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EdItor E RIcketts PublIsher EBradshawClrculation
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If you have some news for the VARFYI (I sspect the next issue to be out round OTR time) send it to Barbara Belshaw 5313 Lansing Dr Camp Springs Md 20748
CAVE UP-DATES Tri- State tel Is us in theIr Apr 1 I Dead Dog DIspatch that BENDERS CAVE shou 1 d be coded D O G V 1 n the limi ted access cave 11 st Contact mmer AgtRgt Emery for permissIon to enterat least one week I n advance A waiver must be sIgned DONALDSONS CAVE is coded D S F V contact caretaker and sIgn a waiver WHITINGS NECK CAVE Is NOW OPEN TO ACCESS BUT Do not park on the cave owners property-park
o across the road on Roger Barnharts property inside the gate but not blocking the driveway along the fence to the west of the driveway and PLEASE BE COURTEOUS Code Is WV 0 - S -
VAR SPRING MEETING While waiting for the officIal mInutes I caught some of the news in other newsletters 1) WV Law concerning prohobltion of high risk activities wording is to be changed to allow permission to competent people engaged in Ie spelunking 2) ConservatIon Chair still looking for a replacement 3) Turnout was 181 people 4)Work days are being set up ltcheck your local grottos for dates-especially in JulyAugust) to prepare the OTR site for Labor Day 5) The VIrginIa Speleological Society Is publishing a newsletter $7year 6)Resolution passed for al I grottos to wrIte to theIr respective Congressmen about Cave Management on Federal Lands 7) FALL VAR will be at Radford VirgInia hosted by the 1991 Convention Bid Committee
DISTANT TIDBITS From Tomm Reinbold in England in reference to my Long Live The Bat article During a segment on a BBC Television The Natural World a show on Bats Need Friends stated that ringedbanded Greater Horseshoe bat like other bats can 1 ive as long as thIrty yearsWhew CONGRATS to Mike and Melissa of SVG on their marrIage of March 28 CONGRATS to JackIe ltBarlow) and Bruce Bannerman on their wedding of June 20 Bridge Day will be October 10 coordinate Contact Scott Magelssen 25303 H304-346-3515 W304-747-3718
1987 Charleston Grotto wIll 798 Suncres Road Charleston WV
24 out of 27 lOs in VA-R-turned in annual reports on tIme Please disregard thIs notice if your report Is in the mall but- have
Mario Area and Western Maryland Grottos turned In their stuff c-- pound8 Some terms of the V I rg in I a Cave Board exp Ire annua 1 1 y Gov Ba I i I es prefers no more than 2 four year terms If you or someone you know would like to apply- contact Evelyn Bradshaw(outgoing chair) or PhIl Lucas( Treasurer) The Board meets 3-4 times year arid a fie 1 d relating to speoleogy and a history of leadershlp would be helpful in influencing the guvs choIce MASSANUTTEN CAVERNS has been working to improve the faci llties There are two students there now on a workstudy program involvIng learning how to do electrIcal wIring
Page 2 NEW FIELDHOUSE A Mr Steve Cal Ian has offered PSC the use of a house on his property in the Smoke Hole area Two bedroomsan indoor bathroom two porches storage dining and living rooms and an outhouse plus some other storage rooms and a telephone It appears to be in a secluded mountainous atmosphere in a valley Sounds nifty enjoy your new abode
NEW PUBLICATION The Virginia Speleogical Survey has recently completed its fIrst quarterly publication Virginia Cellars You can get It for $2 an issue or $7year laquo Correspondance and subscr 1 pti ons shou I d go to VSS co Phil Lucas 4411 Fal len Oak Dr Chantilly Virginia 22021raquo They wi 11 again hold the Map Of The Year Award send entries to hi I The Directors of the VSS express thei sincere appreciation to the CCV for their grant helped with purchases of - a computor up-grade and hard disk drive contract manpower to perform keypunch and research an Ozalid Printerand a map cabinet Send your grotto newsletters to VSS so they can keep up-to-date on all the Virginia caves The Virginia Cellars also had a Significant Cave List It was not the complete annotated listing but it should be treated as sensitIve and confidentIal laquo I like getting these first copies of newsletters - should have asked for authors autographsraquo
TRICKS OF THE TRADE Jim Washington had an Interesting list of caving equipment that yall shOu-ld carry----He -made a- t-ip--c I e-anersurvey -compass- out of a Bic lighter that had a shoestring threaded thru a hole In the bottom his tip cleaner was attached to one end of the shoestring and a Silva to the other easy to find in your pack in the dark ALSO keep an array of bottles in various sizes with goodies stashed inside ( ie a toothbrush in the dump bottle to get out stuck carbide) his special treats are kept in a Fred Flinstone shaped bottle again easy to find in a dark packed pack He also recommends pop-top foods and had many uses for good 01 duct tape
CCV JUNE 1987 I hope you a 1 I got a copy of the Cave Conservancy of the Vi rg1 n i as June 1987 with its neat article on the new cave You can explore th i s cave see a 1) the good formati ons and even dr I ve up to the entrance( or close enuf to walk to it in short order) The cave Is located at 740 North Sixth Street Richmond Virginia in the
Richmond Childrens Museum Call 804-788-4949 to find out more
THANKS TO DC Speleograph V43 N4-5 AprilMay 1987 Dead Dog Dispatch V2 N5 May 1987 Tomm Reinhold Evelyn Bradshaw The Groundhog V19 N3 March 1987 The Potomac Caver V30 March 1987 Virginia Cellars Vl Nl Winter 1987 The Tech Troglodyte V 26 N2 Winter 1987 Cave Conservancy of the Virginias June 1987
Hews Hotes prepared in JUbP held to be published with ftiDutes ftc
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YAR Hinules Hay 3 1987 middot Dailey WY Present Baltilore langrehr C Tidfrlan Blue Ridge A Stewart Charleston V Daniels DC Grotto D West F Grady ESSD B Bannerlan Flitterlouse B Bussey Frederick P ahan R Rauch Serlany Valley B Chute 6reenbrier Dileggi B lieblan GROSS R Parsons onongahela R Garton Parkersburg R Snyder J Bigger P5C E Ri dett s RASS J Sullivan Barrett SIi go L Ott B Gul dfn Tidewater C SQuyars
Tri-State J Sperry C Bolt UVa R orris B Stringfield VPI M Fiore J Washington VSS P lucas WVACS A Cruse A Stubbe
Officers Chairlan Vice-Chair Secretary Treasurer
George Dasher Bob Frosti ck TOl Spina Ron orton
1 The leeting was called to order at 1007 by Chairlan Dasher
2 Delegates began sign-in prior to leetingj voting cards were distributed at this tile
3 Spina called for lotion to accept minutes of f ll Bb Meeting as circulated VSS so loved DC Grotto seconded PASSED _ _ r_ epound was deferred is the treasurer had not yet returned froll breakfast
5 l_-2 _LrL A Rocky Parsons reported on a four-hour clean-up trip in Bob Whites Cave the day before B Dave West recounted sote details of the Trout Cave clean-up held Saturday All participants were Task Force telbers Trash was picked up frot road in front of cave Two bags of trash and lots of grafitti were reloved The cave was r -Dpened on Friday One church and one scout group had registered during the cl osed per i od C 6eorge Dasher had taken a group into Sharps Cave to cOlplete the clean-up Overall the cave was in great shape with no new vandaiisl evident
b A total of 181
registered (as per E Bradshaw) B Chute requested help in cleaning up the grounds
7 Brief report by Evelyn
Bradshaw Basically the easelent legislation hasnt progressed
8 Pl Iartin Dileggi stated that the Highlands Consevancy ishes to pay tribute to one of its founders Sari Corri in scee fashion perhaps naling a cave or a feature within in her honor etc
9 QI _ apparently died of old age But Evelyn Bradshaw took the floor and presented Carol TiderlaR Kith the Wretched Excess Section Certificate
10 Treasurer [At this ti the Treasurer returned frol his bout with breakfast] $310200 was reported to be in the treasury by Treas Ron orton No grants were requested At this point Bruce Bannertan was quick to report that one was on the way frOI HeRC
Vice-Chair Frostick reported that sale 11
very positive changes were being lade concerning West Virginia legislative Rule 5B-I Section 28 [for thos
NSS A Chairlan Dasher asked for a volunteer VAR at the COS teeting Dave West will prilary representative Bill Bussey secondary representative
to represent serve as the to act asnot faliliar with the Section 28 happenings please
write any of the VAR officers for details]
4 Conservation Chair Rocky Parsons is still pushing for lore West Virginia Cave Protection Act Sign installations A list of sign installations was lade available to interested parties and is included as part of these inutes It was also lade public that the Region owns a barge of brushes which are available to Region letbers for clean-up work In closing Rocky stated that he is resigning as Regional Conservation Chair Nary a hand was raised in volunteering to fill the position
B Dasher inquired as to whether the Region should vote approval or disapproval of the issues individually or as a hole
lOTION by Barrett of RASS to consider each issue Individually SECONDEO by Vice Chair Frostick PASSED
C [ Each issue d voted on as lotiOllld by RASS A (Opy of these issues is included as part of these linutes] The kfgion voted to oppose Alendlents tl
12 12 and 14 of Itel II to oppose itea 12 to oppose Itell 13 alllendeent II Itel 13 atlfldlent 12 was by the Virgmiddotnia Region
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D OTION by Tideran of 8altiore The Delegate fro VAR to the C06 is epowered to vote his consci2nce and to lake friendly aendents to the issues based on the input received at this eeting SECONDED by Barrett of RASS and PASSED
12 Announcelents- --- A Lynn Ott of Sligo distributed a list of Mork to be performed at the OTR site in preparation for none oter than OTR This report is included as part of official copy of these linutes B Phil Lucas of VSS reported on the virtues of the Fed ral Cave Protection Act which he has been toiling over Janet Thorne added that they are Bills Hfl1175 and S127 in the House and Senate respectively and further urged that Congressen and Senators be contacted in support of the Act
HOTION by Chute of 6er any Valley that VAR write letters in support of this law SECOHDED by PSC and PASSED It was further urged by Sligo that the other Il0s follow suit
C Ray Barton announced a WVASS leeting after the RegiDnaIHeti ng D Bob Hoke called for IDre updates to the Closed Cave Li st E Bruce Banneran announced that the entire Region is invited to the BanneranBarlow wedding on June 20 1987 at 1100 al Contact Jackie Barlow Box 784 Culloden West Virginia 25510 (Ph 304-743-S45S) for details RSVP by Hay 29 F Karen Kastning states that NSS Photo Salon Entry forls are available as well as back issues of Flash (the Photography Section publication) The PhDtogra hic EndoMlent Fund prints were displayed and offered 6 Jay Sperry of Tri-State inforled us that Whitings Neck Cave once closed has been re-opened H Bruce Bannerlan relinded the Region of the two-day NCRC Selinar on Kay 30-31 in Putnal County Contaci Bruce for details For details on the June 1-13 selinar in Abingdon contact Harold Chriles
13 110ll0N by ESSO to host organization SECONDED by Frederick (Round of applause)
14 ERNST and KAREN KASTNIN6 graciously agreed to put together the
15 Before entertaining a lotion to adjourn Chairlan Dasher asked for a show of hands of those in favor of having the fall business eeting on Saturday instead of Sunday The overwhelling lajority continue to opt for the traditional Sunday gathering Ale-o II
lb Around 1 00 p I ESSO OTIONED to
adjourn PSC SECONDED and everyone cut out causing
Ie to believe that the lotion passed
Respectfully Sublitted
TOI1 SPINA Secretary
Report of Treasurer
St at elent nc Tt _
Incolle Budgeted Actual to date Spring Heeting Registrations $37500 $15400 Fall Heeting Registrations 37500 Absentee Registrations 10000 Interest lncole 10000
TOTAL INCOI1E 95000 Expenses
Executive COllittee Chairan Vice-Chairlan Secretary Treasurer
Publications Association Dues
West Va Highlands Consv Cave Conserv of VAs Conservation Council VA
6r ants CRCN NCRe
TOTAL EXPENSES
Projected Loss for the Year
2000 2000 8000 5000 50000
2000 1000 2500
13500 20000
lObO 00 $11000
Statement of Assets------- --- - bull ------ - -
L i ab t ___ of 52187
Assets Cash on Hand
TOTAL ASSETS
Liabilities Fund Balances Liabilities Operating Fun
Cash on Hand
$3312 $331217
$331297
(Account is in process of being loved to Ri chlond )
8850 6571
30821
Profecl
54
55
57
59
75
WV Cave ion--Slgns Installed To Date Page 5
No Cave Nail Location (county) Ollner Grotto Contact erson Date Ins I
21
3
4
5
6
7
8
Organ lDeels) Organ (Lipps) Dead Dog Si lers Kolers Cricket laze Shirleys
Greenbrier Greenbrier Jefferson Berkeley Shepherdstolln Berkeley Jefferson 2 signs for Whitings
J W Deels J W Deels Ronald Brolin Robert S Wyly R L Lattere]1 Cricket lIaze Cave Assn
Neck Ollner not
RASS RASS Sligo Sligo CKCA Sligo Sligo
Tony Askell Tony Askell Sail Fruits Lynn Ott Lynn Ott Lynn Ott Lynn Ott
Yes i-29-85
3-31-85
8-6-85
Yes 7-15-85
Yes
9 interested lIay give signs to Tri-State 10
II
Dry Cave Cricket
Greenbrier Greenbrier Willial Pat Level
Ti delliter WVACS
Alex Sprool TOl Spina
8-3-85
9-21-85 12 Thorn Pendleton RuthEverett Propst WVACS TOl Spina 9-28-85 13 Sinnitt Pendleton RuthEverett Propst WVACS Tal Spina 9-28-85 14 Piltex y a Greenbrier L II Pol an IIVACS TOl Spina 9-22-85 1 5 Piercys lIill Grlenbrier L II Pol an WVACS TOI Spina 9-22-85 16
17 Hinkle-Unis HigginbothiilS 12
6reenbrier Greenbrier
Bedford Albile Harvey lIandel
IIVACS WVACS
TOIl Spina TOI Spina
9-22-85
9-22-85 18 Culverson Creek Frankfort
Wildcat Entrance Greenbrier Co Earl Hinkle WVACS TOI Spina 9-15-85 1lt1
21 McClungs Harr 12
Frankford6reenbrier Lanesville-Tucker Co
Geraldine Freelan Earl Harr
WVACS Charleston
TOI Spina Bob Fr06tick
H4-85
22 Patton Gap Hilis-llonroe Co Hansbilrger Charleston Bob Frostick 23 Rehobeth Church Union-llonroe Co Hall Phillips Char I esten Bob Frostick 8-23-85 25 Laurel CreeK Greenville-Honroe Co H Judy Charleston Bob Frostick 26 Cass 6reenbr ier 6eorge Dasher 27 Sharps 6reenbrier George Dashlr 28 Sillonsllingo PSC Bob Anderson 5-17-86 29 Organ Organ Cave-Greenbr George Sively Greenbrier George DasheT 8-10-85 30 Organ Organ Cave-Greenbr George Sively Greenbrier George Dasher 8-10-85 41 Patton Honroe Tidellater Larry Ostrander
Signs 34-40 and 42-52 are signed out to Larry Ostrander Tidewater no details 10-5-85 53 Buckeye Creek Renick-Greenbrier G P Turner Tidellater TOI Spina 12-8-85
Whites Ronceverte-Greenbr W H White Tidewater TOl Spina 10-5-85
Greenville Saltp IIi II pond Ent GreenviI le-llonroe Thelia Ruddell Ti dellater TOl Spina 10-5-85
56 Greenville Saltpeter 6reenville-Konroe Thelia Ruddell Ti dellater TOI Spina 10-5-85
Higginbothals II Frankford-Greenbrier WILula Higginbothal Tidellater TOI Spina 11-23-85
58 TOI Spina IIcFerrin Willialsburg-Greenbr Paul R BrOlin WVACS Rus Carter 4-5-86
60 61 signed out to (llith no details yetI Russ Carter 62 signed out to (llith no details yetI TOl Spina 63 Scott Holloll lIonroe Pat Christie BaItilore Craig Hindlan 11-9-85
- 64 Red Run Monongahela Alan Carpenter 65 Big Springs Honongahela Alan Carpenter 66 Cave HollON Monongahela Alan Cirpenter 68 69 signed out to (with no details yet) Monongahela Alan Carpenter 70 Trout Pendleton NSS I19lt COli Paul Stevens Yes 71 Nell Trout Pendleton NSS Hglt COil Paul Stevens Yes n Hali It on Pendl eton NSS Mqlt C021 Paul Stevens Yes 73 Jones Quarry Berkeley Tri-State Bob Bennett 74 Donaldson Berkel ey Tri -State Bob Bennett
Nestle Quarry Berkeley Tri-State Bob Bennett 76 Tri-State Bob Bennett 77 Benders Berkeley A R Eaery Tr --state Bob Bennett 9-20-86
78 78 80 signed out to Frederick Grotto No d tails Beb Rauch signed out no details Ginny Dalton
82 Siokehole Caverns Grant COllercial BRnSS Rocky Parson 81
Page 6
1987 Congress
All jsues Hrrr sponsored by the Cascadr Grotto of
Seattle Washington all Nfrf cosponsored by the
Horthwpst Caring Association Elbe Washington and
all Nfrp ailfd to the Virinia Region by To Pol loci
the COG Vice-Chairan
Item 1 Amendment 1 If St of the regular or higher lelbers of the NS5 sign
a petition which gives reason for the recall of any NSS Director or any Officer of the Society the B06 will be required to 3ail a ballot to every regular or
higher lelber of the NSS If bOt of the ballots are returned within sixty days of the ailing with a yes vote then the person(s) listed on the recall ballot shall be reloved fro the B06 and lay not serve again as a BOS letber for a period of four years frol the date of recall
Item 1 Amendment 2 If 5t of the regular or higher telbers of the NSS sign a petition asking for an override ballot on a B06 action the B06 will be required to lail an override ballot to all regular or higher lelbers of the N55 If 7St of the override ballots returned after sixty days of the ailing have a yes vote then the B06 action will be overriden
Item 1 Amendment 3 If 10I of the regul ar or hi gher sign a petition clearly outlining B06 any NSS Officer(s) or NSS will b required to lail a ballot higher lelbers of the Society If ret rned after sixty days of the
