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Additional or concurrent sessions may be added. Any paper pertaining to cave and karst management, use or study is invited.

Online Secure Registration 2005 NCKMS Registration as well as registration for Project Underground and Bat Conservation International Workshops. Mail-in Registration

Preliminary Agenda:

Monday, October 31

9:30-1:30 Project Underground Workshop.
The Project Underground Workshop, led by Carol Zokaites, is open to all educators in the region. Project Underground is a national environmental educational program designed to promote better understanding of caves and karstlands. The materials and workshops are designed for classroom teachers, cavern, park, museum, and nature center staff, or any youth-oriented group leaders.

2:00 - 6:00 Bat Conservation International (BCI) Workshop: Methods And Protocols For Bat Study.
Jim Kennedy of BCI will present a special workshop to provide information on the latest techniques available for people who manage, study, or assess bat populations. This workshop will be of interest to everyone who does field work with bats or needs to understand protocols for bat studies.

NCMKS Registration will be open from Noon until 9 P.M.

6:30 - 8:30 Evening Welcome Reception

Tuesday A.M. - Friday A.M. Exhibits and Vendors in Dutch/Schrieber Rooms.

All session in the Helderberg Room except as noted.

Tuesday, November 1

8:00 - 9:00 The Keynote Address by Diana Northup on the topic "Partnering with Scientists to Enhance Cave and Karst Management" will follow opening remarks.

BIOLOGY - Elliott, Chairman
9:00-9:20 Jasper, Nelson: Invertebrate Survey of Timpanogos Cave
9:20-9:40 Kovarik, Kambesis: Cave Resource Inventories - Why are they Important?
9:40-10:00 J.J. Lewis, S.L.Lewis: Cave Fauna in the Interstate 66, Somerset to London Corridor
10:00-10:20 Stone, Horwarth: Hawaiian Cave Biology: status of Conservation and Management
10:20-10:40 BREAK

CAVES, KARST and the PUBLIC - Elliott, Chairman
10:40-11:00 Horne: Cave Classification for Access Management in the National Park Caves of Canada
11:00-11:20 Aley, Castillon, Sagendorf: Strategy for Managing Alpha Radiation in Show Caves to Protect Caves, Cave Employees, and Cave Businesses
11:20-11:40 Jasper: Studying Cave Visitation Trends at Timpanogos Cave National Monument & Nutty Putty Cave
11:40-12:00 Stokowski, Rubin, Guenther: History of Resource Management: Conflict and Resolution, Howes Cave, NY

12:00-1:00 Hosted Lunch At The Clarion

BIOLOGY- Boston, Chairman
1:00-1:30 Boston, Northup: Microbial Biospeleology: Challenges and Opportunities Ahead
1:35-2:05 Elliott: Critical Issues in Cave Biology
2:10-2:45 Lavoie, Northup: Bacteria As Indicators of Human Impact in Caves
2:50-3:20 Elliott: Missouri's Cave Focus Areas
3:25-4:00 Biology Session Panel
4:00-4:15 BREAK

GENERAL INTEREST - Stokowski, Chairman
4:20-4:40 Goodbar: Cave and Karst Centers of Excellence
4:40-5:00 Hendrickson, Kessler: Collaborative Efforts Between University and Non-Profit Groups in the Evaluation of Cave and Karst Resources
5:00-5:20 Jones, Culver, Lucas: Digging - Guidelines for Cavers and Resource Managers
5:20-5:40 Kastning: Very Small and Eclectic Caves - Conservation and Management Issues
5:40-6:00 Thompson, Marvin: Experimental Research on the Use of Thermography to Locate Heat Signatures From Caves

6:00-7:00 NCKMS Steering Committee Meeting.

8:00-9:00 POSTER SESSION
Franklin, Giannotti, Tysall, Mills: Geomicrobiology of Submerged Caves Associated with Central Florida Springs

Rubin, Burmeister: Karst resource Management - groundwater Protection and Developemental Considerations in the Kingston-Rosendale Aquifer System; Ulster County, NY

Hose: National Cave And Karst Research Institute Update

Halliday, Collier: MARBLE CAVES OF THE KLAMATH MOUNTAINS, OREGON AND CALIFORNIA: A photographic overview

Beddows, Smart, Smith, Whitaker: Potential for Inland Dispersal of Injection Well Effluent in Coastal Carbonate Aquifers: Evidence from Caribbean Yucatan Coast

Beddows, Zhang, Schwarcz, Ford, Kenrick, Chin: 2005 Drip Network - Instruments and Research Potential

Ramsey: Developing an Undergraduate Level Karst Course Online: Objectives, Challenges, and Solutions

Wednesday November 2

On Wednesday, an all day field trip is scheduled. In Albany and Schoharie Counties, there are nearly twenty preserves and parks that protect caves or karst. The majority are privately owned by the National Speleological Society, the Northeastern Cave Conservancy, or other conservancies. During the field trip, we will visit a cross-section of these that represents different strategies for cave management. Some of the places we will visit will be Clarksville Cave Preserve, John Boyd Thacher State Park (including the renowned Helderberg Escarpment ), Knox Cave Preserve, and McFails Cave Preserve.
Field Trip Route and Details

In the afternoon, we will be the guests of Howe Caverns for an event that includes complimentary tours of the commercial cave and an evening reception.

