[Texascavers] UT/USS Grotto Meeting 2/3! -- Elections!

[Mimi Alexander via Texascavers]

Greetings, cavers!

At the grotto meeting this Wednesday, Aubri Jenson will be giving a summary
of the adventures, discoveries, and ongoing scientific work from last
month's trip to Quintana Roo!

The meeting, hosted by the University Speleological Society, is at 7:45pm
in Painter 4.42. Follow this link to a map of where the building is located
on the University of Texas campus:
http://www.utexas.edu/maps/main/buildings/pai.html

For information on Underground Texas Grotto activities, please see
www.utgrotto.org

Officer contact, trip reports, event calendar, and new caver training links
to beginner trips or vertical rope training are available.

Before the meeting, take advantage of Sao Paulo www.saopaulos.net for happy
hour specials. Attendance by cavers varies but this area is the best place
to park and meet folks walking over to the meeting. Then after the USS
meeting, we continue with the decades long tradition to reconvene for
burgers, beer, and tall tales of caving at Posse East.www.posse-east.com


If you or someone you know is interested in speaking at a future grotto
meeting, please contact me.

Cheers,
Mimi Alexander
UT Grotto Vice Chair
mimipha...@gmail.com
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Re: [Texascavers] UT/USS Grotto Meeting 2/3! -- Elections!

[Mimi Alexander via Texascavers]

Apologies, it sent prematurely!
Correction: This Wednesday, the grotto will be holding officer elections.
Following this, Fernando Hernandez will be giving an update on the Muzquiz
project!

On Monday, February 1, 2016, Mimi Alexander  wrote:

>
> Greetings, cavers!
>
> At the grotto meeting this Wednesday, Aubri Jenson will be giving a
> summary of the adventures, discoveries, and ongoing scientific work from
> last month's trip to Quintana Roo!
>
> The meeting, hosted by the University Speleological Society, is at 7:45pm
> in Painter 4.42. Follow this link to a map of where the building is located
> on the University of Texas campus:
> http://www.utexas.edu/maps/main/buildings/pai.html
>
> For information on Underground Texas Grotto activities, please see
> www.utgrotto.org
>
> Officer contact, trip reports, event calendar, and new caver training
> links to beginner trips or vertical rope training are available.
>
> Before the meeting, take advantage of Sao Paulo www.saopaulos.net for
> happy hour specials. Attendance by cavers varies but this area is the best
> place to park and meet folks walking over to the meeting. Then after the
> USS meeting, we continue with the decades long tradition to reconvene for
> burgers, beer, and tall tales of caving at Posse East.www.posse-east.com
> 
>
> If you or someone you know is interested in speaking at a future grotto
> meeting, please contact me.
>
> Cheers,
> Mimi Alexander
> UT Grotto Vice Chair
> mimipha...@gmail.com
>
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[Texascavers] TCMA Ezells Cave

[Ron Ralph via Texascavers]

Cavers,



The Texas Cave Management Association will convene again at Ezells Cave 
Preserve in San Marcos on Saturday, February 20, 2016 beginning around 9:00 in 
the morning to finish removal of the old gate.  Pete Strickland will be in 
charge of this chore with assistance from Matt Turner and others.  You are all 
cordially invited to attend.



Additionally, we will be removing thick brush, briars, and removing dead wood 
in trees throughout the acreage.  We will also continue to remove the many 
invasive species (trees) living in the lower slopes of the property.  A major 
project will involve bamboo eradication which continues to invade the southeast 
corner of the preserve.  This may involve both cutting and removing the stalks 
and grubbing out the roots.



And of course trash removal and brush clearing along Brown Street will be an 
ongoing project.  Once cleared, additional mulch will be spread to slow erosion 
and provide cover for recovering native grasses and shrubs.



After the work session, the cave will be open to the hard working volunteers.  
So bring your tools and caving gear for the Winter 2016 annual maintenance day 
at Ezells Cave Preserve.  I will bring lunch, snacks and drinks.  If you have 
questions or need directions, please give me a call.



The TCMA cannot manage our properties without the on-going assistance of 
Volunteers in Preserves (VIPs). And I hope those who have labored here in the 
past have enjoyed the TCMA preserve and our window into the aquifer.



Ron Ralph, Manager

Ezells Cave Preserve

Cell: (512) 797-3817

February 1, 2016
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