lelbers of the NSS a directive to the
COllittee the BOS to all regular or
751 of the ballots lailing have a yes
vote then the BOG NS5 Officer(s) or NSS COllittee ust ilplelent the required directive
Item 1 Amendment 4 The Congress of 6rottos will have the power to direct the B06 to place any latter to a vote of the regular or higher lebers of the Society if the latter to be oted on at the Congress leeting was placed on the agenda sixty days prior to the leeting and 60t of the Congress representatives present at the Congress leeting vote yes For approval by the general lelbership any such latter lUst receive an SOt yes vote frol the regular or higher lelbers within sixty days of the Congress leeting where such a directive was approved
Item 2 All real property of the Society with a value greater than $JOOOO and all real estate will be lanaged by special cOIittees of not less than three or lore than five persons Such cOllittees will be appointed by either the NSS President the NSS Executive Vice-President or the NSS Adlinistrative Vice-President and lust be confirled by the NS5
Issuesof Grottos
Directors The lelbers of
reloved by a 23 vate of the leeting No N55 Director these cOIittees and the cOlittees will be liited Soci et y
these cOllittees can be
NS5 Directors at any 80S or Officer can serve on
lelbership of these to the lelbers of the
Item 3 Amendment 1
No N5S Officer or Director shall serve as a COllittee chairlan on any NSS cOlittee that Ian ages property of the Society with a value of tl0OOO or greater real
estate property or has an annual operating budget greater than $2000
_ Item 3 Amendment 2 No NSS Director shall serve ore than seven years as an NSS Director without a one full year break in
service before serving as a Director or lelber of the Board of Sovernors
OTR 87 Is Coming Even as we write another hard-working crew is up at the OTR site in Dailey for a lajor work weekend (July 18 and 19) Put August 22 on your calendar now and plan to go up and contribute to sale of the lastshyminute details TOl Nillials (703) 951-7883 is laster-linding that weekend
Aong the work projects that have had attention this SUller (sole lay not be finished are spreading gravel (delivered in a huge pile) as needed on road loops Ditching to drain off the swalp area across the bridge Tagging baby trees to protect thel so that sOle day we will have good shaded sites Installation of a new water heater and new water tank area (the old one was converted to a shed) Painting and staining of sOle woodwork Spraying for poison ivy and other weeds
There will also be wor to be done as cavers report for the long weekend and work when itmiddots all over to lake sure things are cleaned up And we suggest that you will enhance your enjoYlent of OTR by a stint of service as a gate quard or a registrar its a fanshytastic way to see a lot of people you lay liss if you
stay in your own area with lostly your own grotto buddies
In case you lissed it a pre-registration fori for OTR is included in this issue ake photocopies if you need extra forls Th deadline for pre-registration is very close but if you receive this by the cancellashytion deadline of August 11 and pop it back into the ail with check it shuuld be received in tie Preshyregistration saves work for the registration staff on site and saves you having to wait in line to have your paYlents processed through the cash register
Page 7
Fe tie ra 1 Cave Protect ion B ill Get sHear ing in Wasil i ngton
Reported by Evelyn Bradshaw
The tiling of this issue of rARlfYI lay be a little
off as far as getting you out to help ready the OTR
site for Labor Days extravaganza but it couldnt be
better in ters of reporting on progress with HR1975
the Federal Cave Resources Protection Act of 1987 As
I Nrite it was only yesterday (July 2l) that a good
turnout of cavers (lastly VAR lebers) heard
governlent representatives and environental (lastly
speleological) people lake presentations about HRI975
before the Subco mittee on National Parks and Public
lands of the Houses COI ittee un Interior and Insular
Affairs As i5 custolary only a feN subcollittee
ebers turned up and those were favorably inclined
for the ost part although a New exico legislator
at first objected because we had not included caves on
Indian lands in the protective leasures I think he
eventually realized that the cission Mas not eant to
slight Indians but Mas a recognition of their right to
deterline for thelselves what happens on Indian lands
(Overtures to the had been lade but had not yet
resulted in a response when the final draft of the
bill was draMn up)
Aong cavers seen at the hearings in Rool 8-318 of the
Rayburn House Office Building Nere Paul and Lee
Stevens (Paul testified) Janet Thorne John
Scheltens Jay Arnold the Kastnings up frol Radford
Chris AlilUndon frol Roanoke a RASS contingent (Ron
Horton Mary Barrett and Alex Sproul) Laura Jones
(visiting Colorado caver) Phil Lucas and others too
nuerous to lention
Alt YDU read this note that other than the introducer
of the bill Rep Rick Boucher frol Abingdon no
laMlaKer frol the VAR area are cosponsors There are
a couple fro Pennsylvania (Joe Kolter and Doug
Walgren) See the baCKground beloN and sit dONn and
write your letter to your Representative address
U S House of Representatives Washington DC 20515
These are the current House cosponsors as of
press-tie
Ri ck Boucher VA Larry Craig 10 Ti a Johnson SO
Chester Atkins A Sander Levin I elvin PriceIL
Bob I1razek NY Jack Buechner 0 Jil Jontz IN
Joe Kol ter PA Buddy Darden SA Richard Stall-
Ike Skel ton 0 Doug Halgren PA ings ID
Dale Kildee I at thew artinez CA 110 Udall AZ
Robert Garcia NY Robert Lagoaar- Bruce orrison
Louis Stokes OH sino CA CT
Background (Prepared Ob the Hill)
Caves are considered by lany as a unique natural
non-renewable resource Mith ilportant scientific
educational and scenic resources including
specialized lineral forlations known as speleothels
and plants and anials which lay have undergone
adaptation to survive in a cave environlent At
present there are approxiately 40000 known caves in
the United STates A significant nUlber of these
caves are located on federal lands including over
4200 caves on BL and Forest Service lands alone
Concerns have been raised that vandalisl cOltercial
exploitation and recreational abuse are causing dalage
and the loss of natural and cultural cave resources
and that present federal law is inadequate to
cOlprehensively provide for the protection of cave resources Caves located on public lands are
currently lanaged under general land lanagelent laws
but these laMS neither expressly provide cOlprehensive
authority for the lanage ent of cave resources nor
forlally state a policy regarding the ilportance of
caves and cave resources on federal lands
HR 1975 provides the Secretaries of Interior and
Agriculture Mith specific authority to lanage Federal
cave resources and directs that caves be considered in
land lanageent planning The bill authorizes the
Secretaries under certain conditions to withhold
information on the nature and location of a cave Mhen
disclosure of such inforation Mould create a
substantial risk of harM to cave resources Further
the legislation establishes a perit systel for the
collection and reoval of any natural resource froe
caves and provides civil and criinal penalties for violations of this Act
Heading for Trout Hamilton ampc
Staff changes and other cOlitlents have interfered
wi th hopes of the lohn 6ui1 day Cave Preserve
Managelent Coaittee to get a full-fledged visitor
contact progral 3ng Literature to hand out to
visitors is avallabl2 frol Ed Ri ketts COllittee
(hairlan Casual visitor contact could be helpful
If you will bE up there in August ask Ed for flyers
JiJILIJulultlII J7
TUIIV Augult 111987
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OTR-87 PRE-REGISTRATION - - OTR in 1987 Septmbr 3-7 Dailey WV
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1732 Byron St Alex andr i a VA 22303 Dbullbulldlin for clnclhtioll to rlcivi I full rfund Itil $100 hlndlhQ chlr91(Notll Or I TAA ItIbtr unlbll to co Ily lind writttn luthorizltion to trlnlflr pr-rtglltrtiDD to another TAAHlbtr I Gnttrl Inforbullbulltiorn FHI inc1udl Ulp9raund door priul Iccident inlUranc ittrndl It SltlSun plrtill Contlltl nd contlt prizl Your clncIIId chck il your rlClipt if you wlnt I writtll rlCipt frOi OTR you IUlt Itnd I Illf-lddrllid Itld nviiopi or pOltclrd with your chICk Instructions for Pr-R-vistrtion Form 1 Onl fori per prlon (photocopy Ixtrl forll II ntldd or IlkI flclilihl - Ind phln print lGibly 2 COlpliti plytnt ItCtlon (on only on fori if IUblittinG IIYlrll) Ind Ilk totll plyttnt for IIIpre-rlgiltrlntl3 All non-TRA Hlblrl MIlt bl Iponlortd II 9ullh by I TRA Itlblr (only 2 plr spDnlorl nd Iy I flit $200lurchlrge for thl 1Iklnd ovr Ind Iboy the fll Ihown for TRA lelberl Mote thlt illidiitl fllily of TRA bullbulllbtrl Ind ilia bonl fidl Clyerl uy join TRA Joi ni nlil TRAI liberl of reco9nized cavinG orGlnizationl Irt lutoltically Ulibh to Jain Tht Robertson Allochtion (TRA) othen can Jain if thy cln lublhnthtt tht thy Ire -bani fidmiddot caver I FullyTRA Itlbrlhip Ir IYlilbl for ilHditl fllily of TAA lilbtrl Pr-rl9iltrantl wilbing to tnroll in TRAshould Ind (1) I 100 TAA llIbtrship fI over Ind IboYl OTR-87 f with thil pre-rtgiltrtion and (2)inforlltion qUllifying you for I brlhip luch II M59 nUIDtr ft of rlCognizd clving Gr9lniztian to which you blong ndor dllcription of your clYing xperitnc The $100 il lone-tilt fll I d you reivi bull1Ibrlhip clrd (but if you 1011 it thtrt il I 100 rplc t chlr)
OTR-B7 Pre-Rgistrtion Fbullbull Bchdul By Arrivl Dy Not Fi9ur1 shown irl for entirl WIktnd ltarting on dlY of Irrivll not per dy eblrgll
Adult 1S years and olderl $1800 $1600 $1400 $900 No charge Juvenile (617 years of age) 1400 1200 1000 700 infants Chi Id (3-5 years of agel 800 7_ 00 6_ 00 500 under 3
Non-TRA guests age 3 and up pay $2weekend in addition to regular fee
Lifetite TRA elbership still available at $17500 covers registration this and all future OTRs D06S $1400 $1100 $ 800 $500Bringing of dogl to OTR 11 hi9hly dileourI9d thlY IUlt bl cantralltd It 11 tiH Set OTR-86 dog poUcy
OTR-8 Pr-R911trUon Fori (ani pr penon) Plbullbullbullbull Print or Typ Nm Aglif undr 18) __ Arri val Dy Str_t Your f
Stte__ TI I Caving affiliation
Are you a TRA lelber If yes who signed your TRA card NSS Active now
If no give nail of TRA elber IIho is your sponsor Counting 1987 hOIl lany OTRs lIill you have attended (guess) Are you a middotCertified I Certified Oldtiler aeets at least one of these qualifications NSS No under 5500 or attended 20 or---ore
OTRs or have attended OTR before 1965 lade a significant contribution to speleoloqy before 1965 Payment Sctian Number Amount The total paid should Adults (18 and over) equal the total from each Juveniles (6-17) pre-registra tion form Children (3-5) plus dog fees
Dog(s)
Surcharge non-TRA guests
Total Paid Check ==========
OTR Ifill appreciate no checks on Canadian banks (clearing problels in our WV bank) oney orders OK
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Page 2 NEW FIELDHOUSE A Mr Steve Cal Ian has offered PSC the use of a house on his property in the Smoke Hole area Two bedroomsan indoor bathroom two porches storage dining and living rooms and an outhouse plus some other storage rooms and a telephone It appears to be in a secluded mountainous atmosphere in a valley Sounds nifty enjoy your new abode
NEW PUBLICATION The Virginia Speleogical Survey has recently completed its fIrst quarterly publication Virginia Cellars You can get It for $2 an issue or $7year laquo Correspondance and subscr 1 pti ons shou I d go to VSS co Phil Lucas 4411 Fal len Oak Dr Chantilly Virginia 22021raquo They wi 11 again hold the Map Of The Year Award send entries to hi I The Directors of the VSS express thei sincere appreciation to the CCV for their grant helped with purchases of - a computor up-grade and hard disk drive contract manpower to perform keypunch and research an Ozalid Printerand a map cabinet Send your grotto newsletters to VSS so they can keep up-to-date on all the Virginia caves The Virginia Cellars also had a Significant Cave List It was not the complete annotated listing but it should be treated as sensitIve and confidentIal laquo I like getting these first copies of newsletters - should have asked for authors autographsraquo
TRICKS OF THE TRADE Jim Washington had an Interesting list of caving equipment that yall shOu-ld carry----He -made a- t-ip--c I e-anersurvey -compass- out of a Bic lighter that had a shoestring threaded thru a hole In the bottom his tip cleaner was attached to one end of the shoestring and a Silva to the other easy to find in your pack in the dark ALSO keep an array of bottles in various sizes with goodies stashed inside ( ie a toothbrush in the dump bottle to get out stuck carbide) his special treats are kept in a Fred Flinstone shaped bottle again easy to find in a dark packed pack He also recommends pop-top foods and had many uses for good 01 duct tape
CCV JUNE 1987 I hope you a 1 I got a copy of the Cave Conservancy of the Vi rg1 n i as June 1987 with its neat article on the new cave You can explore th i s cave see a 1) the good formati ons and even dr I ve up to the entrance( or close enuf to walk to it in short order) The cave Is located at 740 North Sixth Street Richmond Virginia in the
Richmond Childrens Museum Call 804-788-4949 to find out more
THANKS TO DC Speleograph V43 N4-5 AprilMay 1987 Dead Dog Dispatch V2 N5 May 1987 Tomm Reinhold Evelyn Bradshaw The Groundhog V19 N3 March 1987 The Potomac Caver V30 March 1987 Virginia Cellars Vl Nl Winter 1987 The Tech Troglodyte V 26 N2 Winter 1987 Cave Conservancy of the Virginias June 1987
Hews Hotes prepared in JUbP held to be published with ftiDutes ftc
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CDnservatio _Cou f VA
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YAR Hinules Hay 3 1987 middot Dailey WY Present Baltilore langrehr C Tidfrlan Blue Ridge A Stewart Charleston V Daniels DC Grotto D West F Grady ESSD B Bannerlan Flitterlouse B Bussey Frederick P ahan R Rauch Serlany Valley B Chute 6reenbrier Dileggi B lieblan GROSS R Parsons onongahela R Garton Parkersburg R Snyder J Bigger P5C E Ri dett s RASS J Sullivan Barrett SIi go L Ott B Gul dfn Tidewater C SQuyars
Tri-State J Sperry C Bolt UVa R orris B Stringfield VPI M Fiore J Washington VSS P lucas WVACS A Cruse A Stubbe
Officers Chairlan Vice-Chair Secretary Treasurer
George Dasher Bob Frosti ck TOl Spina Ron orton
1 The leeting was called to order at 1007 by Chairlan Dasher
2 Delegates began sign-in prior to leetingj voting cards were distributed at this tile
3 Spina called for lotion to accept minutes of f ll Bb Meeting as circulated VSS so loved DC Grotto seconded PASSED _ _ r_ epound was deferred is the treasurer had not yet returned froll breakfast
5 l_-2 _LrL A Rocky Parsons reported on a four-hour clean-up trip in Bob Whites Cave the day before B Dave West recounted sote details of the Trout Cave clean-up held Saturday All participants were Task Force telbers Trash was picked up frot road in front of cave Two bags of trash and lots of grafitti were reloved The cave was r -Dpened on Friday One church and one scout group had registered during the cl osed per i od C 6eorge Dasher had taken a group into Sharps Cave to cOlplete the clean-up Overall the cave was in great shape with no new vandaiisl evident
b A total of 181
registered (as per E Bradshaw) B Chute requested help in cleaning up the grounds
7 Brief report by Evelyn
Bradshaw Basically the easelent legislation hasnt progressed
8 Pl Iartin Dileggi stated that the Highlands Consevancy ishes to pay tribute to one of its founders Sari Corri in scee fashion perhaps naling a cave or a feature within in her honor etc
9 QI _ apparently died of old age But Evelyn Bradshaw took the floor and presented Carol TiderlaR Kith the Wretched Excess Section Certificate
10 Treasurer [At this ti the Treasurer returned frol his bout with breakfast] $310200 was reported to be in the treasury by Treas Ron orton No grants were requested At this point Bruce Bannertan was quick to report that one was on the way frOI HeRC
Vice-Chair Frostick reported that sale 11
very positive changes were being lade concerning West Virginia legislative Rule 5B-I Section 28 [for thos
NSS A Chairlan Dasher asked for a volunteer VAR at the COS teeting Dave West will prilary representative Bill Bussey secondary representative
to represent serve as the to act asnot faliliar with the Section 28 happenings please
write any of the VAR officers for details]
4 Conservation Chair Rocky Parsons is still pushing for lore West Virginia Cave Protection Act Sign installations A list of sign installations was lade available to interested parties and is included as part of these inutes It was also lade public that the Region owns a barge of brushes which are available to Region letbers for clean-up work In closing Rocky stated that he is resigning as Regional Conservation Chair Nary a hand was raised in volunteering to fill the position
