I also thought tcma owed more than 225 acres. Punkin and deep is like 225 acres
Galen Falgout On Mar 9, 2015, at 2:36 PM, Jon via Texascavers <texascavers@texascavers.com> wrote: > That is a nice news story and quite the volunteer turnout, nice work. > Unfortunately however the historical background given the reporter was not > correct. > > The bats were not eliminated from the Ezell's Cave by the installation of the > recently removed cave gate but were excluded when a previous owner placed a > steel plate over the entrance in the early 60's because of fear of liability > suits. The property was sold to the Nature Conservancy in the late 60's with > substantial help from the SWT Grotto. Through the 70's the Nature > Conservancy tried several different methods of trespasser and vandal control > with varying success. If you are interested in the history of Ezell's Cave > read through Nature History of Texas Caves page 94 - 99. > > There were several attempts made to reintroduce bats into the cave after the > steel plates were removed and it was an open entrance but there was no > success, the bats were not interested in staying. In the early 80's the > Edwards Aquifer Research and Data Center At TSU was ramping up the research > portion and hired Dr. Albert Ogden. Ezell's Cave was an ideal monitoring > location of the aquifer, however the instruments that Dr. Ogden was placing > in the cave were suffering vandalism and therefore loss of data. The > Conservancy was approached about paying for a gate but it wasn't until two > students that were trespassing fell down the entrance climb and were injured > requiring rescue the Nature Conservancy agreed to have a gate installed. > > After the Conservancy agreed to install a gate a meeting was held with Dr. > Merlin Tuttle at the Wyoming NSS convention and then later when he was > visiting central Texas (prior to BCI moving to Austin) a meeting was setup > with the local Nature Conservancy staff and the several local San Marcos > caver volunteers for Dr. Tuttle and the Conservancy biologist to recommend > and review a design. Everyone agreed that it should work for the bat ingress > egress, it was open enough to not disrupt the surface water flow into the > cave, and tight enough to stop trespassers from entering into the cave. The > gate was constructed and installed as designed by bat "experts" at the time. > > In the last few years several small (maybe tricolor) bats have been seen and > reported in the cave in the winter. > > Respectfully submitted, > Jon Cradit > > > On Monday, March 9, 2015 9:39 AM, Kimberly Hartzog via Texascavers > <texascavers@texascavers.com> wrote: > > > For free access view just Google: making a good entrance san marcos > It should be at the top of your search results. > There are 8 great photos posted with the article. > > Kimberly Hartzog > khart...@peloton-sa.com > > > > > On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 12:09 AM, Julia Germany via Texascavers > <texascavers@texascavers.com> wrote: > Nice photo. > > Unfortunately, I am not a subscriber to the ExpressNews, and therefore cannot > read the article. > > Anyone out there who can send the text to this listserv? > > > Julia G Germany > germa...@aol.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jerry via Texascavers <texascavers@texascavers.com> > To: Texascavers <Texascavers@texascavers.com> > Sent: Sun, Mar 8, 2015 11:43 pm > Subject: [Texascavers] Ezell's cave gating in the news: > > Making a good entrance: > > Cavers hope new structure brings a colony back > > By Richard A. 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