Congratulations, that’s a big step forward. I’m sure Joyce told you about the work I am doing in the cave (fish collections downstream of WM, 2-3x/year). I’m more than happy to share my data with TCMA and assist with any biological monitoring. Andy
Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 26, 2019, at 7:11 AM, jran...@gmail.com wrote: > > Cavers - > > We are excited to announce that Texas Cave Management Association (TCMA) and > the owners of Honey Creek Springs Ranch (private property) have negotiated a > formal access and monitoring agreement for Honey Creek Cave, the longest cave > in Texas. > > Honey Creek Cave is a water cave with more than 21 miles of surveyed passage, > often described as an underground river, and the resurgence serves as the > headwaters for the flowing section of Honey Creek. This surface stream is > known for its superior water quality and unique ecosystem. Honey Creek > (surface stream) is surrounded almost in its entirety by Honey Creek State > Natural Area, a unit of TPWD. > > TCMA and our members will have four trips a year for scientific, exploration > (survey), and limited recreational access. In return, we will formalize our > monitoring efforts on water quality, cave biota and the overall impacts the > cave is experiencing. The surrounding area is experiencing an explosion of > property development and faces significant risks from water pumping, waste > water discharge, aggregate mining, and general impacts from increased human > activity. > > Kurt Menking will serve as our inaugural project manager. Bill Steele will > lead the renewed survey efforts. They have a combined experience of nearly 80 > years with the cave. > > Many thanks to the owners of Honey Creek, Kurt Menking, Bill Steele, Andy > Gluesenkamp, Greg Mosier, Ellie Thoene, Linda Palit and many others for their > hard work maintaining land owner relationships these past many years. > > We are currently working with key folks to establish our trip schedule, > access guidelines, monitoring protocols etc. > > Stay tuned for more information on how you can help TCMA fulfill our mission > and visit Honey Creek Cave. For membership information please visit our > website. For questions please contact i...@tcmacaves.org. > > Joe Ranzau > President | Texas Cave Management Association > www.tcmacaves.org > 210.289.6839 > > Permission is granted to distribute this announcement. > _______________________________________________ > Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com > Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ > http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers _______________________________________________ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