B Dasher inquired as to whether the Region should vote approval or disapproval of the issues individually or as a hole
lOTION by Barrett of RASS to consider each issue Individually SECONDEO by Vice Chair Frostick PASSED
C [ Each issue d voted on as lotiOllld by RASS A (Opy of these issues is included as part of these linutes] The kfgion voted to oppose Alendlents tl
12 12 and 14 of Itel II to oppose itea 12 to oppose Itell 13 alllendeent II Itel 13 atlfldlent 12 was by the Virgmiddotnia Region
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D OTION by Tideran of 8altiore The Delegate fro VAR to the C06 is epowered to vote his consci2nce and to lake friendly aendents to the issues based on the input received at this eeting SECONDED by Barrett of RASS and PASSED
12 Announcelents- --- A Lynn Ott of Sligo distributed a list of Mork to be performed at the OTR site in preparation for none oter than OTR This report is included as part of official copy of these linutes B Phil Lucas of VSS reported on the virtues of the Fed ral Cave Protection Act which he has been toiling over Janet Thorne added that they are Bills Hfl1175 and S127 in the House and Senate respectively and further urged that Congressen and Senators be contacted in support of the Act
HOTION by Chute of 6er any Valley that VAR write letters in support of this law SECOHDED by PSC and PASSED It was further urged by Sligo that the other Il0s follow suit
C Ray Barton announced a WVASS leeting after the RegiDnaIHeti ng D Bob Hoke called for IDre updates to the Closed Cave Li st E Bruce Banneran announced that the entire Region is invited to the BanneranBarlow wedding on June 20 1987 at 1100 al Contact Jackie Barlow Box 784 Culloden West Virginia 25510 (Ph 304-743-S45S) for details RSVP by Hay 29 F Karen Kastning states that NSS Photo Salon Entry forls are available as well as back issues of Flash (the Photography Section publication) The PhDtogra hic EndoMlent Fund prints were displayed and offered 6 Jay Sperry of Tri-State inforled us that Whitings Neck Cave once closed has been re-opened H Bruce Bannerlan relinded the Region of the two-day NCRC Selinar on Kay 30-31 in Putnal County Contaci Bruce for details For details on the June 1-13 selinar in Abingdon contact Harold Chriles
13 110ll0N by ESSO to host organization SECONDED by Frederick (Round of applause)
14 ERNST and KAREN KASTNIN6 graciously agreed to put together the
15 Before entertaining a lotion to adjourn Chairlan Dasher asked for a show of hands of those in favor of having the fall business eeting on Saturday instead of Sunday The overwhelling lajority continue to opt for the traditional Sunday gathering Ale-o II
lb Around 1 00 p I ESSO OTIONED to
adjourn PSC SECONDED and everyone cut out causing
Ie to believe that the lotion passed
Respectfully Sublitted
TOI1 SPINA Secretary
Report of Treasurer
St at elent nc Tt _
Incolle Budgeted Actual to date Spring Heeting Registrations $37500 $15400 Fall Heeting Registrations 37500 Absentee Registrations 10000 Interest lncole 10000
TOTAL INCOI1E 95000 Expenses
Executive COllittee Chairan Vice-Chairlan Secretary Treasurer
Publications Association Dues
West Va Highlands Consv Cave Conserv of VAs Conservation Council VA
6r ants CRCN NCRe
TOTAL EXPENSES
Projected Loss for the Year
2000 2000 8000 5000 50000
2000 1000 2500
13500 20000
lObO 00 $11000
Statement of Assets------- --- - bull ------ - -
L i ab t ___ of 52187
Assets Cash on Hand
TOTAL ASSETS
Liabilities Fund Balances Liabilities Operating Fun
Cash on Hand
$3312 $331217
$331297
(Account is in process of being loved to Ri chlond )
8850 6571
30821
Profecl
54
55
57
59
75
WV Cave ion--Slgns Installed To Date Page 5
No Cave Nail Location (county) Ollner Grotto Contact erson Date Ins I
21
3
4
5
6
7
8
Organ lDeels) Organ (Lipps) Dead Dog Si lers Kolers Cricket laze Shirleys
Greenbrier Greenbrier Jefferson Berkeley Shepherdstolln Berkeley Jefferson 2 signs for Whitings
J W Deels J W Deels Ronald Brolin Robert S Wyly R L Lattere]1 Cricket lIaze Cave Assn
Neck Ollner not
RASS RASS Sligo Sligo CKCA Sligo Sligo
Tony Askell Tony Askell Sail Fruits Lynn Ott Lynn Ott Lynn Ott Lynn Ott
Yes i-29-85
3-31-85
8-6-85
Yes 7-15-85
Yes
9 interested lIay give signs to Tri-State 10
II
Dry Cave Cricket
Greenbrier Greenbrier Willial Pat Level
Ti delliter WVACS
Alex Sprool TOl Spina
8-3-85
9-21-85 12 Thorn Pendleton RuthEverett Propst WVACS TOl Spina 9-28-85 13 Sinnitt Pendleton RuthEverett Propst WVACS Tal Spina 9-28-85 14 Piltex y a Greenbrier L II Pol an IIVACS TOl Spina 9-22-85 1 5 Piercys lIill Grlenbrier L II Pol an WVACS TOI Spina 9-22-85 16
17 Hinkle-Unis HigginbothiilS 12
6reenbrier Greenbrier
Bedford Albile Harvey lIandel
IIVACS WVACS
TOIl Spina TOI Spina
9-22-85
9-22-85 18 Culverson Creek Frankfort
Wildcat Entrance Greenbrier Co Earl Hinkle WVACS TOI Spina 9-15-85 1lt1
21 McClungs Harr 12
Frankford6reenbrier Lanesville-Tucker Co
Geraldine Freelan Earl Harr
WVACS Charleston
TOI Spina Bob Fr06tick
H4-85
22 Patton Gap Hilis-llonroe Co Hansbilrger Charleston Bob Frostick 23 Rehobeth Church Union-llonroe Co Hall Phillips Char I esten Bob Frostick 8-23-85 25 Laurel CreeK Greenville-Honroe Co H Judy Charleston Bob Frostick 26 Cass 6reenbr ier 6eorge Dasher 27 Sharps 6reenbrier George Dashlr 28 Sillonsllingo PSC Bob Anderson 5-17-86 29 Organ Organ Cave-Greenbr George Sively Greenbrier George DasheT 8-10-85 30 Organ Organ Cave-Greenbr George Sively Greenbrier George Dasher 8-10-85 41 Patton Honroe Tidellater Larry Ostrander
Signs 34-40 and 42-52 are signed out to Larry Ostrander Tidewater no details 10-5-85 53 Buckeye Creek Renick-Greenbrier G P Turner Tidellater TOI Spina 12-8-85
Whites Ronceverte-Greenbr W H White Tidewater TOl Spina 10-5-85
Greenville Saltp IIi II pond Ent GreenviI le-llonroe Thelia Ruddell Ti dellater TOl Spina 10-5-85
56 Greenville Saltpeter 6reenville-Konroe Thelia Ruddell Ti dellater TOI Spina 10-5-85
Higginbothals II Frankford-Greenbrier WILula Higginbothal Tidellater TOI Spina 11-23-85
58 TOI Spina IIcFerrin Willialsburg-Greenbr Paul R BrOlin WVACS Rus Carter 4-5-86
60 61 signed out to (llith no details yetI Russ Carter 62 signed out to (llith no details yetI TOl Spina 63 Scott Holloll lIonroe Pat Christie BaItilore Craig Hindlan 11-9-85
- 64 Red Run Monongahela Alan Carpenter 65 Big Springs Honongahela Alan Carpenter 66 Cave HollON Monongahela Alan Cirpenter 68 69 signed out to (with no details yet) Monongahela Alan Carpenter 70 Trout Pendleton NSS I19lt COli Paul Stevens Yes 71 Nell Trout Pendleton NSS Hglt COil Paul Stevens Yes n Hali It on Pendl eton NSS Mqlt C021 Paul Stevens Yes 73 Jones Quarry Berkeley Tri-State Bob Bennett 74 Donaldson Berkel ey Tri -State Bob Bennett
Nestle Quarry Berkeley Tri-State Bob Bennett 76 Tri-State Bob Bennett 77 Benders Berkeley A R Eaery Tr --state Bob Bennett 9-20-86
78 78 80 signed out to Frederick Grotto No d tails Beb Rauch signed out no details Ginny Dalton
82 Siokehole Caverns Grant COllercial BRnSS Rocky Parson 81
Page 6
1987 Congress
All jsues Hrrr sponsored by the Cascadr Grotto of
Seattle Washington all Nfrf cosponsored by the
Horthwpst Caring Association Elbe Washington and
all Nfrp ailfd to the Virinia Region by To Pol loci
the COG Vice-Chairan
Item 1 Amendment 1 If St of the regular or higher lelbers of the NS5 sign
a petition which gives reason for the recall of any NSS Director or any Officer of the Society the B06 will be required to 3ail a ballot to every regular or
higher lelber of the NSS If bOt of the ballots are returned within sixty days of the ailing with a yes vote then the person(s) listed on the recall ballot shall be reloved fro the B06 and lay not serve again as a BOS letber for a period of four years frol the date of recall
Item 1 Amendment 2 If 5t of the regular or higher telbers of the NSS sign a petition asking for an override ballot on a B06 action the B06 will be required to lail an override ballot to all regular or higher lelbers of the N55 If 7St of the override ballots returned after sixty days of the ailing have a yes vote then the B06 action will be overriden
Item 1 Amendment 3 If 10I of the regul ar or hi gher sign a petition clearly outlining B06 any NSS Officer(s) or NSS will b required to lail a ballot higher lelbers of the Society If ret rned after sixty days of the
lelbers of the NSS a directive to the
COllittee the BOS to all regular or
751 of the ballots lailing have a yes
vote then the BOG NS5 Officer(s) or NSS COllittee ust ilplelent the required directive
Item 1 Amendment 4 The Congress of 6rottos will have the power to direct the B06 to place any latter to a vote of the regular or higher lebers of the Society if the latter to be oted on at the Congress leeting was placed on the agenda sixty days prior to the leeting and 60t of the Congress representatives present at the Congress leeting vote yes For approval by the general lelbership any such latter lUst receive an SOt yes vote frol the regular or higher lelbers within sixty days of the Congress leeting where such a directive was approved
Item 2 All real property of the Society with a value greater than $JOOOO and all real estate will be lanaged by special cOIittees of not less than three or lore than five persons Such cOllittees will be appointed by either the NSS President the NSS Executive Vice-President or the NSS Adlinistrative Vice-President and lust be confirled by the NS5
Issuesof Grottos
Directors The lelbers of
reloved by a 23 vate of the leeting No N55 Director these cOIittees and the cOlittees will be liited Soci et y
these cOllittees can be
NS5 Directors at any 80S or Officer can serve on
lelbership of these to the lelbers of the
Item 3 Amendment 1
No N5S Officer or Director shall serve as a COllittee chairlan on any NSS cOlittee that Ian ages property of the Society with a value of tl0OOO or greater real
estate property or has an annual operating budget greater than $2000
_ Item 3 Amendment 2 No NSS Director shall serve ore than seven years as an NSS Director without a one full year break in
service before serving as a Director or lelber of the Board of Sovernors
OTR 87 Is Coming Even as we write another hard-working crew is up at the OTR site in Dailey for a lajor work weekend (July 18 and 19) Put August 22 on your calendar now and plan to go up and contribute to sale of the lastshyminute details TOl Nillials (703) 951-7883 is laster-linding that weekend
Aong the work projects that have had attention this SUller (sole lay not be finished are spreading gravel (delivered in a huge pile) as needed on road loops Ditching to drain off the swalp area across the bridge Tagging baby trees to protect thel so that sOle day we will have good shaded sites Installation of a new water heater and new water tank area (the old one was converted to a shed) Painting and staining of sOle woodwork Spraying for poison ivy and other weeds
There will also be wor to be done as cavers report for the long weekend and work when itmiddots all over to lake sure things are cleaned up And we suggest that you will enhance your enjoYlent of OTR by a stint of service as a gate quard or a registrar its a fanshytastic way to see a lot of people you lay liss if you
stay in your own area with lostly your own grotto buddies
In case you lissed it a pre-registration fori for OTR is included in this issue ake photocopies if you need extra forls Th deadline for pre-registration is very close but if you receive this by the cancellashytion deadline of August 11 and pop it back into the ail with check it shuuld be received in tie Preshyregistration saves work for the registration staff on site and saves you having to wait in line to have your paYlents processed through the cash register
Page 7
Fe tie ra 1 Cave Protect ion B ill Get sHear ing in Wasil i ngton
Reported by Evelyn Bradshaw
The tiling of this issue of rARlfYI lay be a little
off as far as getting you out to help ready the OTR
site for Labor Days extravaganza but it couldnt be
better in ters of reporting on progress with HR1975
the Federal Cave Resources Protection Act of 1987 As
I Nrite it was only yesterday (July 2l) that a good
turnout of cavers (lastly VAR lebers) heard
governlent representatives and environental (lastly
speleological) people lake presentations about HRI975
before the Subco mittee on National Parks and Public
lands of the Houses COI ittee un Interior and Insular
Affairs As i5 custolary only a feN subcollittee
ebers turned up and those were favorably inclined
for the ost part although a New exico legislator
at first objected because we had not included caves on
Indian lands in the protective leasures I think he
eventually realized that the cission Mas not eant to
slight Indians but Mas a recognition of their right to
deterline for thelselves what happens on Indian lands
(Overtures to the had been lade but had not yet
resulted in a response when the final draft of the
bill was draMn up)
Aong cavers seen at the hearings in Rool 8-318 of the
Rayburn House Office Building Nere Paul and Lee
Stevens (Paul testified) Janet Thorne John
Scheltens Jay Arnold the Kastnings up frol Radford
Chris AlilUndon frol Roanoke a RASS contingent (Ron
Horton Mary Barrett and Alex Sproul) Laura Jones
(visiting Colorado caver) Phil Lucas and others too
nuerous to lention
Alt YDU read this note that other than the introducer
of the bill Rep Rick Boucher frol Abingdon no
laMlaKer frol the VAR area are cosponsors There are
a couple fro Pennsylvania (Joe Kolter and Doug
Walgren) See the baCKground beloN and sit dONn and
write your letter to your Representative address
U S House of Representatives Washington DC 20515
These are the current House cosponsors as of
press-tie
Ri ck Boucher VA Larry Craig 10 Ti a Johnson SO
Chester Atkins A Sander Levin I elvin PriceIL
Bob I1razek NY Jack Buechner 0 Jil Jontz IN
Joe Kol ter PA Buddy Darden SA Richard Stall-
Ike Skel ton 0 Doug Halgren PA ings ID
Dale Kildee I at thew artinez CA 110 Udall AZ
Robert Garcia NY Robert Lagoaar- Bruce orrison
Louis Stokes OH sino CA CT
Background (Prepared Ob the Hill)
Caves are considered by lany as a unique natural
non-renewable resource Mith ilportant scientific
educational and scenic resources including
specialized lineral forlations known as speleothels
and plants and anials which lay have undergone
adaptation to survive in a cave environlent At
present there are approxiately 40000 known caves in
the United STates A significant nUlber of these
caves are located on federal lands including over
4200 caves on BL and Forest Service lands alone
Concerns have been raised that vandalisl cOltercial
exploitation and recreational abuse are causing dalage
and the loss of natural and cultural cave resources
and that present federal law is inadequate to
cOlprehensively provide for the protection of cave resources Caves located on public lands are
currently lanaged under general land lanagelent laws
but these laMS neither expressly provide cOlprehensive
authority for the lanage ent of cave resources nor
forlally state a policy regarding the ilportance of
caves and cave resources on federal lands
HR 1975 provides the Secretaries of Interior and
Agriculture Mith specific authority to lanage Federal
cave resources and directs that caves be considered in
land lanageent planning The bill authorizes the
Secretaries under certain conditions to withhold
information on the nature and location of a cave Mhen
disclosure of such inforation Mould create a
substantial risk of harM to cave resources Further
the legislation establishes a perit systel for the
collection and reoval of any natural resource froe
caves and provides civil and criinal penalties for violations of this Act
Heading for Trout Hamilton ampc
Staff changes and other cOlitlents have interfered
wi th hopes of the lohn 6ui1 day Cave Preserve
Managelent Coaittee to get a full-fledged visitor
contact progral 3ng Literature to hand out to
visitors is avallabl2 frol Ed Ri ketts COllittee
(hairlan Casual visitor contact could be helpful
If you will bE up there in August ask Ed for flyers
JiJILIJulultlII J7
TUIIV Augult 111987
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OTR-87 PRE-REGISTRATION - - OTR in 1987 Septmbr 3-7 Dailey WV
ll I)o rUrljll lliUII IJJdlc JplUdlr QUt ILloJ tolrJ J h J 11II1I1(plYlble to OTR-87l tOI Evelyn Bradshaw OTR Pre-Registrar (Ph_lt703gt76 0669
