Re: [Texascavers] Green River, KY

2017-08-08 Thread Mike Flannigan via Texascavers
FYI, the location of the dam was: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=37.20658,+-86.26059+%28Coordinates%29&iwloc=A&hl=en about 8.8 miles WNW of the main cave entrance. Historically that dam held back about 9 ft of water. Mike On 8/7/2017 11:00 AM, texascavers-requ...@texascavers.com wrote: FYI- Y

Re: [Texascavers] Green River, KY

2017-08-07 Thread Diana Tomchick via Texascavers
Preston, This already HAS opened up lower level passages in Mammoth. There was much talk about it at the July 4th CRF Expedition. Diana ** Diana R. Tomchick Professor Departments of Biophysics and Biochemistry University of Texas Southwestern Medi

[Texascavers] Green River, KY

2017-08-06 Thread PRESTON FORSYTHE via Texascavers
FYI- Yesterday, I stopped by the Brownville Dam on the Green River inside the edge of Mammoth Cave Nat'l Park. The dam is completely removed. IMHO this is great news. That removal has been talked about for decades and I am sure volumes of studies have been made. But, late last year the dam begin