[Texascavers] Land ownership in Texas

2017-07-11 Thread Dwight via Texascavers
Thanks Mike. You are correct in that the private ownership of caves presents it's own set of potential problems. But you are not correct about land ownership in Texas. There is a LOT of "public" ownership, especially in West Texas. Much is held by the State of Texas, not the federal gvt. (exce

Re: [Texascavers] Land ownership in Texas

2017-07-11 Thread Michael Queen via Texascavers
Re new membership, sometimes outing clubs evolve in ways that reflect the interests of their advisers. Perhaps we could proactively approach outing clubs and offer to lead trips or give some slide (or other) shows, demonstrations of rope work, etc.?? On Tue, Jul 11, 2017 at 12:35 PM, Dwight wrote

Re: [Texascavers] Land ownership in Texas

2017-07-11 Thread pstrickland1--- via Texascavers
The university of Texas System has substantial land holdings in west Texas, including Amazing Maze Cave and 09 Water Well. Dwight via Texascavers wrote: > Thanks Mike. You are correct in that the private ownership of caves presents > it's own set of potential problems. > > But you are n

Re: [Texascavers] Land ownership in Texas

2017-07-11 Thread Dwight via Texascavers
That's just the biggest "school district" of them all DirtDoc - Original Message - From: "pstrickland1--- via Texascavers" To: texascavers@texascavers.com Cc: pstrickla...@austin.rr.com Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2017 3:32:04 PM Subject: Re: [Texas