Howdy Caver, You are invited to the UT Grotto meeting - Wednesday April 18th from 7:45PM- 9:00PM University of Texas Campus in 2.48 Painter Hall (156 West 24th Street, Austin TX 78712) http://www.utexas.edu/maps/main/buildings/pai.html
Jim Kennedy will present Gypsum Bat Caves of North Texas. Jim recently visited bat caves in the Texas panhandle to gather basic population and habitat data, and to look for signs of the approaching White Nose Syndrome. This area is a vast gypsum plain, extending into Oklahoma, and seldom visited by cavers. There are many undocumented caves, and even some of the major known caves remain unmapped. Join him and your Austin Texas Caver friends for a quick look at the bats and karst of this region. For information on Underground Texas Grotto activities, please see www.utgrotto.org Officer contact, trip reports, event calendar, and new caver training links to beginner trips or vertical rope training are available. Before the meeting, take advantage of Sao Paulo www.saopaulos.net for happy hour specials. This area is the best place to park and meet folks walking over to the meeting. Then after the official meeting, we continue with the decades long tradition to reconvene for burgers, beer, and tall tales of caving at Posse East. www.posse-east.com The UT Grotto Program calendar is wide open and needs you, the caver with photos and a story to share about your adventures, scientific research, or something else really cool. Contact me. Sincerely, Gary Franklin UT Grotto Vice Chair & Program Organizer 512-585-6057 v...@utgrotto.org
