California (only 2 slots still open!) > 71: Cave Management in New York > 86: Deep Pits of Mexico > * The numbers of seats available for some trips in may be different from > the total trip size originally announced > > Canceled > 04: Endangered Species, Endangered Caves > 33: Cumberland Plateau (TAG) > 34: Tectonic Pseudokarst of North Carolina > 37: Caves and Karst of Virginia > 52: Caving in the Guadalupe Mountains (pre-Congress) > 56: Cave the Sierra Nevada, California > 58: Big Island Hawaii > 59: Southeast Alaska > 81: Caving with the Maya > 82: Caves of the Bahamas > > I encourage you to register for the available trips soon before they fill. > Some of the trips may experience minor changes because of WNS. If you are > concerned, please contact the trip leaders as listed on our website at > www.ics2009.us. As reminder, to do our best to prevent the spread of WNS > in the US and to other countries, all caving equipment and clothing will > need to be decontaminated after each caving trip. The decontamination > procedures will be announced and posted on our website within 2 weeks. > > Today is exactly 2 months until the 15th ICS begins. Today our > pre-registration exceeded the total number of people who attended the 8th > ICS, the previous ICS held in the US in 1981. I look forward to seeing many > more registrations in the coming weeks. Remember, the price of registration > increases on June 1st so register now and register for the great field trips > that will be held before the ICS, after the ICS, and on Wednesday during the > ICS. > > George > > George Veni, Ph.D. > Chairman, 15th International Congress of Speleology > Adjunct Secretary, International Union of Speleology > Executive Director, U.S. National Cave and Karst Research Institute > > ---- > You have received this message because you are subscribed to the 2009 ICS > eList. To unsubscribe, please visit: > http://ics2009mail.nfshost.com/pommo/user/ > > > --------------------------------------------- > He who renders warfare fatal to all engaged in it will be the greatest > benefactor the world has yet known. - Sir Richard Burton > ---------------------------------------------- > You may "reply" to the address this message > came from, but for long-term use, save: > Personal: [email protected] > AMCS: [email protected] or [email protected] > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Visit our website: http://texascavers.com > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > >
