Cavers,
This email is an announcement from the Texas Speleological Survey and the
Texas Speleological Association that the Karst Project at Hill Country
State Natural Area is starting up again. I (Marvin Miller) will be
coordinating it, along with still running the project at Government Canyon
SNA. The only way I can handle both projects right now is if I schedule
them on alternating months. To that end the first weekend at Hill Country
will be February 1 & 2. The Government Canyon Project is still scheduled
for January 4 & 5 but then the next dates for that project will be March 7
& 8 and May 2 & 3. The Hill Country Project dates will be the February date
and then April 4 & 5 and maybe a date in June, before we break for the
summer. The calendar on the TSA website will be updated accordingly.
The original karst survey at Hill Country SNA was conducted in the mid
1980's shortly after the park opened. Groundhog Cave, Tag Team Cave, and a
number of other caves were found during this period but the project was
never completed. Several attempts have been made to start it up again and
they have run for a short time, but then faltered from lack of interest. It
is hoped that the core team currently supporting the Government Canyon
project along with volunteers from other parts of the state can contribute
to making this attempt successful.
Contact me questions, comments, advice. An email with details on camping
and other necessary info will follow in a few weeks.
Marvin Miller
___
Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com
Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives:
http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/
http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