1732 Byron St Alex andr i a VA 22303 Dbullbulldlin for clnclhtioll to rlcivi I full rfund Itil $100 hlndlhQ chlr91(Notll Or I TAA ItIbtr unlbll to co Ily lind writttn luthorizltion to trlnlflr pr-rtglltrtiDD to another TAAHlbtr I Gnttrl Inforbullbulltiorn FHI inc1udl Ulp9raund door priul Iccident inlUranc ittrndl It SltlSun plrtill Contlltl nd contlt prizl Your clncIIId chck il your rlClipt if you wlnt I writtll rlCipt frOi OTR you IUlt Itnd I Illf-lddrllid Itld nviiopi or pOltclrd with your chICk Instructions for Pr-R-vistrtion Form 1 Onl fori per prlon (photocopy Ixtrl forll II ntldd or IlkI flclilihl - Ind phln print lGibly 2 COlpliti plytnt ItCtlon (on only on fori if IUblittinG IIYlrll) Ind Ilk totll plyttnt for IIIpre-rlgiltrlntl3 All non-TRA Hlblrl MIlt bl Iponlortd II 9ullh by I TRA Itlblr (only 2 plr spDnlorl nd Iy I flit $200lurchlrge for thl 1Iklnd ovr Ind Iboy the fll Ihown for TRA lelberl Mote thlt illidiitl fllily of TRA bullbulllbtrl Ind ilia bonl fidl Clyerl uy join TRA Joi ni nlil TRAI liberl of reco9nized cavinG orGlnizationl Irt lutoltically Ulibh to Jain Tht Robertson Allochtion (TRA) othen can Jain if thy cln lublhnthtt tht thy Ire -bani fidmiddot caver I FullyTRA Itlbrlhip Ir IYlilbl for ilHditl fllily of TAA lilbtrl Pr-rl9iltrantl wilbing to tnroll in TRAshould Ind (1) I 100 TAA llIbtrship fI over Ind IboYl OTR-87 f with thil pre-rtgiltrtion and (2)inforlltion qUllifying you for I brlhip luch II M59 nUIDtr ft of rlCognizd clving Gr9lniztian to which you blong ndor dllcription of your clYing xperitnc The $100 il lone-tilt fll I d you reivi bull1Ibrlhip clrd (but if you 1011 it thtrt il I 100 rplc t chlr)
OTR-B7 Pre-Rgistrtion Fbullbull Bchdul By Arrivl Dy Not Fi9ur1 shown irl for entirl WIktnd ltarting on dlY of Irrivll not per dy eblrgll
Adult 1S years and olderl $1800 $1600 $1400 $900 No charge Juvenile (617 years of age) 1400 1200 1000 700 infants Chi Id (3-5 years of agel 800 7_ 00 6_ 00 500 under 3
Non-TRA guests age 3 and up pay $2weekend in addition to regular fee
Lifetite TRA elbership still available at $17500 covers registration this and all future OTRs D06S $1400 $1100 $ 800 $500Bringing of dogl to OTR 11 hi9hly dileourI9d thlY IUlt bl cantralltd It 11 tiH Set OTR-86 dog poUcy
OTR-8 Pr-R911trUon Fori (ani pr penon) Plbullbullbullbull Print or Typ Nm Aglif undr 18) __ Arri val Dy Str_t Your f
Stte__ TI I Caving affiliation
Are you a TRA lelber If yes who signed your TRA card NSS Active now
If no give nail of TRA elber IIho is your sponsor Counting 1987 hOIl lany OTRs lIill you have attended (guess) Are you a middotCertified I Certified Oldtiler aeets at least one of these qualifications NSS No under 5500 or attended 20 or---ore
OTRs or have attended OTR before 1965 lade a significant contribution to speleoloqy before 1965 Payment Sctian Number Amount The total paid should Adults (18 and over) equal the total from each Juveniles (6-17) pre-registra tion form Children (3-5) plus dog fees
Dog(s)
Surcharge non-TRA guests
Total Paid Check ==========
OTR Ifill appreciate no checks on Canadian banks (clearing problels in our WV bank) oney orders OK
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D C Grotto of the National Speleological Society 1732 Byron Street Alexandria VA 22303
Forwarding and Return Postage
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YAR Hinules Hay 3 1987 middot Dailey WY Present Baltilore langrehr C Tidfrlan Blue Ridge A Stewart Charleston V Daniels DC Grotto D West F Grady ESSD B Bannerlan Flitterlouse B Bussey Frederick P ahan R Rauch Serlany Valley B Chute 6reenbrier Dileggi B lieblan GROSS R Parsons onongahela R Garton Parkersburg R Snyder J Bigger P5C E Ri dett s RASS J Sullivan Barrett SIi go L Ott B Gul dfn Tidewater C SQuyars
Tri-State J Sperry C Bolt UVa R orris B Stringfield VPI M Fiore J Washington VSS P lucas WVACS A Cruse A Stubbe
Officers Chairlan Vice-Chair Secretary Treasurer
George Dasher Bob Frosti ck TOl Spina Ron orton
1 The leeting was called to order at 1007 by Chairlan Dasher
2 Delegates began sign-in prior to leetingj voting cards were distributed at this tile
3 Spina called for lotion to accept minutes of f ll Bb Meeting as circulated VSS so loved DC Grotto seconded PASSED _ _ r_ epound was deferred is the treasurer had not yet returned froll breakfast
5 l_-2 _LrL A Rocky Parsons reported on a four-hour clean-up trip in Bob Whites Cave the day before B Dave West recounted sote details of the Trout Cave clean-up held Saturday All participants were Task Force telbers Trash was picked up frot road in front of cave Two bags of trash and lots of grafitti were reloved The cave was r -Dpened on Friday One church and one scout group had registered during the cl osed per i od C 6eorge Dasher had taken a group into Sharps Cave to cOlplete the clean-up Overall the cave was in great shape with no new vandaiisl evident
b A total of 181
registered (as per E Bradshaw) B Chute requested help in cleaning up the grounds
7 Brief report by Evelyn
Bradshaw Basically the easelent legislation hasnt progressed
8 Pl Iartin Dileggi stated that the Highlands Consevancy ishes to pay tribute to one of its founders Sari Corri in scee fashion perhaps naling a cave or a feature within in her honor etc
9 QI _ apparently died of old age But Evelyn Bradshaw took the floor and presented Carol TiderlaR Kith the Wretched Excess Section Certificate
10 Treasurer [At this ti the Treasurer returned frol his bout with breakfast] $310200 was reported to be in the treasury by Treas Ron orton No grants were requested At this point Bruce Bannertan was quick to report that one was on the way frOI HeRC
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very positive changes were being lade concerning West Virginia legislative Rule 5B-I Section 28 [for thos
NSS A Chairlan Dasher asked for a volunteer VAR at the COS teeting Dave West will prilary representative Bill Bussey secondary representative
to represent serve as the to act asnot faliliar with the Section 28 happenings please
write any of the VAR officers for details]
4 Conservation Chair Rocky Parsons is still pushing for lore West Virginia Cave Protection Act Sign installations A list of sign installations was lade available to interested parties and is included as part of these inutes It was also lade public that the Region owns a barge of brushes which are available to Region letbers for clean-up work In closing Rocky stated that he is resigning as Regional Conservation Chair Nary a hand was raised in volunteering to fill the position
B Dasher inquired as to whether the Region should vote approval or disapproval of the issues individually or as a hole
lOTION by Barrett of RASS to consider each issue Individually SECONDEO by Vice Chair Frostick PASSED
C [ Each issue d voted on as lotiOllld by RASS A (Opy of these issues is included as part of these linutes] The kfgion voted to oppose Alendlents tl
12 12 and 14 of Itel II to oppose itea 12 to oppose Itell 13 alllendeent II Itel 13 atlfldlent 12 was by the Virgmiddotnia Region
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D OTION by Tideran of 8altiore The Delegate fro VAR to the C06 is epowered to vote his consci2nce and to lake friendly aendents to the issues based on the input received at this eeting SECONDED by Barrett of RASS and PASSED
12 Announcelents- --- A Lynn Ott of Sligo distributed a list of Mork to be performed at the OTR site in preparation for none oter than OTR This report is included as part of official copy of these linutes B Phil Lucas of VSS reported on the virtues of the Fed ral Cave Protection Act which he has been toiling over Janet Thorne added that they are Bills Hfl1175 and S127 in the House and Senate respectively and further urged that Congressen and Senators be contacted in support of the Act
HOTION by Chute of 6er any Valley that VAR write letters in support of this law SECOHDED by PSC and PASSED It was further urged by Sligo that the other Il0s follow suit
C Ray Barton announced a WVASS leeting after the RegiDnaIHeti ng D Bob Hoke called for IDre updates to the Closed Cave Li st E Bruce Banneran announced that the entire Region is invited to the BanneranBarlow wedding on June 20 1987 at 1100 al Contact Jackie Barlow Box 784 Culloden West Virginia 25510 (Ph 304-743-S45S) for details RSVP by Hay 29 F Karen Kastning states that NSS Photo Salon Entry forls are available as well as back issues of Flash (the Photography Section publication) The PhDtogra hic EndoMlent Fund prints were displayed and offered 6 Jay Sperry of Tri-State inforled us that Whitings Neck Cave once closed has been re-opened H Bruce Bannerlan relinded the Region of the two-day NCRC Selinar on Kay 30-31 in Putnal County Contaci Bruce for details For details on the June 1-13 selinar in Abingdon contact Harold Chriles
13 110ll0N by ESSO to host organization SECONDED by Frederick (Round of applause)
14 ERNST and KAREN KASTNIN6 graciously agreed to put together the
15 Before entertaining a lotion to adjourn Chairlan Dasher asked for a show of hands of those in favor of having the fall business eeting on Saturday instead of Sunday The overwhelling lajority continue to opt for the traditional Sunday gathering Ale-o II
lb Around 1 00 p I ESSO OTIONED to
adjourn PSC SECONDED and everyone cut out causing
Ie to believe that the lotion passed
Respectfully Sublitted
TOI1 SPINA Secretary
Report of Treasurer
St at elent nc Tt _
Incolle Budgeted Actual to date Spring Heeting Registrations $37500 $15400 Fall Heeting Registrations 37500 Absentee Registrations 10000 Interest lncole 10000
TOTAL INCOI1E 95000 Expenses
Executive COllittee Chairan Vice-Chairlan Secretary Treasurer
Publications Association Dues
West Va Highlands Consv Cave Conserv of VAs Conservation Council VA
6r ants CRCN NCRe
TOTAL EXPENSES
Projected Loss for the Year
2000 2000 8000 5000 50000
2000 1000 2500
13500 20000
lObO 00 $11000
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Assets Cash on Hand
TOTAL ASSETS
Liabilities Fund Balances Liabilities Operating Fun
Cash on Hand
$3312 $331217
$331297
(Account is in process of being loved to Ri chlond )
8850 6571
30821
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Organ lDeels) Organ (Lipps) Dead Dog Si lers Kolers Cricket laze Shirleys
Greenbrier Greenbrier Jefferson Berkeley Shepherdstolln Berkeley Jefferson 2 signs for Whitings
J W Deels J W Deels Ronald Brolin Robert S Wyly R L Lattere]1 Cricket lIaze Cave Assn
Neck Ollner not
RASS RASS Sligo Sligo CKCA Sligo Sligo
Tony Askell Tony Askell Sail Fruits Lynn Ott Lynn Ott Lynn Ott Lynn Ott
Yes i-29-85
3-31-85
8-6-85
Yes 7-15-85
Yes
9 interested lIay give signs to Tri-State 10
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Dry Cave Cricket
Greenbrier Greenbrier Willial Pat Level
Ti delliter WVACS
Alex Sprool TOl Spina
8-3-85
9-21-85 12 Thorn Pendleton RuthEverett Propst WVACS TOl Spina 9-28-85 13 Sinnitt Pendleton RuthEverett Propst WVACS Tal Spina 9-28-85 14 Piltex y a Greenbrier L II Pol an IIVACS TOl Spina 9-22-85 1 5 Piercys lIill Grlenbrier L II Pol an WVACS TOI Spina 9-22-85 16
17 Hinkle-Unis HigginbothiilS 12
6reenbrier Greenbrier
Bedford Albile Harvey lIandel
IIVACS WVACS
TOIl Spina TOI Spina
9-22-85
9-22-85 18 Culverson Creek Frankfort
Wildcat Entrance Greenbrier Co Earl Hinkle WVACS TOI Spina 9-15-85 1lt1
21 McClungs Harr 12
Frankford6reenbrier Lanesville-Tucker Co
Geraldine Freelan Earl Harr
WVACS Charleston
TOI Spina Bob Fr06tick
H4-85
22 Patton Gap Hilis-llonroe Co Hansbilrger Charleston Bob Frostick 23 Rehobeth Church Union-llonroe Co Hall Phillips Char I esten Bob Frostick 8-23-85 25 Laurel CreeK Greenville-Honroe Co H Judy Charleston Bob Frostick 26 Cass 6reenbr ier 6eorge Dasher 27 Sharps 6reenbrier George Dashlr 28 Sillonsllingo PSC Bob Anderson 5-17-86 29 Organ Organ Cave-Greenbr George Sively Greenbrier George DasheT 8-10-85 30 Organ Organ Cave-Greenbr George Sively Greenbrier George Dasher 8-10-85 41 Patton Honroe Tidellater Larry Ostrander
Signs 34-40 and 42-52 are signed out to Larry Ostrander Tidewater no details 10-5-85 53 Buckeye Creek Renick-Greenbrier G P Turner Tidellater TOI Spina 12-8-85
Whites Ronceverte-Greenbr W H White Tidewater TOl Spina 10-5-85
Greenville Saltp IIi II pond Ent GreenviI le-llonroe Thelia Ruddell Ti dellater TOl Spina 10-5-85
56 Greenville Saltpeter 6reenville-Konroe Thelia Ruddell Ti dellater TOI Spina 10-5-85
Higginbothals II Frankford-Greenbrier WILula Higginbothal Tidellater TOI Spina 11-23-85
58 TOI Spina IIcFerrin Willialsburg-Greenbr Paul R BrOlin WVACS Rus Carter 4-5-86
60 61 signed out to (llith no details yetI Russ Carter 62 signed out to (llith no details yetI TOl Spina 63 Scott Holloll lIonroe Pat Christie BaItilore Craig Hindlan 11-9-85
- 64 Red Run Monongahela Alan Carpenter 65 Big Springs Honongahela Alan Carpenter 66 Cave HollON Monongahela Alan Cirpenter 68 69 signed out to (with no details yet) Monongahela Alan Carpenter 70 Trout Pendleton NSS I19lt COli Paul Stevens Yes 71 Nell Trout Pendleton NSS Hglt COil Paul Stevens Yes n Hali It on Pendl eton NSS Mqlt C021 Paul Stevens Yes 73 Jones Quarry Berkeley Tri-State Bob Bennett 74 Donaldson Berkel ey Tri -State Bob Bennett
Nestle Quarry Berkeley Tri-State Bob Bennett 76 Tri-State Bob Bennett 77 Benders Berkeley A R Eaery Tr --state Bob Bennett 9-20-86
78 78 80 signed out to Frederick Grotto No d tails Beb Rauch signed out no details Ginny Dalton
82 Siokehole Caverns Grant COllercial BRnSS Rocky Parson 81
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1987 Congress
All jsues Hrrr sponsored by the Cascadr Grotto of
Seattle Washington all Nfrf cosponsored by the
Horthwpst Caring Association Elbe Washington and
all Nfrp ailfd to the Virinia Region by To Pol loci
the COG Vice-Chairan
Item 1 Amendment 1 If St of the regular or higher lelbers of the NS5 sign
a petition which gives reason for the recall of any NSS Director or any Officer of the Society the B06 will be required to 3ail a ballot to every regular or
higher lelber of the NSS If bOt of the ballots are returned within sixty days of the ailing with a yes vote then the person(s) listed on the recall ballot shall be reloved fro the B06 and lay not serve again as a BOS letber for a period of four years frol the date of recall
Item 1 Amendment 2 If 5t of the regular or higher telbers of the NSS sign a petition asking for an override ballot on a B06 action the B06 will be required to lail an override ballot to all regular or higher lelbers of the N55 If 7St of the override ballots returned after sixty days of the ailing have a yes vote then the B06 action will be overriden
Item 1 Amendment 3 If 10I of the regul ar or hi gher sign a petition clearly outlining B06 any NSS Officer(s) or NSS will b required to lail a ballot higher lelbers of the Society If ret rned after sixty days of the
lelbers of the NSS a directive to the
COllittee the BOS to all regular or
751 of the ballots lailing have a yes
vote then the BOG NS5 Officer(s) or NSS COllittee ust ilplelent the required directive
Item 1 Amendment 4 The Congress of 6rottos will have the power to direct the B06 to place any latter to a vote of the regular or higher lebers of the Society if the latter to be oted on at the Congress leeting was placed on the agenda sixty days prior to the leeting and 60t of the Congress representatives present at the Congress leeting vote yes For approval by the general lelbership any such latter lUst receive an SOt yes vote frol the regular or higher lelbers within sixty days of the Congress leeting where such a directive was approved
Item 2 All real property of the Society with a value greater than $JOOOO and all real estate will be lanaged by special cOIittees of not less than three or lore than five persons Such cOllittees will be appointed by either the NSS President the NSS Executive Vice-President or the NSS Adlinistrative Vice-President and lust be confirled by the NS5
Issuesof Grottos
Directors The lelbers of
reloved by a 23 vate of the leeting No N55 Director these cOIittees and the cOlittees will be liited Soci et y
these cOllittees can be
NS5 Directors at any 80S or Officer can serve on
lelbership of these to the lelbers of the
Item 3 Amendment 1
No N5S Officer or Director shall serve as a COllittee chairlan on any NSS cOlittee that Ian ages property of the Society with a value of tl0OOO or greater real
estate property or has an annual operating budget greater than $2000
_ Item 3 Amendment 2 No NSS Director shall serve ore than seven years as an NSS Director without a one full year break in
service before serving as a Director or lelber of the Board of Sovernors
OTR 87 Is Coming Even as we write another hard-working crew is up at the OTR site in Dailey for a lajor work weekend (July 18 and 19) Put August 22 on your calendar now and plan to go up and contribute to sale of the lastshyminute details TOl Nillials (703) 951-7883 is laster-linding that weekend
Aong the work projects that have had attention this SUller (sole lay not be finished are spreading gravel (delivered in a huge pile) as needed on road loops Ditching to drain off the swalp area across the bridge Tagging baby trees to protect thel so that sOle day we will have good shaded sites Installation of a new water heater and new water tank area (the old one was converted to a shed) Painting and staining of sOle woodwork Spraying for poison ivy and other weeds
There will also be wor to be done as cavers report for the long weekend and work when itmiddots all over to lake sure things are cleaned up And we suggest that you will enhance your enjoYlent of OTR by a stint of service as a gate quard or a registrar its a fanshytastic way to see a lot of people you lay liss if you
stay in your own area with lostly your own grotto buddies
