texascavers Digest 29 Dec 2012 19:18:57 -0000 Issue 1687
Topics (messages 21194 through 21204):
White Nose Clip on the Today Show
21194 by: Geary Schindel
Caving in San Antonio Express News
21195 by: Marvin and Lisa
21203 by: Julia Germany
Big thank you
21196 by: Ron Ralph
21197 by: Julia Germany
Kirkwood Era caver - Christine Olejniczak
21198 by: Terry Plemons
Time to Pre-Register for 2013 NSS Convention
21199 by: NSS Announcements
Cave Dwelling Nettle Discovered in China
21200 by: Lee H. Skinner
21202 by: Julia Germany
calling Schindel
21201 by: Mixon Bill
Re: [SWR] [Texascavers] Cave Dwelling Nettle Discovered in China
21204 by: Lee H. Skinner
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Very nice clip on the Today Show on White Nose.
http://video.today.msnbc.msn.com/today/50310493#50310493
Geary
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There is an article on caving in today's San Antonio Express News. Here is
the online version:
http://blog.mysanantonio.com/racksnreels/2012/12/27/exploring-underground-wo
nders-caves-hold-mysteries-knowledge/
Marvin Miller
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Great article Marvin - and congrats on the personal press!
Sounds like it was fun day with the media!
Alles Gute!
julia
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From: Marvin and Lisa <mlmil...@gvtc.com>
To: texascavers <texascavers@texascavers.com>
Sent: Fri, Dec 28, 2012 10:47 am
Subject: [Texascavers] Caving in San Antonio Express News
There is an article on caving in today's San Antonio Express News. Here is the
online version:
http://blog.mysanantonio.com/racksnreels/2012/12/27/exploring-underground-wonders-caves-hold-mysteries-knowledge/
Marvin Miller
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Cavers,
I would like to thank the 15 volunteers who came out to help clear brush and
pick up trash at the Texas Cave Management Association Ezells Cave Preserve
in San Marcos on Saturday, December 8, 2012. Your five hours of labor
removed thick brush, briars, and small trees inside the main compound and
made a good start to remove the many invasive species (trees) living on the
lower slopes of the property. Our hearty thanks go out to Vivian Loftin
whose help in identifying non-native plants and applying stump killer
(Roundup) made our job much easier. Three large bags of trash were removed
from the lower slopes.
Volunteers included Allan Cobb, Justin Cooper, Benjamin Hutchins, Vivian
Loftin, Wade McDaniel, Ryan Monjaras, Jennifer Oakley, Jill Orr, Linda
Palit, Ann Scott, Chris Thibodaux, Diane Young, and Sam Young. A huge thanks
goes out to Allan Wise, neighbor to the north, who not only rolled up his
sleeves to help, but worked as hard and as long as the rest of the crew. We
could not have made such progress without all of you.
After the work session, several cavers and neighbors were able to visit the
cave. A special thanks to Ben Hutchins for showing the way.
All invasive species have now been removed from inside the chain-link
compound. There are many more Ligustrum (privet), Chinese tallow,
Chinaberry, and Agave on the lower slopes which still remain and must be
removed. So please stand by for another call for volunteers this spring.
The TCMA cannot manage our properties without the on-going assistance of
volunteers in preserves. And I hope those who went caving enjoyed the TCMA
preserve.
Ron Ralph, Manager
Ezells Cave Preserve
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Dibs on the Agaves that you want removed.
I will do all the work on removing these succulents, and relocate them to their
cousins in my collection.
Just let me know when!
Thanks!
julia
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From: Ron Ralph <ronra...@austin.rr.com>
To: Texascavers <Texascavers@texascavers.com>
Sent: Fri, Dec 28, 2012 12:09 pm
Subject: [Texascavers] Big thank you
Cavers,
I would like to thank the 15 volunteers whocame out to help clear brush and
pick up trash at the Texas Cave ManagementAssociation Ezells Cave Preserve in
San Marcos on Saturday, December 8, 2012.Your five hours of labor removed thick
brush, briars, and small trees insidethe main compound and made a good start to
remove the many invasive species(trees) living on the lower slopes of the
property. Our hearty thanks go out toVivian Loftin whose help in identifying
non-native plants and applying stumpkiller (Roundup) made our job much easier.
