Last Stanton Expedition we had a science trip to Wheeler Hall (beyond Hell Hole Gate) and found evidence of relatively recent formation mining - looks like within the past two or three seasons by recreational parties. To stop this, from now on, recreational trips beyond Hell Hole by persons with whom we are not familiar are limited to 5 persons and #6 must either be an NSS or CRF member whom BLM Pecos District knows and who knows about the other side of Hell Hole Gate. I'll supply requesting parties with SWR grotto and CRF contact numbers but if requesters can't secure help from cavers whom we know, who know beyond Hell Hole, then recreationists don't go. Hate to do this but we're faced with certain persons who just don't get it. If you thus become the guide for a recreational Hell Hole trip, I'd like you to lay on cave ethics and minimum impact.
Also, I'll schedule for you a Leave No Trace Trainers Course or two, which will help. Taking that training, you become a certified Leave No Trace Trainer. It's a 2-day course and we'll do it at Stanton, although I am going to conduct one June 26-27 near Albuquerque, probably the Sandias. Mike Mike Bilbo Fort Stanton-Snowy River Cave National Conservation Area Cave Program Manager/ BLM-NM Leave No Trace Coordinator Roswell Field Office 2909 West 2nd Roswell, New Mexico 88201 mike_bi...@blm.gov Ft. Stanton Cave NCA 575-354-5034 BLM Cell: 575-420-7121 Roswell Desk 575-627-0222 Roswell Fax 575-627-0276 http://www.nm.blm.gov _______________________________________________ NMCAVER mailing list nmca...@caver.net http://caver.net/mailman/listinfo/nmcaver_caver.net