In case you lissed it a pre-registration fori for OTR is included in this issue ake photocopies if you need extra forls Th deadline for pre-registration is very close but if you receive this by the cancellashytion deadline of August 11 and pop it back into the ail with check it shuuld be received in tie Preshyregistration saves work for the registration staff on site and saves you having to wait in line to have your paYlents processed through the cash register
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Fe tie ra 1 Cave Protect ion B ill Get sHear ing in Wasil i ngton
Reported by Evelyn Bradshaw
The tiling of this issue of rARlfYI lay be a little
off as far as getting you out to help ready the OTR
site for Labor Days extravaganza but it couldnt be
better in ters of reporting on progress with HR1975
the Federal Cave Resources Protection Act of 1987 As
I Nrite it was only yesterday (July 2l) that a good
turnout of cavers (lastly VAR lebers) heard
governlent representatives and environental (lastly
speleological) people lake presentations about HRI975
before the Subco mittee on National Parks and Public
lands of the Houses COI ittee un Interior and Insular
Affairs As i5 custolary only a feN subcollittee
ebers turned up and those were favorably inclined
for the ost part although a New exico legislator
at first objected because we had not included caves on
Indian lands in the protective leasures I think he
eventually realized that the cission Mas not eant to
slight Indians but Mas a recognition of their right to
deterline for thelselves what happens on Indian lands
(Overtures to the had been lade but had not yet
resulted in a response when the final draft of the
bill was draMn up)
Aong cavers seen at the hearings in Rool 8-318 of the
Rayburn House Office Building Nere Paul and Lee
Stevens (Paul testified) Janet Thorne John
Scheltens Jay Arnold the Kastnings up frol Radford
Chris AlilUndon frol Roanoke a RASS contingent (Ron
Horton Mary Barrett and Alex Sproul) Laura Jones
(visiting Colorado caver) Phil Lucas and others too
nuerous to lention
Alt YDU read this note that other than the introducer
of the bill Rep Rick Boucher frol Abingdon no
laMlaKer frol the VAR area are cosponsors There are
a couple fro Pennsylvania (Joe Kolter and Doug
Walgren) See the baCKground beloN and sit dONn and
write your letter to your Representative address
U S House of Representatives Washington DC 20515
These are the current House cosponsors as of
press-tie
Ri ck Boucher VA Larry Craig 10 Ti a Johnson SO
Chester Atkins A Sander Levin I elvin PriceIL
Bob I1razek NY Jack Buechner 0 Jil Jontz IN
Joe Kol ter PA Buddy Darden SA Richard Stall-
Ike Skel ton 0 Doug Halgren PA ings ID
Dale Kildee I at thew artinez CA 110 Udall AZ
Robert Garcia NY Robert Lagoaar- Bruce orrison
Louis Stokes OH sino CA CT
Background (Prepared Ob the Hill)
Caves are considered by lany as a unique natural
non-renewable resource Mith ilportant scientific
educational and scenic resources including
specialized lineral forlations known as speleothels
and plants and anials which lay have undergone
adaptation to survive in a cave environlent At
present there are approxiately 40000 known caves in
the United STates A significant nUlber of these
caves are located on federal lands including over
4200 caves on BL and Forest Service lands alone
Concerns have been raised that vandalisl cOltercial
exploitation and recreational abuse are causing dalage
and the loss of natural and cultural cave resources
and that present federal law is inadequate to
cOlprehensively provide for the protection of cave resources Caves located on public lands are
currently lanaged under general land lanagelent laws
but these laMS neither expressly provide cOlprehensive
authority for the lanage ent of cave resources nor
forlally state a policy regarding the ilportance of
caves and cave resources on federal lands
HR 1975 provides the Secretaries of Interior and
Agriculture Mith specific authority to lanage Federal
cave resources and directs that caves be considered in
land lanageent planning The bill authorizes the
Secretaries under certain conditions to withhold
information on the nature and location of a cave Mhen
disclosure of such inforation Mould create a
substantial risk of harM to cave resources Further
the legislation establishes a perit systel for the
collection and reoval of any natural resource froe
caves and provides civil and criinal penalties for violations of this Act
Heading for Trout Hamilton ampc
Staff changes and other cOlitlents have interfered
wi th hopes of the lohn 6ui1 day Cave Preserve
Managelent Coaittee to get a full-fledged visitor
contact progral 3ng Literature to hand out to
visitors is avallabl2 frol Ed Ri ketts COllittee
(hairlan Casual visitor contact could be helpful
If you will bE up there in August ask Ed for flyers
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1732 Byron St Alex andr i a VA 22303 Dbullbulldlin for clnclhtioll to rlcivi I full rfund Itil $100 hlndlhQ chlr91(Notll Or I TAA ItIbtr unlbll to co Ily lind writttn luthorizltion to trlnlflr pr-rtglltrtiDD to another TAAHlbtr I Gnttrl Inforbullbulltiorn FHI inc1udl Ulp9raund door priul Iccident inlUranc ittrndl It SltlSun plrtill Contlltl nd contlt prizl Your clncIIId chck il your rlClipt if you wlnt I writtll rlCipt frOi OTR you IUlt Itnd I Illf-lddrllid Itld nviiopi or pOltclrd with your chICk Instructions for Pr-R-vistrtion Form 1 Onl fori per prlon (photocopy Ixtrl forll II ntldd or IlkI flclilihl - Ind phln print lGibly 2 COlpliti plytnt ItCtlon (on only on fori if IUblittinG IIYlrll) Ind Ilk totll plyttnt for IIIpre-rlgiltrlntl3 All non-TRA Hlblrl MIlt bl Iponlortd II 9ullh by I TRA Itlblr (only 2 plr spDnlorl nd Iy I flit $200lurchlrge for thl 1Iklnd ovr Ind Iboy the fll Ihown for TRA lelberl Mote thlt illidiitl fllily of TRA bullbulllbtrl Ind ilia bonl fidl Clyerl uy join TRA Joi ni nlil TRAI liberl of reco9nized cavinG orGlnizationl Irt lutoltically Ulibh to Jain Tht Robertson Allochtion (TRA) othen can Jain if thy cln lublhnthtt tht thy Ire -bani fidmiddot caver I FullyTRA Itlbrlhip Ir IYlilbl for ilHditl fllily of TAA lilbtrl Pr-rl9iltrantl wilbing to tnroll in TRAshould Ind (1) I 100 TAA llIbtrship fI over Ind IboYl OTR-87 f with thil pre-rtgiltrtion and (2)inforlltion qUllifying you for I brlhip luch II M59 nUIDtr ft of rlCognizd clving Gr9lniztian to which you blong ndor dllcription of your clYing xperitnc The $100 il lone-tilt fll I d you reivi bull1Ibrlhip clrd (but if you 1011 it thtrt il I 100 rplc t chlr)
OTR-B7 Pre-Rgistrtion Fbullbull Bchdul By Arrivl Dy Not Fi9ur1 shown irl for entirl WIktnd ltarting on dlY of Irrivll not per dy eblrgll
Adult 1S years and olderl $1800 $1600 $1400 $900 No charge Juvenile (617 years of age) 1400 1200 1000 700 infants Chi Id (3-5 years of agel 800 7_ 00 6_ 00 500 under 3
Non-TRA guests age 3 and up pay $2weekend in addition to regular fee
Lifetite TRA elbership still available at $17500 covers registration this and all future OTRs D06S $1400 $1100 $ 800 $500Bringing of dogl to OTR 11 hi9hly dileourI9d thlY IUlt bl cantralltd It 11 tiH Set OTR-86 dog poUcy
OTR-8 Pr-R911trUon Fori (ani pr penon) Plbullbullbullbull Print or Typ Nm Aglif undr 18) __ Arri val Dy Str_t Your f
Stte__ TI I Caving affiliation
Are you a TRA lelber If yes who signed your TRA card NSS Active now
If no give nail of TRA elber IIho is your sponsor Counting 1987 hOIl lany OTRs lIill you have attended (guess) Are you a middotCertified I Certified Oldtiler aeets at least one of these qualifications NSS No under 5500 or attended 20 or---ore
OTRs or have attended OTR before 1965 lade a significant contribution to speleoloqy before 1965 Payment Sctian Number Amount The total paid should Adults (18 and over) equal the total from each Juveniles (6-17) pre-registra tion form Children (3-5) plus dog fees
Dog(s)
Surcharge non-TRA guests
Total Paid Check ==========
OTR Ifill appreciate no checks on Canadian banks (clearing problels in our WV bank) oney orders OK
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D OTION by Tideran of 8altiore The Delegate fro VAR to the C06 is epowered to vote his consci2nce and to lake friendly aendents to the issues based on the input received at this eeting SECONDED by Barrett of RASS and PASSED
12 Announcelents- --- A Lynn Ott of Sligo distributed a list of Mork to be performed at the OTR site in preparation for none oter than OTR This report is included as part of official copy of these linutes B Phil Lucas of VSS reported on the virtues of the Fed ral Cave Protection Act which he has been toiling over Janet Thorne added that they are Bills Hfl1175 and S127 in the House and Senate respectively and further urged that Congressen and Senators be contacted in support of the Act
HOTION by Chute of 6er any Valley that VAR write letters in support of this law SECOHDED by PSC and PASSED It was further urged by Sligo that the other Il0s follow suit
C Ray Barton announced a WVASS leeting after the RegiDnaIHeti ng D Bob Hoke called for IDre updates to the Closed Cave Li st E Bruce Banneran announced that the entire Region is invited to the BanneranBarlow wedding on June 20 1987 at 1100 al Contact Jackie Barlow Box 784 Culloden West Virginia 25510 (Ph 304-743-S45S) for details RSVP by Hay 29 F Karen Kastning states that NSS Photo Salon Entry forls are available as well as back issues of Flash (the Photography Section publication) The PhDtogra hic EndoMlent Fund prints were displayed and offered 6 Jay Sperry of Tri-State inforled us that Whitings Neck Cave once closed has been re-opened H Bruce Bannerlan relinded the Region of the two-day NCRC Selinar on Kay 30-31 in Putnal County Contaci Bruce for details For details on the June 1-13 selinar in Abingdon contact Harold Chriles
13 110ll0N by ESSO to host organization SECONDED by Frederick (Round of applause)
14 ERNST and KAREN KASTNIN6 graciously agreed to put together the
15 Before entertaining a lotion to adjourn Chairlan Dasher asked for a show of hands of those in favor of having the fall business eeting on Saturday instead of Sunday The overwhelling lajority continue to opt for the traditional Sunday gathering Ale-o II
lb Around 1 00 p I ESSO OTIONED to
adjourn PSC SECONDED and everyone cut out causing
Ie to believe that the lotion passed
Respectfully Sublitted
TOI1 SPINA Secretary
Report of Treasurer
St at elent nc Tt _
Incolle Budgeted Actual to date Spring Heeting Registrations $37500 $15400 Fall Heeting Registrations 37500 Absentee Registrations 10000 Interest lncole 10000
TOTAL INCOI1E 95000 Expenses
Executive COllittee Chairan Vice-Chairlan Secretary Treasurer
Publications Association Dues
West Va Highlands Consv Cave Conserv of VAs Conservation Council VA
6r ants CRCN NCRe
TOTAL EXPENSES
Projected Loss for the Year
2000 2000 8000 5000 50000
2000 1000 2500
13500 20000
lObO 00 $11000
Statement of Assets------- --- - bull ------ - -
L i ab t ___ of 52187
Assets Cash on Hand
TOTAL ASSETS
Liabilities Fund Balances Liabilities Operating Fun
Cash on Hand
$3312 $331217
$331297
(Account is in process of being loved to Ri chlond )
8850 6571
30821
Profecl
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Organ lDeels) Organ (Lipps) Dead Dog Si lers Kolers Cricket laze Shirleys
Greenbrier Greenbrier Jefferson Berkeley Shepherdstolln Berkeley Jefferson 2 signs for Whitings
J W Deels J W Deels Ronald Brolin Robert S Wyly R L Lattere]1 Cricket lIaze Cave Assn
Neck Ollner not
RASS RASS Sligo Sligo CKCA Sligo Sligo
Tony Askell Tony Askell Sail Fruits Lynn Ott Lynn Ott Lynn Ott Lynn Ott
Yes i-29-85
3-31-85
8-6-85
Yes 7-15-85
Yes
9 interested lIay give signs to Tri-State 10
II
Dry Cave Cricket
Greenbrier Greenbrier Willial Pat Level
Ti delliter WVACS
Alex Sprool TOl Spina
8-3-85
9-21-85 12 Thorn Pendleton RuthEverett Propst WVACS TOl Spina 9-28-85 13 Sinnitt Pendleton RuthEverett Propst WVACS Tal Spina 9-28-85 14 Piltex y a Greenbrier L II Pol an IIVACS TOl Spina 9-22-85 1 5 Piercys lIill Grlenbrier L II Pol an WVACS TOI Spina 9-22-85 16
17 Hinkle-Unis HigginbothiilS 12
6reenbrier Greenbrier
Bedford Albile Harvey lIandel
IIVACS WVACS
TOIl Spina TOI Spina
9-22-85
9-22-85 18 Culverson Creek Frankfort
Wildcat Entrance Greenbrier Co Earl Hinkle WVACS TOI Spina 9-15-85 1lt1
21 McClungs Harr 12
Frankford6reenbrier Lanesville-Tucker Co
Geraldine Freelan Earl Harr
WVACS Charleston
TOI Spina Bob Fr06tick
H4-85
22 Patton Gap Hilis-llonroe Co Hansbilrger Charleston Bob Frostick 23 Rehobeth Church Union-llonroe Co Hall Phillips Char I esten Bob Frostick 8-23-85 25 Laurel CreeK Greenville-Honroe Co H Judy Charleston Bob Frostick 26 Cass 6reenbr ier 6eorge Dasher 27 Sharps 6reenbrier George Dashlr 28 Sillonsllingo PSC Bob Anderson 5-17-86 29 Organ Organ Cave-Greenbr George Sively Greenbrier George DasheT 8-10-85 30 Organ Organ Cave-Greenbr George Sively Greenbrier George Dasher 8-10-85 41 Patton Honroe Tidellater Larry Ostrander
Signs 34-40 and 42-52 are signed out to Larry Ostrander Tidewater no details 10-5-85 53 Buckeye Creek Renick-Greenbrier G P Turner Tidellater TOI Spina 12-8-85
Whites Ronceverte-Greenbr W H White Tidewater TOl Spina 10-5-85
Greenville Saltp IIi II pond Ent GreenviI le-llonroe Thelia Ruddell Ti dellater TOl Spina 10-5-85
56 Greenville Saltpeter 6reenville-Konroe Thelia Ruddell Ti dellater TOI Spina 10-5-85
Higginbothals II Frankford-Greenbrier WILula Higginbothal Tidellater TOI Spina 11-23-85
58 TOI Spina IIcFerrin Willialsburg-Greenbr Paul R BrOlin WVACS Rus Carter 4-5-86
60 61 signed out to (llith no details yetI Russ Carter 62 signed out to (llith no details yetI TOl Spina 63 Scott Holloll lIonroe Pat Christie BaItilore Craig Hindlan 11-9-85
- 64 Red Run Monongahela Alan Carpenter 65 Big Springs Honongahela Alan Carpenter 66 Cave HollON Monongahela Alan Cirpenter 68 69 signed out to (with no details yet) Monongahela Alan Carpenter 70 Trout Pendleton NSS I19lt COli Paul Stevens Yes 71 Nell Trout Pendleton NSS Hglt COil Paul Stevens Yes n Hali It on Pendl eton NSS Mqlt C021 Paul Stevens Yes 73 Jones Quarry Berkeley Tri-State Bob Bennett 74 Donaldson Berkel ey Tri -State Bob Bennett
Nestle Quarry Berkeley Tri-State Bob Bennett 76 Tri-State Bob Bennett 77 Benders Berkeley A R Eaery Tr --state Bob Bennett 9-20-86
78 78 80 signed out to Frederick Grotto No d tails Beb Rauch signed out no details Ginny Dalton
82 Siokehole Caverns Grant COllercial BRnSS Rocky Parson 81
Page 6
1987 Congress
All jsues Hrrr sponsored by the Cascadr Grotto of
Seattle Washington all Nfrf cosponsored by the
Horthwpst Caring Association Elbe Washington and
all Nfrp ailfd to the Virinia Region by To Pol loci
the COG Vice-Chairan
Item 1 Amendment 1 If St of the regular or higher lelbers of the NS5 sign
a petition which gives reason for the recall of any NSS Director or any Officer of the Society the B06 will be required to 3ail a ballot to every regular or
higher lelber of the NSS If bOt of the ballots are returned within sixty days of the ailing with a yes vote then the person(s) listed on the recall ballot shall be reloved fro the B06 and lay not serve again as a BOS letber for a period of four years frol the date of recall
Item 1 Amendment 2 If 5t of the regular or higher telbers of the NSS sign a petition asking for an override ballot on a B06 action the B06 will be required to lail an override ballot to all regular or higher lelbers of the N55 If 7St of the override ballots returned after sixty days of the ailing have a yes vote then the B06 action will be overriden
Item 1 Amendment 3 If 10I of the regul ar or hi gher sign a petition clearly outlining B06 any NSS Officer(s) or NSS will b required to lail a ballot higher lelbers of the Society If ret rned after sixty days of the
lelbers of the NSS a directive to the
COllittee the BOS to all regular or
751 of the ballots lailing have a yes
vote then the BOG NS5 Officer(s) or NSS COllittee ust ilplelent the required directive
Item 1 Amendment 4 The Congress of 6rottos will have the power to direct the B06 to place any latter to a vote of the regular or higher lebers of the Society if the latter to be oted on at the Congress leeting was placed on the agenda sixty days prior to the leeting and 60t of the Congress representatives present at the Congress leeting vote yes For approval by the general lelbership any such latter lUst receive an SOt yes vote frol the regular or higher lelbers within sixty days of the Congress leeting where such a directive was approved
Item 2 All real property of the Society with a value greater than $JOOOO and all real estate will be lanaged by special cOIittees of not less than three or lore than five persons Such cOllittees will be appointed by either the NSS President the NSS Executive Vice-President or the NSS Adlinistrative Vice-President and lust be confirled by the NS5
Issuesof Grottos
Directors The lelbers of
reloved by a 23 vate of the leeting No N55 Director these cOIittees and the cOlittees will be liited Soci et y
these cOllittees can be
NS5 Directors at any 80S or Officer can serve on
lelbership of these to the lelbers of the
Item 3 Amendment 1
No N5S Officer or Director shall serve as a COllittee chairlan on any NSS cOlittee that Ian ages property of the Society with a value of tl0OOO or greater real
estate property or has an annual operating budget greater than $2000
