texascavers Digest 30 Apr 2009 19:12:46 -0000 Issue 750
Topics (messages 10594 through 10603):
TSS Board meeting
10594 by: Ron Ralph
Re: Convention Wrap Up and Longhorn Reminder
10595 by: Butch Fralia
Trying to contact mike walsh
10596 by: Matt Turner
10597 by: Matt Turner
Endangered Species Act back on track :
10598 by: JerryAtkin.aol.com
William Tucker
10599 by: Lyndon Tiu
Science at CWAN
10600 by: CWAN.boernenet.com
White Nose Syndrome
10601 by: Minton, Mark
Devils Sinkhole Trip
10602 by: Geary Schindel
I have a cabin reserved at Kerrville City Park for the ICS week, up for grabs
10603 by: Jon Cradit
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Cavers,
There will be a board meeting of the Texas Speleological Survey this Saturday,
May 2, beginning at 10:30 am. We will be going all day so it will be a good
time for you to come by the office and take a look at the Texas files. You need
not attend the Directors Meeting (unless you want) but can share lunch when we
send out. I know several of you have complained that the Wednesday work
sessions do not work for you so this is a good opportunity to see maps and
files on the week-end. Let me know if you want to attend and I will put you on
the gate list. And write if you need directions.
Ron Ralph
President
TEXAS SPELEOLOGICAL SURVEY – Meeting Agenda
TSS Office, Austin, 2 May 2009, 10:30 a.m.
❍ Call to order, introduce visitors, special guests and address visitor's
business
❍ President's Report
❍ Secretary's Report – McNatt (out of town)
Action Items
Minutes of Last Meeting:
Review between meeting business
❍ Treasurer's Report - Cobb
❍ Editor's Report - Atkinson
Map CD
Monograph, Musgrove
Reprint, Volume I
Kerr County
Texas Cave Fauna, Reddell/Krejca
❍ Office Manager's Report – Kennedy (report sent)
❍ Data Managers' Reports
Digital database: Fralia
Bexar/Comal/Kendall: Veni
Burnet/GUMO: Atkinson
Central Edwards Plateau: Atkinson
Culberson: Stafford
Hays: Sprouse
Kimble/Uvalde: Kennedy
NW Texas/San Saba: Fralia
Travis: Russell
Williamson: Worsfold
Fort Hood: Reddell
❍ Committee Reports
Data Requests: Russell
Information Tech: McKenzie
Photo Archives: Kunath
TexBib: Atkinson/McKenzie
Website: Fralia
❍ Project Reports
Amistad: Atkinson
Colorado Bend: Kennedy
Kickapoo Caverns/Devils: Cobb
❍ Old Business
❍ New Business
Report on TSA convention and sales
Review TSS participation at 15th ICS in July
Modify definitions of cave, shelter, sinkhole and karst feature
Change standard datum from NAD 27 to NAD WGS 1984
Policy on cave number designations
Policy on White-Nose Syndrome
❍ Announcements
❍ Set next meeting and adjourn
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Don't forget, if you're registered for the TSA member area you can add your
own calendar events for trips like Longhorn. Just log in to the member area
and one of the options after login is "Add Calendar Events". It works
because that's the same function I use to put new stuff on the calendar.
You can also edit (change or cancel) events you put on the calendar.
Regards,
Butch Fralia
TSA Webmaster
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 1:30 PM
To: Lyndon Tiu; [email protected]
Subject: RE: [Texascavers] Convention Wrap Up and Longhorn Reminder
D'oh!
You're correct, Lyndon.
The Longhorn Project is THIS weekend, Saturday, May 2nd.
June remains to be seen.
Mea culpa (must be that cold medicine I'm taking!)
Mark
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From: Lyndon Tiu [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Tue 4/28/2009 1:20 PM
To: Alman, Mark @ IRP
Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Convention Wrap Up and Longhorn Reminder
[email protected] wrote:
> **
>
> *Longhorn Caverns State Park Dig, This Saturday, May 2nd*
>
>
>
> This is a pre-ICS project! We will be meeting at the visitors center at
> Longhorn Caverns State Park at 9 AM, Saturday, June 7th, and caravan
> from there to the Crownover entrance. We will be prepping the area for a
> possible thru trip during ICS, hanging out at the beautiful state park,
> and conducting a possible thru trip. Please bring your own water, food,
> and camping gear as the Visitors area at the park is available Friday
> and Saturday nights.
>
>
>
> Contact Mark, if you plan on attending!
Typo!
Subject line reads " ... May 2nd", but the text body, reads " ... June
7th ... "
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Lyndon Tiu
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Can anyone give me Mike's Phone number?