Three large bags of trash wereremoved from the lower slopes.
Volunteers included Allan Cobb, JustinCooper, Benjamin Hutchins, Vivian Loftin,
Wade McDaniel, Ryan Monjaras, JenniferOakley, Jill Orr, Linda Palit, Ann Scott,
Chris Thibodaux, Diane Young, and SamYoung. A huge thanks goes out to Allan
Wise, neighbor to the north, who notonly rolled up his sleeves to help, but
worked as hard and as long as the restof the crew. We could not have made such
progress without all of you.
After the work session, several cavers andneighbors were able to visit the
cave. A special thanks to Ben Hutchins forshowing the way.
All invasive species have now been removedfrom inside the chain-link compound.
There are many more Ligustrum (privet), Chinese tallow,Chinaberry, and Agave on
thelower slopes which still remain and must be removed. So please stand by
foranother call for volunteers this spring.
The TCMA cannot manage our propertieswithout the on-going assistance of
volunteers in preserves. And I hope thosewho went caving enjoyed the TCMA
preserve.
Ron Ralph, Manager
Ezells Cave Preserve
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Some of you may remember Christine Olejniczak from the Kirkwood era (early
70's?) of the UT Grotto. This week we saw her in Marfa where she is
the* *Program
and Outreach Coordinator for the Donald Judd Foundation.
T. Plemons
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Fortunately, it looks like MayaCon 2012 WON'T be the last NSS
Convention after all...
To everyone who was, for fear of the impending apocalypse, afraid to
pre-register for 2013, please do it NOW! A brand new updated
registration form has been posted on the nss2013.com website. The
updated form includes on-campus lodging and food service options.
If you have already registered, you can now add dorm rooms and meal
plans to your existing registration.
Save the most money by registering before January 31, 2013. There
will be a lesser price break if you register by June 30, 2013, and
after that you must register for full price at convention.
Kim Fleischmann
Treasurer, NSS 2013 Convention
treasu...@nss2013.com
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This is amazing! - Lee Skinner
Kew botanist and nettle expert Alex Monro says, "When my Chinese
colleague Wei Yi-Gang from the Guangxi Institute of Botany first
mentioned cave-dwelling plants to me, I thought that he was
mis-translating a Chinese word into English. When we stepped into our
first cave, Yangzi cave, I was spell-bound. It had an eerie moonscape
look to it and all I could see were clumps of plants in the nettle
family growing in very dark condition."
News article at:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/12/121228133732.htm
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Evil plants - I am so allergic to them.
However, this article turned me on to a type of travertine that I was unaware
existed: Petaloid travertine - click link below for a pic.
http://www.eurekalert.org/multimedia/pub/51319.php?from=229305
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From: Lee H. Skinner <skin...@thuntek.net>
To: Deal, Dwight <dirt...@comcast.net>; SWR Mailing List <s...@caver.net>;
texascavers list <texascavers@texascavers.com>
Sent: Sat, Dec 29, 2012 11:49 am
Subject: [Texascavers] Cave Dwelling Nettle Discovered in China
This is amazing! - Lee Skinner
Kew botanist and nettle expert Alex Monro says, "When my Chinese
colleague Wei Yi-Gang from the Guangxi Institute of Botany first mentioned
cave-dwelling plants to me, I thought that he was mis-translating a Chinese
word into English. When we stepped into our first cave, Yangzi cave, I was
spell-bound. It had an eerie moonscape look to it and all I could see were
clumps of plants in the nettle family growing in very dark condition."
News article at:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/12/121228133732.htm
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Geary -- My awards-related e-mails to you have been being blocked:
gschin...@edwardsaquifer.org (reading confirmation): 550 Cyberoam
Anti Spam has blocked this email because the sender IP Address is
blacklisted.
Have you an alternate address that might work?
Apologies to the rest of you... -- Mixon
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Here's another picture of the nettle growing on the cave floor from:
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-12/pp-cdn122712.php
(Click to enlarge images.)
Lee Skinner
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