_ Item 3 Amendment 2 No NSS Director shall serve ore than seven years as an NSS Director without a one full year break in
service before serving as a Director or lelber of the Board of Sovernors
OTR 87 Is Coming Even as we write another hard-working crew is up at the OTR site in Dailey for a lajor work weekend (July 18 and 19) Put August 22 on your calendar now and plan to go up and contribute to sale of the lastshyminute details TOl Nillials (703) 951-7883 is laster-linding that weekend
Aong the work projects that have had attention this SUller (sole lay not be finished are spreading gravel (delivered in a huge pile) as needed on road loops Ditching to drain off the swalp area across the bridge Tagging baby trees to protect thel so that sOle day we will have good shaded sites Installation of a new water heater and new water tank area (the old one was converted to a shed) Painting and staining of sOle woodwork Spraying for poison ivy and other weeds
There will also be wor to be done as cavers report for the long weekend and work when itmiddots all over to lake sure things are cleaned up And we suggest that you will enhance your enjoYlent of OTR by a stint of service as a gate quard or a registrar its a fanshytastic way to see a lot of people you lay liss if you
stay in your own area with lostly your own grotto buddies
In case you lissed it a pre-registration fori for OTR is included in this issue ake photocopies if you need extra forls Th deadline for pre-registration is very close but if you receive this by the cancellashytion deadline of August 11 and pop it back into the ail with check it shuuld be received in tie Preshyregistration saves work for the registration staff on site and saves you having to wait in line to have your paYlents processed through the cash register
Page 7
Fe tie ra 1 Cave Protect ion B ill Get sHear ing in Wasil i ngton
Reported by Evelyn Bradshaw
The tiling of this issue of rARlfYI lay be a little
off as far as getting you out to help ready the OTR
site for Labor Days extravaganza but it couldnt be
better in ters of reporting on progress with HR1975
the Federal Cave Resources Protection Act of 1987 As
I Nrite it was only yesterday (July 2l) that a good
turnout of cavers (lastly VAR lebers) heard
governlent representatives and environental (lastly
speleological) people lake presentations about HRI975
before the Subco mittee on National Parks and Public
lands of the Houses COI ittee un Interior and Insular
Affairs As i5 custolary only a feN subcollittee
ebers turned up and those were favorably inclined
for the ost part although a New exico legislator
at first objected because we had not included caves on
Indian lands in the protective leasures I think he
eventually realized that the cission Mas not eant to
slight Indians but Mas a recognition of their right to
deterline for thelselves what happens on Indian lands
(Overtures to the had been lade but had not yet
resulted in a response when the final draft of the
bill was draMn up)
Aong cavers seen at the hearings in Rool 8-318 of the
Rayburn House Office Building Nere Paul and Lee
Stevens (Paul testified) Janet Thorne John
Scheltens Jay Arnold the Kastnings up frol Radford
Chris AlilUndon frol Roanoke a RASS contingent (Ron
Horton Mary Barrett and Alex Sproul) Laura Jones
(visiting Colorado caver) Phil Lucas and others too
nuerous to lention
Alt YDU read this note that other than the introducer
of the bill Rep Rick Boucher frol Abingdon no
laMlaKer frol the VAR area are cosponsors There are
a couple fro Pennsylvania (Joe Kolter and Doug
Walgren) See the baCKground beloN and sit dONn and
write your letter to your Representative address
U S House of Representatives Washington DC 20515
These are the current House cosponsors as of
press-tie
Ri ck Boucher VA Larry Craig 10 Ti a Johnson SO
Chester Atkins A Sander Levin I elvin PriceIL
Bob I1razek NY Jack Buechner 0 Jil Jontz IN
Joe Kol ter PA Buddy Darden SA Richard Stall-
Ike Skel ton 0 Doug Halgren PA ings ID
Dale Kildee I at thew artinez CA 110 Udall AZ
Robert Garcia NY Robert Lagoaar- Bruce orrison
Louis Stokes OH sino CA CT
Background (Prepared Ob the Hill)
Caves are considered by lany as a unique natural
non-renewable resource Mith ilportant scientific
educational and scenic resources including
specialized lineral forlations known as speleothels
and plants and anials which lay have undergone
adaptation to survive in a cave environlent At
present there are approxiately 40000 known caves in
the United STates A significant nUlber of these
caves are located on federal lands including over
4200 caves on BL and Forest Service lands alone
Concerns have been raised that vandalisl cOltercial
exploitation and recreational abuse are causing dalage
and the loss of natural and cultural cave resources
and that present federal law is inadequate to
cOlprehensively provide for the protection of cave resources Caves located on public lands are
currently lanaged under general land lanagelent laws
but these laMS neither expressly provide cOlprehensive
authority for the lanage ent of cave resources nor
forlally state a policy regarding the ilportance of
caves and cave resources on federal lands
HR 1975 provides the Secretaries of Interior and
Agriculture Mith specific authority to lanage Federal
cave resources and directs that caves be considered in
land lanageent planning The bill authorizes the
Secretaries under certain conditions to withhold
information on the nature and location of a cave Mhen
disclosure of such inforation Mould create a
substantial risk of harM to cave resources Further
the legislation establishes a perit systel for the
collection and reoval of any natural resource froe
caves and provides civil and criinal penalties for violations of this Act
Heading for Trout Hamilton ampc
Staff changes and other cOlitlents have interfered
wi th hopes of the lohn 6ui1 day Cave Preserve
Managelent Coaittee to get a full-fledged visitor
contact progral 3ng Literature to hand out to
visitors is avallabl2 frol Ed Ri ketts COllittee
(hairlan Casual visitor contact could be helpful
If you will bE up there in August ask Ed for flyers
JiJILIJulultlII J7
TUIIV Augult 111987
Category Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
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OTR-87 PRE-REGISTRATION - - OTR in 1987 Septmbr 3-7 Dailey WV
ll I)o rUrljll lliUII IJJdlc JplUdlr QUt ILloJ tolrJ J h J 11II1I1(plYlble to OTR-87l tOI Evelyn Bradshaw OTR Pre-Registrar (Ph_lt703gt76 0669
1732 Byron St Alex andr i a VA 22303 Dbullbulldlin for clnclhtioll to rlcivi I full rfund Itil $100 hlndlhQ chlr91(Notll Or I TAA ItIbtr unlbll to co Ily lind writttn luthorizltion to trlnlflr pr-rtglltrtiDD to another TAAHlbtr I Gnttrl Inforbullbulltiorn FHI inc1udl Ulp9raund door priul Iccident inlUranc ittrndl It SltlSun plrtill Contlltl nd contlt prizl Your clncIIId chck il your rlClipt if you wlnt I writtll rlCipt frOi OTR you IUlt Itnd I Illf-lddrllid Itld nviiopi or pOltclrd with your chICk Instructions for Pr-R-vistrtion Form 1 Onl fori per prlon (photocopy Ixtrl forll II ntldd or IlkI flclilihl - Ind phln print lGibly 2 COlpliti plytnt ItCtlon (on only on fori if IUblittinG IIYlrll) Ind Ilk totll plyttnt for IIIpre-rlgiltrlntl3 All non-TRA Hlblrl MIlt bl Iponlortd II 9ullh by I TRA Itlblr (only 2 plr spDnlorl nd Iy I flit $200lurchlrge for thl 1Iklnd ovr Ind Iboy the fll Ihown for TRA lelberl Mote thlt illidiitl fllily of TRA bullbulllbtrl Ind ilia bonl fidl Clyerl uy join TRA Joi ni nlil TRAI liberl of reco9nized cavinG orGlnizationl Irt lutoltically Ulibh to Jain Tht Robertson Allochtion (TRA) othen can Jain if thy cln lublhnthtt tht thy Ire -bani fidmiddot caver I FullyTRA Itlbrlhip Ir IYlilbl for ilHditl fllily of TAA lilbtrl Pr-rl9iltrantl wilbing to tnroll in TRAshould Ind (1) I 100 TAA llIbtrship fI over Ind IboYl OTR-87 f with thil pre-rtgiltrtion and (2)inforlltion qUllifying you for I brlhip luch II M59 nUIDtr ft of rlCognizd clving Gr9lniztian to which you blong ndor dllcription of your clYing xperitnc The $100 il lone-tilt fll I d you reivi bull1Ibrlhip clrd (but if you 1011 it thtrt il I 100 rplc t chlr)
OTR-B7 Pre-Rgistrtion Fbullbull Bchdul By Arrivl Dy Not Fi9ur1 shown irl for entirl WIktnd ltarting on dlY of Irrivll not per dy eblrgll
Adult 1S years and olderl $1800 $1600 $1400 $900 No charge Juvenile (617 years of age) 1400 1200 1000 700 infants Chi Id (3-5 years of agel 800 7_ 00 6_ 00 500 under 3
Non-TRA guests age 3 and up pay $2weekend in addition to regular fee
Lifetite TRA elbership still available at $17500 covers registration this and all future OTRs D06S $1400 $1100 $ 800 $500Bringing of dogl to OTR 11 hi9hly dileourI9d thlY IUlt bl cantralltd It 11 tiH Set OTR-86 dog poUcy
OTR-8 Pr-R911trUon Fori (ani pr penon) Plbullbullbullbull Print or Typ Nm Aglif undr 18) __ Arri val Dy Str_t Your f
Stte__ TI I Caving affiliation
Are you a TRA lelber If yes who signed your TRA card NSS Active now
If no give nail of TRA elber IIho is your sponsor Counting 1987 hOIl lany OTRs lIill you have attended (guess) Are you a middotCertified I Certified Oldtiler aeets at least one of these qualifications NSS No under 5500 or attended 20 or---ore
OTRs or have attended OTR before 1965 lade a significant contribution to speleoloqy before 1965 Payment Sctian Number Amount The total paid should Adults (18 and over) equal the total from each Juveniles (6-17) pre-registra tion form Children (3-5) plus dog fees
Dog(s)
Surcharge non-TRA guests
Total Paid Check ==========
OTR Ifill appreciate no checks on Canadian banks (clearing problels in our WV bank) oney orders OK
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D C Grotto of the National Speleological Society 1732 Byron Street Alexandria VA 22303
Forwarding and Return Postage
Guaranteed Address Correction Requested Thank you
Non-Profit Org
US Post age
P A I D
t1errifield VA
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D C Grotto
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1201 5 Scott St 1123
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Organ lDeels) Organ (Lipps) Dead Dog Si lers Kolers Cricket laze Shirleys
Greenbrier Greenbrier Jefferson Berkeley Shepherdstolln Berkeley Jefferson 2 signs for Whitings
J W Deels J W Deels Ronald Brolin Robert S Wyly R L Lattere]1 Cricket lIaze Cave Assn
Neck Ollner not
RASS RASS Sligo Sligo CKCA Sligo Sligo
Tony Askell Tony Askell Sail Fruits Lynn Ott Lynn Ott Lynn Ott Lynn Ott
Yes i-29-85
3-31-85
8-6-85
Yes 7-15-85
Yes
9 interested lIay give signs to Tri-State 10
II
Dry Cave Cricket
Greenbrier Greenbrier Willial Pat Level
Ti delliter WVACS
Alex Sprool TOl Spina
8-3-85
9-21-85 12 Thorn Pendleton RuthEverett Propst WVACS TOl Spina 9-28-85 13 Sinnitt Pendleton RuthEverett Propst WVACS Tal Spina 9-28-85 14 Piltex y a Greenbrier L II Pol an IIVACS TOl Spina 9-22-85 1 5 Piercys lIill Grlenbrier L II Pol an WVACS TOI Spina 9-22-85 16
17 Hinkle-Unis HigginbothiilS 12
6reenbrier Greenbrier
Bedford Albile Harvey lIandel
IIVACS WVACS
TOIl Spina TOI Spina
9-22-85
9-22-85 18 Culverson Creek Frankfort
Wildcat Entrance Greenbrier Co Earl Hinkle WVACS TOI Spina 9-15-85 1lt1
21 McClungs Harr 12
Frankford6reenbrier Lanesville-Tucker Co
Geraldine Freelan Earl Harr
WVACS Charleston
TOI Spina Bob Fr06tick
H4-85
22 Patton Gap Hilis-llonroe Co Hansbilrger Charleston Bob Frostick 23 Rehobeth Church Union-llonroe Co Hall Phillips Char I esten Bob Frostick 8-23-85 25 Laurel CreeK Greenville-Honroe Co H Judy Charleston Bob Frostick 26 Cass 6reenbr ier 6eorge Dasher 27 Sharps 6reenbrier George Dashlr 28 Sillonsllingo PSC Bob Anderson 5-17-86 29 Organ Organ Cave-Greenbr George Sively Greenbrier George DasheT 8-10-85 30 Organ Organ Cave-Greenbr George Sively Greenbrier George Dasher 8-10-85 41 Patton Honroe Tidellater Larry Ostrander
Signs 34-40 and 42-52 are signed out to Larry Ostrander Tidewater no details 10-5-85 53 Buckeye Creek Renick-Greenbrier G P Turner Tidellater TOI Spina 12-8-85
Whites Ronceverte-Greenbr W H White Tidewater TOl Spina 10-5-85
Greenville Saltp IIi II pond Ent GreenviI le-llonroe Thelia Ruddell Ti dellater TOl Spina 10-5-85
56 Greenville Saltpeter 6reenville-Konroe Thelia Ruddell Ti dellater TOI Spina 10-5-85
Higginbothals II Frankford-Greenbrier WILula Higginbothal Tidellater TOI Spina 11-23-85
58 TOI Spina IIcFerrin Willialsburg-Greenbr Paul R BrOlin WVACS Rus Carter 4-5-86
60 61 signed out to (llith no details yetI Russ Carter 62 signed out to (llith no details yetI TOl Spina 63 Scott Holloll lIonroe Pat Christie BaItilore Craig Hindlan 11-9-85
- 64 Red Run Monongahela Alan Carpenter 65 Big Springs Honongahela Alan Carpenter 66 Cave HollON Monongahela Alan Cirpenter 68 69 signed out to (with no details yet) Monongahela Alan Carpenter 70 Trout Pendleton NSS I19lt COli Paul Stevens Yes 71 Nell Trout Pendleton NSS Hglt COil Paul Stevens Yes n Hali It on Pendl eton NSS Mqlt C021 Paul Stevens Yes 73 Jones Quarry Berkeley Tri-State Bob Bennett 74 Donaldson Berkel ey Tri -State Bob Bennett
Nestle Quarry Berkeley Tri-State Bob Bennett 76 Tri-State Bob Bennett 77 Benders Berkeley A R Eaery Tr --state Bob Bennett 9-20-86
78 78 80 signed out to Frederick Grotto No d tails Beb Rauch signed out no details Ginny Dalton
82 Siokehole Caverns Grant COllercial BRnSS Rocky Parson 81
Page 6
1987 Congress
All jsues Hrrr sponsored by the Cascadr Grotto of
Seattle Washington all Nfrf cosponsored by the
Horthwpst Caring Association Elbe Washington and
all Nfrp ailfd to the Virinia Region by To Pol loci
the COG Vice-Chairan
Item 1 Amendment 1 If St of the regular or higher lelbers of the NS5 sign
a petition which gives reason for the recall of any NSS Director or any Officer of the Society the B06 will be required to 3ail a ballot to every regular or
higher lelber of the NSS If bOt of the ballots are returned within sixty days of the ailing with a yes vote then the person(s) listed on the recall ballot shall be reloved fro the B06 and lay not serve again as a BOS letber for a period of four years frol the date of recall
Item 1 Amendment 2 If 5t of the regular or higher telbers of the NSS sign a petition asking for an override ballot on a B06 action the B06 will be required to lail an override ballot to all regular or higher lelbers of the N55 If 7St of the override ballots returned after sixty days of the ailing have a yes vote then the B06 action will be overriden
Item 1 Amendment 3 If 10I of the regul ar or hi gher sign a petition clearly outlining B06 any NSS Officer(s) or NSS will b required to lail a ballot higher lelbers of the Society If ret rned after sixty days of the
lelbers of the NSS a directive to the
COllittee the BOS to all regular or
751 of the ballots lailing have a yes
vote then the BOG NS5 Officer(s) or NSS COllittee ust ilplelent the required directive
Item 1 Amendment 4 The Congress of 6rottos will have the power to direct the B06 to place any latter to a vote of the regular or higher lebers of the Society if the latter to be oted on at the Congress leeting was placed on the agenda sixty days prior to the leeting and 60t of the Congress representatives present at the Congress leeting vote yes For approval by the general lelbership any such latter lUst receive an SOt yes vote frol the regular or higher lelbers within sixty days of the Congress leeting where such a directive was approved
Item 2 All real property of the Society with a value greater than $JOOOO and all real estate will be lanaged by special cOIittees of not less than three or lore than five persons Such cOllittees will be appointed by either the NSS President the NSS Executive Vice-President or the NSS Adlinistrative Vice-President and lust be confirled by the NS5
Issuesof Grottos
Directors The lelbers of
reloved by a 23 vate of the leeting No N55 Director these cOIittees and the cOlittees will be liited Soci et y
these cOllittees can be
NS5 Directors at any 80S or Officer can serve on
lelbership of these to the lelbers of the
Item 3 Amendment 1
No N5S Officer or Director shall serve as a COllittee chairlan on any NSS cOlittee that Ian ages property of the Society with a value of tl0OOO or greater real
estate property or has an annual operating budget greater than $2000
_ Item 3 Amendment 2 No NSS Director shall serve ore than seven years as an NSS Director without a one full year break in
service before serving as a Director or lelber of the Board of Sovernors
OTR 87 Is Coming Even as we write another hard-working crew is up at the OTR site in Dailey for a lajor work weekend (July 18 and 19) Put August 22 on your calendar now and plan to go up and contribute to sale of the lastshyminute details TOl Nillials (703) 951-7883 is laster-linding that weekend
Aong the work projects that have had attention this SUller (sole lay not be finished are spreading gravel (delivered in a huge pile) as needed on road loops Ditching to drain off the swalp area across the bridge Tagging baby trees to protect thel so that sOle day we will have good shaded sites Installation of a new water heater and new water tank area (the old one was converted to a shed) Painting and staining of sOle woodwork Spraying for poison ivy and other weeds
