Cavers,
I would like to thank the 6 volunteers who came out to spread mulch and finish old gate removal at the Texas Cave Management Association’s Ezells Cave Preserve in San Marcos on Sunday, 20 March 2016. Your labor made a big difference in combating erosion and in cleaning up the face of our property. Volunteers included Ken Demarest, Ellie Falgout, Denise Prendergast, John Schneider, Pete Strickland, and Sam W. Young. Finishing gate removal were Pete, Ken and John. They took out the rest of the concrete, removed rebar anchor pins, ground off broken rebar, removed the last three inch pipe from the wall and removed the plywood platform. Pete then patched the holes with a thin mortar mix. The only thing left to do is to secure the pipe ladder on the first drop. The rest of the crew spread mulch below Brown Street and removed a Japanese Privet tree. TCMA could not have made such progress without the many hours of volunteer time provided by each of you. Concrete removal and bamboo clearing will be on the agenda for the next maintenance day. The TCMA cannot manage our properties without the on-going assistance of volunteers in preserves (VIPs). Keeping up our cave resources is an ongoing chore, and one that the TCMA can only applaud as a job well done. Ron Ralph, Manager Ezells Cave Preserve
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