2017 National Cave and Karst Management SymposiumOctober 16-20, 2017

Eureka Springs, ArkansasPhoto courtesy of the Basin Park Hotel

An Ancient Landscape with Modern Problems.

Photo Courtesy of Smallin Civil War Cave, Ozark, MO NPS Photo by Chuck Bitting

Meeting Venue

The meeting venue will be the Grand Ballroom of the 1905 Basin Park Hotel in Downtown Eureka Springs, Arkansas.

Photos courtesy of the Basin Park Hotel

Rooms in the 1905 Basin Park HotelThe hotel offers a variety of room styles for most every need. All rooms will be at the government per diem rate.

Photos courtesy of the Basin Park Hotel

The Howdy Party and Banquet will be held in the 1886 Crescent Hotel

Photos courtesy of the 1886 Crescent Hotel

Crystal Dining Room

Banquet Venue Photo courtesy of the 1886 Crescent Hotel

Conservatory

Howdy Party Venue

1886 Crescent Hotel Guest Rooms

Photos courtesy of the 1886 Crescent Hotel

Things to do

• Shopping• Hiking• Ghost Tours• Massage

• Dining• Drinking• Mtn. Biking• Bass Fishing

• Caving• Canoeing• Hunting• Trout Fishing

Possible Urban Karst Field Trip

• Urban Karst of the Springfield, MO area.

• Springfield Missouri is located on a karst plateau, commonly known as the Springfield Plateau.

• The Springfield plateau consists of a stack of Mississippian aged limestones of several hundred feet in thickness.

• The Springfield area has experienced fairly rapid urbanization over the past 25 years, resulting in numerous problems associated with the interface between surface development and the underlying karst.

Buffalo National River Karst Fieldtrip

• America’s first National River, Buffalo National River was established to preserve a very scenic free-flowing stream in the southern Ozarks.

• A significant section of the Buffalo River has come under threat from animal wastes as a result of the construction of a large Confined Animal Feeding Operation (CAFO) along a major tributary.

• The CAFO is entirely on karst.• The field trip will discuss this issue as well as an

overview of the karst development in this area.

Potential Workshops

• A geologic float trip down the Buffalo River• Cave Gating Basics• Cave Databases• Introduction to Dye Tracing• Introduction to bat acoustic survey

techniques.

Any Questions?

Photo by Carol Bitting