There will also be wor to be done as cavers report for the long weekend and work when itmiddots all over to lake sure things are cleaned up And we suggest that you will enhance your enjoYlent of OTR by a stint of service as a gate quard or a registrar its a fanshytastic way to see a lot of people you lay liss if you
stay in your own area with lostly your own grotto buddies
In case you lissed it a pre-registration fori for OTR is included in this issue ake photocopies if you need extra forls Th deadline for pre-registration is very close but if you receive this by the cancellashytion deadline of August 11 and pop it back into the ail with check it shuuld be received in tie Preshyregistration saves work for the registration staff on site and saves you having to wait in line to have your paYlents processed through the cash register
Page 7
Fe tie ra 1 Cave Protect ion B ill Get sHear ing in Wasil i ngton
Reported by Evelyn Bradshaw
The tiling of this issue of rARlfYI lay be a little
off as far as getting you out to help ready the OTR
site for Labor Days extravaganza but it couldnt be
better in ters of reporting on progress with HR1975
the Federal Cave Resources Protection Act of 1987 As
I Nrite it was only yesterday (July 2l) that a good
turnout of cavers (lastly VAR lebers) heard
governlent representatives and environental (lastly
speleological) people lake presentations about HRI975
before the Subco mittee on National Parks and Public
lands of the Houses COI ittee un Interior and Insular
Affairs As i5 custolary only a feN subcollittee
ebers turned up and those were favorably inclined
for the ost part although a New exico legislator
at first objected because we had not included caves on
Indian lands in the protective leasures I think he
eventually realized that the cission Mas not eant to
slight Indians but Mas a recognition of their right to
deterline for thelselves what happens on Indian lands
(Overtures to the had been lade but had not yet
resulted in a response when the final draft of the
bill was draMn up)
Aong cavers seen at the hearings in Rool 8-318 of the
Rayburn House Office Building Nere Paul and Lee
Stevens (Paul testified) Janet Thorne John
Scheltens Jay Arnold the Kastnings up frol Radford
Chris AlilUndon frol Roanoke a RASS contingent (Ron
Horton Mary Barrett and Alex Sproul) Laura Jones
(visiting Colorado caver) Phil Lucas and others too
nuerous to lention
Alt YDU read this note that other than the introducer
of the bill Rep Rick Boucher frol Abingdon no
laMlaKer frol the VAR area are cosponsors There are
a couple fro Pennsylvania (Joe Kolter and Doug
Walgren) See the baCKground beloN and sit dONn and
write your letter to your Representative address
U S House of Representatives Washington DC 20515
These are the current House cosponsors as of
press-tie
Ri ck Boucher VA Larry Craig 10 Ti a Johnson SO
Chester Atkins A Sander Levin I elvin PriceIL
Bob I1razek NY Jack Buechner 0 Jil Jontz IN
Joe Kol ter PA Buddy Darden SA Richard Stall-
Ike Skel ton 0 Doug Halgren PA ings ID
Dale Kildee I at thew artinez CA 110 Udall AZ
Robert Garcia NY Robert Lagoaar- Bruce orrison
Louis Stokes OH sino CA CT
Background (Prepared Ob the Hill)
Caves are considered by lany as a unique natural
non-renewable resource Mith ilportant scientific
educational and scenic resources including
specialized lineral forlations known as speleothels
and plants and anials which lay have undergone
adaptation to survive in a cave environlent At
present there are approxiately 40000 known caves in
the United STates A significant nUlber of these
caves are located on federal lands including over
4200 caves on BL and Forest Service lands alone
Concerns have been raised that vandalisl cOltercial
exploitation and recreational abuse are causing dalage
and the loss of natural and cultural cave resources
and that present federal law is inadequate to
cOlprehensively provide for the protection of cave resources Caves located on public lands are
currently lanaged under general land lanagelent laws
but these laMS neither expressly provide cOlprehensive
authority for the lanage ent of cave resources nor
forlally state a policy regarding the ilportance of
caves and cave resources on federal lands
HR 1975 provides the Secretaries of Interior and
Agriculture Mith specific authority to lanage Federal
cave resources and directs that caves be considered in
land lanageent planning The bill authorizes the
Secretaries under certain conditions to withhold
information on the nature and location of a cave Mhen
disclosure of such inforation Mould create a
substantial risk of harM to cave resources Further
the legislation establishes a perit systel for the
collection and reoval of any natural resource froe
caves and provides civil and criinal penalties for violations of this Act
Heading for Trout Hamilton ampc
Staff changes and other cOlitlents have interfered
wi th hopes of the lohn 6ui1 day Cave Preserve
Managelent Coaittee to get a full-fledged visitor
contact progral 3ng Literature to hand out to
visitors is avallabl2 frol Ed Ri ketts COllittee
(hairlan Casual visitor contact could be helpful
If you will bE up there in August ask Ed for flyers
JiJILIJulultlII J7
TUIIV Augult 111987
Category Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
--------------- --------------shy
_ ___ _ City ________ -----------
ZIP ______ _
_________ ----
Oldtilermiddotl
__ __
$ _----
OTR-87 PRE-REGISTRATION - - OTR in 1987 Septmbr 3-7 Dailey WV
ll I)o rUrljll lliUII IJJdlc JplUdlr QUt ILloJ tolrJ J h J 11II1I1(plYlble to OTR-87l tOI Evelyn Bradshaw OTR Pre-Registrar (Ph_lt703gt76 0669
1732 Byron St Alex andr i a VA 22303 Dbullbulldlin for clnclhtioll to rlcivi I full rfund Itil $100 hlndlhQ chlr91(Notll Or I TAA ItIbtr unlbll to co Ily lind writttn luthorizltion to trlnlflr pr-rtglltrtiDD to another TAAHlbtr I Gnttrl Inforbullbulltiorn FHI inc1udl Ulp9raund door priul Iccident inlUranc ittrndl It SltlSun plrtill Contlltl nd contlt prizl Your clncIIId chck il your rlClipt if you wlnt I writtll rlCipt frOi OTR you IUlt Itnd I Illf-lddrllid Itld nviiopi or pOltclrd with your chICk Instructions for Pr-R-vistrtion Form 1 Onl fori per prlon (photocopy Ixtrl forll II ntldd or IlkI flclilihl - Ind phln print lGibly 2 COlpliti plytnt ItCtlon (on only on fori if IUblittinG IIYlrll) Ind Ilk totll plyttnt for IIIpre-rlgiltrlntl3 All non-TRA Hlblrl MIlt bl Iponlortd II 9ullh by I TRA Itlblr (only 2 plr spDnlorl nd Iy I flit $200lurchlrge for thl 1Iklnd ovr Ind Iboy the fll Ihown for TRA lelberl Mote thlt illidiitl fllily of TRA bullbulllbtrl Ind ilia bonl fidl Clyerl uy join TRA Joi ni nlil TRAI liberl of reco9nized cavinG orGlnizationl Irt lutoltically Ulibh to Jain Tht Robertson Allochtion (TRA) othen can Jain if thy cln lublhnthtt tht thy Ire -bani fidmiddot caver I FullyTRA Itlbrlhip Ir IYlilbl for ilHditl fllily of TAA lilbtrl Pr-rl9iltrantl wilbing to tnroll in TRAshould Ind (1) I 100 TAA llIbtrship fI over Ind IboYl OTR-87 f with thil pre-rtgiltrtion and (2)inforlltion qUllifying you for I brlhip luch II M59 nUIDtr ft of rlCognizd clving Gr9lniztian to which you blong ndor dllcription of your clYing xperitnc The $100 il lone-tilt fll I d you reivi bull1Ibrlhip clrd (but if you 1011 it thtrt il I 100 rplc t chlr)
OTR-B7 Pre-Rgistrtion Fbullbull Bchdul By Arrivl Dy Not Fi9ur1 shown irl for entirl WIktnd ltarting on dlY of Irrivll not per dy eblrgll
Adult 1S years and olderl $1800 $1600 $1400 $900 No charge Juvenile (617 years of age) 1400 1200 1000 700 infants Chi Id (3-5 years of agel 800 7_ 00 6_ 00 500 under 3
Non-TRA guests age 3 and up pay $2weekend in addition to regular fee
Lifetite TRA elbership still available at $17500 covers registration this and all future OTRs D06S $1400 $1100 $ 800 $500Bringing of dogl to OTR 11 hi9hly dileourI9d thlY IUlt bl cantralltd It 11 tiH Set OTR-86 dog poUcy
OTR-8 Pr-R911trUon Fori (ani pr penon) Plbullbullbullbull Print or Typ Nm Aglif undr 18) __ Arri val Dy Str_t Your f
Stte__ TI I Caving affiliation
Are you a TRA lelber If yes who signed your TRA card NSS Active now
If no give nail of TRA elber IIho is your sponsor Counting 1987 hOIl lany OTRs lIill you have attended (guess) Are you a middotCertified I Certified Oldtiler aeets at least one of these qualifications NSS No under 5500 or attended 20 or---ore
OTRs or have attended OTR before 1965 lade a significant contribution to speleoloqy before 1965 Payment Sctian Number Amount The total paid should Adults (18 and over) equal the total from each Juveniles (6-17) pre-registra tion form Children (3-5) plus dog fees
Dog(s)
Surcharge non-TRA guests
Total Paid Check ==========
OTR Ifill appreciate no checks on Canadian banks (clearing problels in our WV bank) oney orders OK
=======
-----------------------------------------
1 -
D C Grotto of the National Speleological Society 1732 Byron Street Alexandria VA 22303
Forwarding and Return Postage
Guaranteed Address Correction Requested Thank you
Non-Profit Org
US Post age
P A I D
t1errifield VA
Fer-mi t 320
G 9999
D C Grotto
I Fred Grady
1201 5 Scott St 1123
Arlington VA 22204
Page 6
1987 Congress
All jsues Hrrr sponsored by the Cascadr Grotto of
Seattle Washington all Nfrf cosponsored by the
Horthwpst Caring Association Elbe Washington and
all Nfrp ailfd to the Virinia Region by To Pol loci
the COG Vice-Chairan
Item 1 Amendment 1 If St of the regular or higher lelbers of the NS5 sign
a petition which gives reason for the recall of any NSS Director or any Officer of the Society the B06 will be required to 3ail a ballot to every regular or
higher lelber of the NSS If bOt of the ballots are returned within sixty days of the ailing with a yes vote then the person(s) listed on the recall ballot shall be reloved fro the B06 and lay not serve again as a BOS letber for a period of four years frol the date of recall
Item 1 Amendment 2 If 5t of the regular or higher telbers of the NSS sign a petition asking for an override ballot on a B06 action the B06 will be required to lail an override ballot to all regular or higher lelbers of the N55 If 7St of the override ballots returned after sixty days of the ailing have a yes vote then the B06 action will be overriden
Item 1 Amendment 3 If 10I of the regul ar or hi gher sign a petition clearly outlining B06 any NSS Officer(s) or NSS will b required to lail a ballot higher lelbers of the Society If ret rned after sixty days of the
lelbers of the NSS a directive to the
COllittee the BOS to all regular or
751 of the ballots lailing have a yes
vote then the BOG NS5 Officer(s) or NSS COllittee ust ilplelent the required directive
Item 1 Amendment 4 The Congress of 6rottos will have the power to direct the B06 to place any latter to a vote of the regular or higher lebers of the Society if the latter to be oted on at the Congress leeting was placed on the agenda sixty days prior to the leeting and 60t of the Congress representatives present at the Congress leeting vote yes For approval by the general lelbership any such latter lUst receive an SOt yes vote frol the regular or higher lelbers within sixty days of the Congress leeting where such a directive was approved
Item 2 All real property of the Society with a value greater than $JOOOO and all real estate will be lanaged by special cOIittees of not less than three or lore than five persons Such cOllittees will be appointed by either the NSS President the NSS Executive Vice-President or the NSS Adlinistrative Vice-President and lust be confirled by the NS5
Issuesof Grottos
Directors The lelbers of
reloved by a 23 vate of the leeting No N55 Director these cOIittees and the cOlittees will be liited Soci et y
these cOllittees can be
NS5 Directors at any 80S or Officer can serve on
lelbership of these to the lelbers of the
Item 3 Amendment 1
No N5S Officer or Director shall serve as a COllittee chairlan on any NSS cOlittee that Ian ages property of the Society with a value of tl0OOO or greater real
estate property or has an annual operating budget greater than $2000
_ Item 3 Amendment 2 No NSS Director shall serve ore than seven years as an NSS Director without a one full year break in
service before serving as a Director or lelber of the Board of Sovernors
OTR 87 Is Coming Even as we write another hard-working crew is up at the OTR site in Dailey for a lajor work weekend (July 18 and 19) Put August 22 on your calendar now and plan to go up and contribute to sale of the lastshyminute details TOl Nillials (703) 951-7883 is laster-linding that weekend
Aong the work projects that have had attention this SUller (sole lay not be finished are spreading gravel (delivered in a huge pile) as needed on road loops Ditching to drain off the swalp area across the bridge Tagging baby trees to protect thel so that sOle day we will have good shaded sites Installation of a new water heater and new water tank area (the old one was converted to a shed) Painting and staining of sOle woodwork Spraying for poison ivy and other weeds
There will also be wor to be done as cavers report for the long weekend and work when itmiddots all over to lake sure things are cleaned up And we suggest that you will enhance your enjoYlent of OTR by a stint of service as a gate quard or a registrar its a fanshytastic way to see a lot of people you lay liss if you
stay in your own area with lostly your own grotto buddies
In case you lissed it a pre-registration fori for OTR is included in this issue ake photocopies if you need extra forls Th deadline for pre-registration is very close but if you receive this by the cancellashytion deadline of August 11 and pop it back into the ail with check it shuuld be received in tie Preshyregistration saves work for the registration staff on site and saves you having to wait in line to have your paYlents processed through the cash register
Page 7
Fe tie ra 1 Cave Protect ion B ill Get sHear ing in Wasil i ngton
Reported by Evelyn Bradshaw
The tiling of this issue of rARlfYI lay be a little
off as far as getting you out to help ready the OTR
site for Labor Days extravaganza but it couldnt be
better in ters of reporting on progress with HR1975
the Federal Cave Resources Protection Act of 1987 As
I Nrite it was only yesterday (July 2l) that a good
turnout of cavers (lastly VAR lebers) heard
governlent representatives and environental (lastly
speleological) people lake presentations about HRI975
before the Subco mittee on National Parks and Public
lands of the Houses COI ittee un Interior and Insular
Affairs As i5 custolary only a feN subcollittee
ebers turned up and those were favorably inclined
for the ost part although a New exico legislator
at first objected because we had not included caves on
Indian lands in the protective leasures I think he
eventually realized that the cission Mas not eant to
slight Indians but Mas a recognition of their right to
deterline for thelselves what happens on Indian lands
(Overtures to the had been lade but had not yet
resulted in a response when the final draft of the
bill was draMn up)
Aong cavers seen at the hearings in Rool 8-318 of the
Rayburn House Office Building Nere Paul and Lee
Stevens (Paul testified) Janet Thorne John
Scheltens Jay Arnold the Kastnings up frol Radford
Chris AlilUndon frol Roanoke a RASS contingent (Ron
Horton Mary Barrett and Alex Sproul) Laura Jones
(visiting Colorado caver) Phil Lucas and others too
nuerous to lention
Alt YDU read this note that other than the introducer
of the bill Rep Rick Boucher frol Abingdon no
laMlaKer frol the VAR area are cosponsors There are
a couple fro Pennsylvania (Joe Kolter and Doug
Walgren) See the baCKground beloN and sit dONn and
write your letter to your Representative address
U S House of Representatives Washington DC 20515
These are the current House cosponsors as of
press-tie
Ri ck Boucher VA Larry Craig 10 Ti a Johnson SO
Chester Atkins A Sander Levin I elvin PriceIL
Bob I1razek NY Jack Buechner 0 Jil Jontz IN
Joe Kol ter PA Buddy Darden SA Richard Stall-
Ike Skel ton 0 Doug Halgren PA ings ID
Dale Kildee I at thew artinez CA 110 Udall AZ
Robert Garcia NY Robert Lagoaar- Bruce orrison
Louis Stokes OH sino CA CT
Background (Prepared Ob the Hill)
Caves are considered by lany as a unique natural
non-renewable resource Mith ilportant scientific
educational and scenic resources including
specialized lineral forlations known as speleothels
and plants and anials which lay have undergone
adaptation to survive in a cave environlent At
present there are approxiately 40000 known caves in
the United STates A significant nUlber of these
caves are located on federal lands including over
4200 caves on BL and Forest Service lands alone
Concerns have been raised that vandalisl cOltercial
exploitation and recreational abuse are causing dalage
and the loss of natural and cultural cave resources
and that present federal law is inadequate to
cOlprehensively provide for the protection of cave resources Caves located on public lands are
currently lanaged under general land lanagelent laws
but these laMS neither expressly provide cOlprehensive
authority for the lanage ent of cave resources nor
forlally state a policy regarding the ilportance of
