I've contacted some folks with the NM Wilderness Alliance and explained the situation to them and asked if they would remove their advertisements.
On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 3:50 PM, jen . <bigredfo...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Geronimo's is on the BLM bat closure list and they are featuring it as an > attraction!?! > > In any case, it sounds like an excellent project for SWR. > > Jen > > > > From: gypca...@comcast.net > > Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:46:02 -0600 > > To: s...@caver.net > > Subject: [SWR] "Memorial Day" Regional info > > > > Hi all, > > At the spring regional last weekend at Gage, NM, I made a presentation > to the region regarding needed restoration work at Geronimo's Cave, just > northwest of Las Cruces in the Robledo Mountains. The issue there is that > because Geronimo's Cave has been featured as an attraction of the proposed > Organ Mtns -- Desert Peaks National Monument (with the location shown on a > map put together by the NM Wilderness Alliance), the cave has gotten a lot > of traffic lately and has suffered a good deal of vandalism in the form of > graffiti. We are afraid that if we don't get the cave cleaned up soon that > it will only get worse. > > The Mesilla Valley Grotto has been working with the Las Cruces BLM > office to clean up the trash in the cave, but we need help from the region > for cleaning the extensive graffiti. We have agreed to host a regional on > the weekend of June 15-16 alongside the Rio Grande River for that purpose. > (Note that this is not on Memorial Day, but a few weeks later.) > > Geronimo's Cave is about a 1.25 mile hike up into the Robledo Mountains > across the river from our proposed campsite. The slope is fairly gradual so > you don't have to be a mountain goat to get up to the cave. The cave itself > is fairly small, but has a lot of history. It also has a ~50' pit in one > side passage. At one time, it was likely very well decorated. > > At the moment, the Rio Grande is bone dry because of the drought. > However it is likely that there will be some irrigation water released from > Caballo Reservoir at the time of the regional. It probably won't be much, > but enough to get your feet wet. > > Because of the time of the year, and the need to hike to the cave, I'm > going to recommend that we have the work trip first thing in the morning (~ > 8 am) and postpone the meeting until the evening. I will be sending a map > which can be published in the next SW Caver, but the access will be very > easy, only a few miles off of Interstate 25. > > So put June 15 on your calendar, bring tools for cleaning graffiti, > bring shade, and come help us bring this cave back to some semblance of its > original glory. > > > > (Also realize that because of the short time frame between now and the > regional date, that this constitutes an official notice of the regional. > Spread the word to those who might not be on the SWR mailing list.) > > > > Steve Peerman > > > > "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you > didn't do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines, Sail away > from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. > Discover." > > attributed to Mark Twain, but no record exists of his having written > this. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > SWR mailing list > > s...@caver.net > > http://lists.caver.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/swr > > _______________________________________________ > > This list is provided free as a courtesy of CAVERNET > > _______________________________________________ > SWR mailing list > s...@caver.net > http://lists.caver.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/swr > _______________________________________________ > This list is provided free as a courtesy of CAVERNET > -- Jim Goodbar Senior Cave and Karst Resources Specialist USDOI Bureau of Land Management Washington Office (WO 250) 620 E. Greene St., Carlsbad, New Mexico 88220 Office (575) 234-5929 Fax (575) 885- 9264 jgood...@blm.gov
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