Thanks, Matt Turner
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without
accepting it." - Aristotle
"Empty pockets never held anyone back.Only empty heads and empty hearts can do
that."- Norman Vincent Peale
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Thanks to everyone who responded, but at this point it's getting excessive.
Matt Turner
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without
accepting it." - Aristotle
"Empty pockets never held anyone back.Only empty heads and empty hearts can do
that."- Norman Vincent Peale
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From: "Worsfold, John" <[email protected]>
To: Matt Turner <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 10:08:33 PM
Subject: RE: [Texascavers] Trying to contact mike walsh
512 249 cave
From:Matt Turner [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 7:36 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [Texascavers] Trying to contact mike walsh
Can anyone give me Mike's Phone number?
Thanks,
Matt Turner
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without
accepting it." - Aristotle
"Empty pockets never held anyone back.Only empty heads and empty hearts can do
that."- Norman Vincent Peale
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Salazar and Locke Restore Scientific Consultations under the Endangered
Species Act to Protect Species and their Habitats
April 28, 2009
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke and Secretary of the
Interior Ken Salazar today announced that the two departments are revoking
an eleventh-hour Bush administration rule that undermined Endangered Species
Act (ESA) protections. Their decision requires federal agencies to once
again consult with federal wildlife experts at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration – the two
agencies that administer the ESA – before taking any action that may affect
threatened or endangered species.
“By rolling back this 11th hour regulation, we are ensuring that
threatened and endangered species continue to receive the full protection of
the law,
” Salazar said. “Because science must serve as the foundation for
decisions we make, federal agencies proposing to take actions that might affect
threatened and endangered species will once again have to consult with
biologists at the two departments.”
“For decades, the Endangered Species Act has protected threatened species
and their habitats,” said Commerce Secretary Gary Locke. “Our decision
affirms the Administration’s commitment to using sound science to promote
conservation and protect the environment.”
In March, President Obama directed the Secretaries to review the previous
Administration’s Section 7 regulation of the ESA – which governs
interagency consultation – and Congress, in the 2009 Omnibus Appropriations
Act,
specifically authorized the Secretaries to revoke the regulation.
Locke and Salazar said the two departments will conduct a joint review of
the 1986 consultation regulations to determine if any improvements should
be proposed.
The Endangered Species Act was signed into law in 1973 to protect
imperiled species from extinction, as well as conserve the ecosystems and
habitats
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William Tucker, please contact me off-list.
Thank you.
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Lyndon Tiu
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Just in case anyone on this list recieved any information to the contrary,
Cave Without a Name is avalible for and open to scientific research.
Please contact us if you have any (or need any) ideas involving this cave.
Anyone who has done research here in the past and would like to do a
follow up on their research please contact us.
Mike Burrell
Manager
Cave Without a Name
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There have been several items concerning White Nose Syndrome lately. The
NSS has a new informational brochure here:
<http://www.caves.org/WNS/WNS%20flier%20090428.pdf>. There is also a campaign
to try to convince Congress to fund WNS research. You can take action to get
support for this here:
<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/2167/t/5243/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=27148>.
Finally, I heard last night on ABS News that they will be having a special
report on WNS Thursday evening at 11 PM.
Mark Minton
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Folks,
I have a water level measuring instrument in Devils Sinkhole which I
need to remove on Saturday. I'm looking for one or two folks (toadies)
that are vertically competent to go along and help. This is a one day
trip scheduled for Saturday, May 2. Devils Sinkhole is located near
Rock Springs, Texas, approximately 2 hours west of San Antonio. I would
like to enter the cave in the early to mid morning. You must have your
own vertical gear, know how to use it. Be able to change from
rappelling to ascending and back to rappelling (be able to do a change
over) and not have a fear of heights (the drop is 145 feet). This
should not be your first or even second vertical cave. I'm looking for
more experienced folks - thank you. You must also follow
decontamination procedures in that all of your equipment must be clean
and decontaminated before you arrive on the property. You must also be
willing to sign a release to enter the cave.
If you are interested, please send me an email at
[email protected]
Thanks,
Geary M. Schindel
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Hi folks,
I have a cabin reserved at Kerrville City Park, for the week of 18-26
July during the ICS.
It is on the Guadalupe River and it has AC and four beds.
I will be staying on campus, therefore the cabin is up for grabs for the
week.
The weekly rate is $385.00 plus I paid a deposit last year.
You could get it for the family or several folks go in together and stay
there.
First come, first gets it.
Jon Cradit
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