[Texascavers] TCMA Suspending Cave Access

2020-03-17 Thread jranzau
The Texas Cave Management Association will immediately suspend access to our owned and managed caves through Friday, May 1, 2020. Any exception to this policy must be approved by the Executive Committee (Officers) of the Board. We will monitor the situation and adjust as necessary. Please ema

[Texascavers] Honey creek some things to consider

2020-03-17 Thread grubbsi
What follows is part of a email I sent about the Honey Creek ranch proposal. ( not to TCEQ) I design septic systems as part of my work. A lot of what is being proposed does not come up to the state standards that you'd have to follow if you were building a system for a single family home, much l

Re: [Texascavers] Fwd: TCEQ Public Meeting on Honey Creek permit CANCELLED

2020-03-17 Thread Jill Orr
Hi all, I'd like to point out that the links Bill and Annalisa Peace provided are an excellent and easy way to show caver's support; It took me 15 minutes to craft and send my message. Please take the time to support the ban and send your comments. Thanks Bill ! Jill On Tue, Mar 17, 2020 at 2:

[Texascavers] Fwd: TCEQ Public Meeting on Honey Creek permit CANCELLED

2020-03-17 Thread Bill Steele
Begin forwarded message: > From: Annalisa Peace > Date: March 17, 2020 at 2:26:06 PM CDT > To: cwilliamste...@gmail.com > Subject: TCEQ Public Meeting on Honey Creek permit CANCELLED > Reply-To: annal...@aquiferalliance.org > >  > > Dear Friends of Honey Creek, > > The public meeting schedule

[Texascavers] Beyond the Dome

2020-03-17 Thread Bennett Lee
While COVID-19 has us all social distancing (or for my fellow introverts, normal life), here is something to occupy your time. Earlier this year, I gave a presentation ("Beyond the Dome") to the Bexar Grotto documenting our recent expedition at Natural Bridge Caverns that found the first new pa

[Texascavers] Fw: [birdky] NO walks at Mammoth this spring

2020-03-17 Thread PRESTON FORSYTHE
MACA Green River Ferry Contines Closed, plus...see below  NO walks at Mammoth this spring No big surprise, but I got word today that Mammoth Cave has suspended all group activities indefinitely. So…no bird and wildflower hikes this spring. Maybe next year. FYI, the campground and trails will

[Texascavers] Additions to AMCS maps page

2020-03-17 Thread William R. Elliott
The AMCS (Association for Mexican Cave Studies) has added more maps to its maps page. See http://www.mexicancaves.org/maps/ I added the states of *Oaxaca* (543 maps) and *Puebla* (266 maps), which include recent maps from the NSS News and AMCS Activities Newsletter (through no. 38, 2015). Maps in