Wait. Isn't Powell's the longest cave in Texas? I thought Karst Walker says so.
On Mon, 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 > -- Charlie Loving
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