caves and cave resources on federal lands
HR 1975 provides the Secretaries of Interior and
Agriculture Mith specific authority to lanage Federal
cave resources and directs that caves be considered in
land lanageent planning The bill authorizes the
Secretaries under certain conditions to withhold
information on the nature and location of a cave Mhen
disclosure of such inforation Mould create a
substantial risk of harM to cave resources Further
the legislation establishes a perit systel for the
collection and reoval of any natural resource froe
caves and provides civil and criinal penalties for violations of this Act
Heading for Trout Hamilton ampc
Staff changes and other cOlitlents have interfered
wi th hopes of the lohn 6ui1 day Cave Preserve
Managelent Coaittee to get a full-fledged visitor
contact progral 3ng Literature to hand out to
visitors is avallabl2 frol Ed Ri ketts COllittee
(hairlan Casual visitor contact could be helpful
If you will bE up there in August ask Ed for flyers
JiJILIJulultlII J7
TUIIV Augult 111987
Category Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
--------------- --------------shy
_ ___ _ City ________ -----------
ZIP ______ _
_________ ----
Oldtilermiddotl
__ __
$ _----
OTR-87 PRE-REGISTRATION - - OTR in 1987 Septmbr 3-7 Dailey WV
ll I)o rUrljll lliUII IJJdlc JplUdlr QUt ILloJ tolrJ J h J 11II1I1(plYlble to OTR-87l tOI Evelyn Bradshaw OTR Pre-Registrar (Ph_lt703gt76 0669
1732 Byron St Alex andr i a VA 22303 Dbullbulldlin for clnclhtioll to rlcivi I full rfund Itil $100 hlndlhQ chlr91(Notll Or I TAA ItIbtr unlbll to co Ily lind writttn luthorizltion to trlnlflr pr-rtglltrtiDD to another TAAHlbtr I Gnttrl Inforbullbulltiorn FHI inc1udl Ulp9raund door priul Iccident inlUranc ittrndl It SltlSun plrtill Contlltl nd contlt prizl Your clncIIId chck il your rlClipt if you wlnt I writtll rlCipt frOi OTR you IUlt Itnd I Illf-lddrllid Itld nviiopi or pOltclrd with your chICk Instructions for Pr-R-vistrtion Form 1 Onl fori per prlon (photocopy Ixtrl forll II ntldd or IlkI flclilihl - Ind phln print lGibly 2 COlpliti plytnt ItCtlon (on only on fori if IUblittinG IIYlrll) Ind Ilk totll plyttnt for IIIpre-rlgiltrlntl3 All non-TRA Hlblrl MIlt bl Iponlortd II 9ullh by I TRA Itlblr (only 2 plr spDnlorl nd Iy I flit $200lurchlrge for thl 1Iklnd ovr Ind Iboy the fll Ihown for TRA lelberl Mote thlt illidiitl fllily of TRA bullbulllbtrl Ind ilia bonl fidl Clyerl uy join TRA Joi ni nlil TRAI liberl of reco9nized cavinG orGlnizationl Irt lutoltically Ulibh to Jain Tht Robertson Allochtion (TRA) othen can Jain if thy cln lublhnthtt tht thy Ire -bani fidmiddot caver I FullyTRA Itlbrlhip Ir IYlilbl for ilHditl fllily of TAA lilbtrl Pr-rl9iltrantl wilbing to tnroll in TRAshould Ind (1) I 100 TAA llIbtrship fI over Ind IboYl OTR-87 f with thil pre-rtgiltrtion and (2)inforlltion qUllifying you for I brlhip luch II M59 nUIDtr ft of rlCognizd clving Gr9lniztian to which you blong ndor dllcription of your clYing xperitnc The $100 il lone-tilt fll I d you reivi bull1Ibrlhip clrd (but if you 1011 it thtrt il I 100 rplc t chlr)
OTR-B7 Pre-Rgistrtion Fbullbull Bchdul By Arrivl Dy Not Fi9ur1 shown irl for entirl WIktnd ltarting on dlY of Irrivll not per dy eblrgll
Adult 1S years and olderl $1800 $1600 $1400 $900 No charge Juvenile (617 years of age) 1400 1200 1000 700 infants Chi Id (3-5 years of agel 800 7_ 00 6_ 00 500 under 3
Non-TRA guests age 3 and up pay $2weekend in addition to regular fee
Lifetite TRA elbership still available at $17500 covers registration this and all future OTRs D06S $1400 $1100 $ 800 $500Bringing of dogl to OTR 11 hi9hly dileourI9d thlY IUlt bl cantralltd It 11 tiH Set OTR-86 dog poUcy
OTR-8 Pr-R911trUon Fori (ani pr penon) Plbullbullbullbull Print or Typ Nm Aglif undr 18) __ Arri val Dy Str_t Your f
Stte__ TI I Caving affiliation
Are you a TRA lelber If yes who signed your TRA card NSS Active now
If no give nail of TRA elber IIho is your sponsor Counting 1987 hOIl lany OTRs lIill you have attended (guess) Are you a middotCertified I Certified Oldtiler aeets at least one of these qualifications NSS No under 5500 or attended 20 or---ore
OTRs or have attended OTR before 1965 lade a significant contribution to speleoloqy before 1965 Payment Sctian Number Amount The total paid should Adults (18 and over) equal the total from each Juveniles (6-17) pre-registra tion form Children (3-5) plus dog fees
Dog(s)
Surcharge non-TRA guests
Total Paid Check ==========
OTR Ifill appreciate no checks on Canadian banks (clearing problels in our WV bank) oney orders OK
=======
-----------------------------------------
1 -
D C Grotto of the National Speleological Society 1732 Byron Street Alexandria VA 22303
Forwarding and Return Postage
Guaranteed Address Correction Requested Thank you
Non-Profit Org
US Post age
P A I D
t1errifield VA
Fer-mi t 320
G 9999
D C Grotto
I Fred Grady
1201 5 Scott St 1123
Arlington VA 22204
Page 7
Fe tie ra 1 Cave Protect ion B ill Get sHear ing in Wasil i ngton
Reported by Evelyn Bradshaw
The tiling of this issue of rARlfYI lay be a little
off as far as getting you out to help ready the OTR
site for Labor Days extravaganza but it couldnt be
better in ters of reporting on progress with HR1975
the Federal Cave Resources Protection Act of 1987 As
I Nrite it was only yesterday (July 2l) that a good
turnout of cavers (lastly VAR lebers) heard
governlent representatives and environental (lastly
speleological) people lake presentations about HRI975
before the Subco mittee on National Parks and Public
lands of the Houses COI ittee un Interior and Insular
Affairs As i5 custolary only a feN subcollittee
ebers turned up and those were favorably inclined
for the ost part although a New exico legislator
at first objected because we had not included caves on
Indian lands in the protective leasures I think he
eventually realized that the cission Mas not eant to
slight Indians but Mas a recognition of their right to
deterline for thelselves what happens on Indian lands
(Overtures to the had been lade but had not yet
resulted in a response when the final draft of the
bill was draMn up)
Aong cavers seen at the hearings in Rool 8-318 of the
Rayburn House Office Building Nere Paul and Lee
Stevens (Paul testified) Janet Thorne John
Scheltens Jay Arnold the Kastnings up frol Radford
Chris AlilUndon frol Roanoke a RASS contingent (Ron
Horton Mary Barrett and Alex Sproul) Laura Jones
(visiting Colorado caver) Phil Lucas and others too
nuerous to lention
Alt YDU read this note that other than the introducer
of the bill Rep Rick Boucher frol Abingdon no
laMlaKer frol the VAR area are cosponsors There are
a couple fro Pennsylvania (Joe Kolter and Doug
Walgren) See the baCKground beloN and sit dONn and
write your letter to your Representative address
U S House of Representatives Washington DC 20515
These are the current House cosponsors as of
press-tie
Ri ck Boucher VA Larry Craig 10 Ti a Johnson SO
Chester Atkins A Sander Levin I elvin PriceIL
Bob I1razek NY Jack Buechner 0 Jil Jontz IN
Joe Kol ter PA Buddy Darden SA Richard Stall-
Ike Skel ton 0 Doug Halgren PA ings ID
Dale Kildee I at thew artinez CA 110 Udall AZ
Robert Garcia NY Robert Lagoaar- Bruce orrison
Louis Stokes OH sino CA CT
Background (Prepared Ob the Hill)
Caves are considered by lany as a unique natural
non-renewable resource Mith ilportant scientific
educational and scenic resources including
specialized lineral forlations known as speleothels
and plants and anials which lay have undergone
adaptation to survive in a cave environlent At
present there are approxiately 40000 known caves in
the United STates A significant nUlber of these
caves are located on federal lands including over
4200 caves on BL and Forest Service lands alone
Concerns have been raised that vandalisl cOltercial
exploitation and recreational abuse are causing dalage
and the loss of natural and cultural cave resources
and that present federal law is inadequate to
cOlprehensively provide for the protection of cave resources Caves located on public lands are
currently lanaged under general land lanagelent laws
but these laMS neither expressly provide cOlprehensive
authority for the lanage ent of cave resources nor
forlally state a policy regarding the ilportance of
caves and cave resources on federal lands
HR 1975 provides the Secretaries of Interior and
Agriculture Mith specific authority to lanage Federal
cave resources and directs that caves be considered in
land lanageent planning The bill authorizes the
Secretaries under certain conditions to withhold
information on the nature and location of a cave Mhen
disclosure of such inforation Mould create a
substantial risk of harM to cave resources Further
the legislation establishes a perit systel for the
collection and reoval of any natural resource froe
caves and provides civil and criinal penalties for violations of this Act
Heading for Trout Hamilton ampc
Staff changes and other cOlitlents have interfered
wi th hopes of the lohn 6ui1 day Cave Preserve
Managelent Coaittee to get a full-fledged visitor
contact progral 3ng Literature to hand out to
visitors is avallabl2 frol Ed Ri ketts COllittee
(hairlan Casual visitor contact could be helpful
If you will bE up there in August ask Ed for flyers
JiJILIJulultlII J7
TUIIV Augult 111987
Category Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
--------------- --------------shy
_ ___ _ City ________ -----------
ZIP ______ _
_________ ----
Oldtilermiddotl
__ __
$ _----
OTR-87 PRE-REGISTRATION - - OTR in 1987 Septmbr 3-7 Dailey WV
ll I)o rUrljll lliUII IJJdlc JplUdlr QUt ILloJ tolrJ J h J 11II1I1(plYlble to OTR-87l tOI Evelyn Bradshaw OTR Pre-Registrar (Ph_lt703gt76 0669
1732 Byron St Alex andr i a VA 22303 Dbullbulldlin for clnclhtioll to rlcivi I full rfund Itil $100 hlndlhQ chlr91(Notll Or I TAA ItIbtr unlbll to co Ily lind writttn luthorizltion to trlnlflr pr-rtglltrtiDD to another TAAHlbtr I Gnttrl Inforbullbulltiorn FHI inc1udl Ulp9raund door priul Iccident inlUranc ittrndl It SltlSun plrtill Contlltl nd contlt prizl Your clncIIId chck il your rlClipt if you wlnt I writtll rlCipt frOi OTR you IUlt Itnd I Illf-lddrllid Itld nviiopi or pOltclrd with your chICk Instructions for Pr-R-vistrtion Form 1 Onl fori per prlon (photocopy Ixtrl forll II ntldd or IlkI flclilihl - Ind phln print lGibly 2 COlpliti plytnt ItCtlon (on only on fori if IUblittinG IIYlrll) Ind Ilk totll plyttnt for IIIpre-rlgiltrlntl3 All non-TRA Hlblrl MIlt bl Iponlortd II 9ullh by I TRA Itlblr (only 2 plr spDnlorl nd Iy I flit $200lurchlrge for thl 1Iklnd ovr Ind Iboy the fll Ihown for TRA lelberl Mote thlt illidiitl fllily of TRA bullbulllbtrl Ind ilia bonl fidl Clyerl uy join TRA Joi ni nlil TRAI liberl of reco9nized cavinG orGlnizationl Irt lutoltically Ulibh to Jain Tht Robertson Allochtion (TRA) othen can Jain if thy cln lublhnthtt tht thy Ire -bani fidmiddot caver I FullyTRA Itlbrlhip Ir IYlilbl for ilHditl fllily of TAA lilbtrl Pr-rl9iltrantl wilbing to tnroll in TRAshould Ind (1) I 100 TAA llIbtrship fI over Ind IboYl OTR-87 f with thil pre-rtgiltrtion and (2)inforlltion qUllifying you for I brlhip luch II M59 nUIDtr ft of rlCognizd clving Gr9lniztian to which you blong ndor dllcription of your clYing xperitnc The $100 il lone-tilt fll I d you reivi bull1Ibrlhip clrd (but if you 1011 it thtrt il I 100 rplc t chlr)
OTR-B7 Pre-Rgistrtion Fbullbull Bchdul By Arrivl Dy Not Fi9ur1 shown irl for entirl WIktnd ltarting on dlY of Irrivll not per dy eblrgll
Adult 1S years and olderl $1800 $1600 $1400 $900 No charge Juvenile (617 years of age) 1400 1200 1000 700 infants Chi Id (3-5 years of agel 800 7_ 00 6_ 00 500 under 3
Non-TRA guests age 3 and up pay $2weekend in addition to regular fee
Lifetite TRA elbership still available at $17500 covers registration this and all future OTRs D06S $1400 $1100 $ 800 $500Bringing of dogl to OTR 11 hi9hly dileourI9d thlY IUlt bl cantralltd It 11 tiH Set OTR-86 dog poUcy
OTR-8 Pr-R911trUon Fori (ani pr penon) Plbullbullbullbull Print or Typ Nm Aglif undr 18) __ Arri val Dy Str_t Your f
Stte__ TI I Caving affiliation
Are you a TRA lelber If yes who signed your TRA card NSS Active now
If no give nail of TRA elber IIho is your sponsor Counting 1987 hOIl lany OTRs lIill you have attended (guess) Are you a middotCertified I Certified Oldtiler aeets at least one of these qualifications NSS No under 5500 or attended 20 or---ore
OTRs or have attended OTR before 1965 lade a significant contribution to speleoloqy before 1965 Payment Sctian Number Amount The total paid should Adults (18 and over) equal the total from each Juveniles (6-17) pre-registra tion form Children (3-5) plus dog fees
Dog(s)
Surcharge non-TRA guests
Total Paid Check ==========
OTR Ifill appreciate no checks on Canadian banks (clearing problels in our WV bank) oney orders OK
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D C Grotto of the National Speleological Society 1732 Byron Street Alexandria VA 22303
Forwarding and Return Postage
Guaranteed Address Correction Requested Thank you
Non-Profit Org
US Post age
P A I D
t1errifield VA
Fer-mi t 320
G 9999
D C Grotto
I Fred Grady
1201 5 Scott St 1123
Arlington VA 22204
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OTR-87 PRE-REGISTRATION - - OTR in 1987 Septmbr 3-7 Dailey WV
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1732 Byron St Alex andr i a VA 22303 Dbullbulldlin for clnclhtioll to rlcivi I full rfund Itil $100 hlndlhQ chlr91(Notll Or I TAA ItIbtr unlbll to co Ily lind writttn luthorizltion to trlnlflr pr-rtglltrtiDD to another TAAHlbtr I Gnttrl Inforbullbulltiorn FHI inc1udl Ulp9raund door priul Iccident inlUranc ittrndl It SltlSun plrtill Contlltl nd contlt prizl Your clncIIId chck il your rlClipt if you wlnt I writtll rlCipt frOi OTR you IUlt Itnd I Illf-lddrllid Itld nviiopi or pOltclrd with your chICk Instructions for Pr-R-vistrtion Form 1 Onl fori per prlon (photocopy Ixtrl forll II ntldd or IlkI flclilihl - Ind phln print lGibly 2 COlpliti plytnt ItCtlon (on only on fori if IUblittinG IIYlrll) Ind Ilk totll plyttnt for IIIpre-rlgiltrlntl3 All non-TRA Hlblrl MIlt bl Iponlortd II 9ullh by I TRA Itlblr (only 2 plr spDnlorl nd Iy I flit $200lurchlrge for thl 1Iklnd ovr Ind Iboy the fll Ihown for TRA lelberl Mote thlt illidiitl fllily of TRA bullbulllbtrl Ind ilia bonl fidl Clyerl uy join TRA Joi ni nlil TRAI liberl of reco9nized cavinG orGlnizationl Irt lutoltically Ulibh to Jain Tht Robertson Allochtion (TRA) othen can Jain if thy cln lublhnthtt tht thy Ire -bani fidmiddot caver I FullyTRA Itlbrlhip Ir IYlilbl for ilHditl fllily of TAA lilbtrl Pr-rl9iltrantl wilbing to tnroll in TRAshould Ind (1) I 100 TAA llIbtrship fI over Ind IboYl OTR-87 f with thil pre-rtgiltrtion and (2)inforlltion qUllifying you for I brlhip luch II M59 nUIDtr ft of rlCognizd clving Gr9lniztian to which you blong ndor dllcription of your clYing xperitnc The $100 il lone-tilt fll I d you reivi bull1Ibrlhip clrd (but if you 1011 it thtrt il I 100 rplc t chlr)
OTR-B7 Pre-Rgistrtion Fbullbull Bchdul By Arrivl Dy Not Fi9ur1 shown irl for entirl WIktnd ltarting on dlY of Irrivll not per dy eblrgll
Adult 1S years and olderl $1800 $1600 $1400 $900 No charge Juvenile (617 years of age) 1400 1200 1000 700 infants Chi Id (3-5 years of agel 800 7_ 00 6_ 00 500 under 3
Non-TRA guests age 3 and up pay $2weekend in addition to regular fee
Lifetite TRA elbership still available at $17500 covers registration this and all future OTRs D06S $1400 $1100 $ 800 $500Bringing of dogl to OTR 11 hi9hly dileourI9d thlY IUlt bl cantralltd It 11 tiH Set OTR-86 dog poUcy
OTR-8 Pr-R911trUon Fori (ani pr penon) Plbullbullbullbull Print or Typ Nm Aglif undr 18) __ Arri val Dy Str_t Your f
Stte__ TI I Caving affiliation
Are you a TRA lelber If yes who signed your TRA card NSS Active now
If no give nail of TRA elber IIho is your sponsor Counting 1987 hOIl lany OTRs lIill you have attended (guess) Are you a middotCertified I Certified Oldtiler aeets at least one of these qualifications NSS No under 5500 or attended 20 or---ore
OTRs or have attended OTR before 1965 lade a significant contribution to speleoloqy before 1965 Payment Sctian Number Amount The total paid should Adults (18 and over) equal the total from each Juveniles (6-17) pre-registra tion form Children (3-5) plus dog fees
Dog(s)
Surcharge non-TRA guests
Total Paid Check ==========
OTR Ifill appreciate no checks on Canadian banks (clearing problels in our WV bank) oney orders OK
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D C Grotto of the National Speleological Society 1732 Byron Street Alexandria VA 22303
Forwarding and Return Postage
Guaranteed Address Correction Requested Thank you
Non-Profit Org
US Post age
P A I D
t1errifield VA
Fer-mi t 320
G 9999
D C Grotto
I Fred Grady
1201 5 Scott St 1123
Arlington VA 22204
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D C Grotto of the National Speleological Society 1732 Byron Street Alexandria VA 22303
Forwarding and Return Postage
Guaranteed Address Correction Requested Thank you
Non-Profit Org
US Post age
P A I D
t1errifield VA
Fer-mi t 320
G 9999
D C Grotto
I Fred Grady
1201 5 Scott St 1123
Arlington VA 22204