Thursday, November 3
Morning Session

8:00-9:20 Hose, Seiser: National Cave and Karst Research Institute Workshop
Focusing on evaluating and communicating the effectiveness of management plans towards achieving stewardship goals for cave and karst lands.

BATS - Elliott, Chairman
9:20-9:40 Masterman: Monitoring and Environmental Microclimate Data Obtained From Studies of Hibernacula Sites within Caves in west Virginia
9:40-10:00 Kennedy: The Forgotten Bat Caves- - Recognizing and Managing Bat Caves Even When There Are No Bats
10:00-10:20 BREAK
10:20-11:00 Powers, Kennedy: Bat Gates for Large Colonies and Maternity Sites
11:00-11:20 Elliott: The MDC Method: Counting Bats with Infrared Video
11:20-12:00 Kennedy: Ecological Restoration of Stuart Bat Cave, Kickapoo Caverns State Park, Texas

12:00-1:00 Hosted Lunch At The Clarion

CAVE MANAGEMENT - NATIONAL - Jones, Chairman
1:00-1:20 Stone, Howarth, Nakamura: Lava Cave Management in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
1:20-1:40 Wiles: Developing A 3D Model in GIS to Assess the Potential Extent of the Jewel Cave System - A Tool for Managing the Unknown
1:40-2:00 Wiles: Mapping Surface Geology to Protect the Karst Resources of the Jewel Cave System
2:00-2:20 Orndorff, Fagan, Zokaites: Protecting Virginia's Cave and Karst Through the Environmental Protection Review Process

CAVE MANAGEMENT - INTERNATIONAL - Jones, chairman
2:20-2:40 Hamilton-Smith: Thinking About Karst and World Heritage
2:40-3:00 Griffiths, I'Anson: Karst Management in British Columbia: The Transition to a Results-Based Forest Practices Framework and Legally Supported Practice Requirements for Karst resource Features
3:00-3:20 BREAK
3:20-3:40 Kambesis, Zhongcheng, Groves: Chinese/American Cooperation in Cave Management and Study at Wanhua Cave,
Hunan Province, China
3:40-4:00 Horne: Castleguard Cave Digital Mapping - Volunteerism Over Four Decades

GENERAL INTEREST - Stowkowski, chairman
4:00-4:20 Downey: Photography and the Digital Image Workflow As Cave Management Tools
4:20-4:40 Tallent, Crawford, Kambesis: Correlating Geophysics and Cave Cartography for Greater Accuracy and application
4:40-5:00 Sharp: Assessment of Atrazine Within A Karst Landscape in rough River Lake reservoir, Kentucky
5:00-5:20 Lavoie, Hose: How Are We Doing? Evaluation of Cave and Karst Programs
5:20-6:00 Elliott, Kaufmann: 2007 NCKMS, St. Louis, Missouri

7:00 BANQUET
The banquet will be held at the Clarion Hotel. Elery Hamilton-Smith with be the featured speaker on the topic "Experiencing the cave environment: New windows for the visitor."

Friday November 4

SESSION A:
CAVE CONSERVANCIES METHODS AND OBJECTIVES - Bray, chairman
8:20-8:40 Elliott, Aley: Karst Conservation in the Ozarks: Forty Years at Tumbling Creek Cave
8:40-9:00 Kaufmann: The Missouri Caves and Karst Conservancy - 12 Years of Cave Conservation in Missouri
9:00-9:20 Stone: McFail's Cave, NSS Cave Ownership and Interactive Cave Management
9:20-9:40 Walsh: Alternate Fund Raising Activities for Cave Conservancies
9:40-10:20 LED DISCUSSION - Bray
10:20-10:40 BREAK

SESSION B THACHER ROOM:

SITE SPECIFIC STANDARDS - Halliday, chairman
8:40 - 9:00 Halliday: Oregon Cave Controversies and the National Commission on Risk Assessment and Risk Management
9:00 - 9:20 Kerbo: The National Park Service's Cave and Karst Management Program
9:20 - 9:30 Pate: Facilitating Research At Carlsbad Caverns National Park
9:30 - 9:50 Sakofsky: Karst Groundwater Delineation of Russell Cave National Monument and Chickamaga-Chattanooga National Military Park

9:50-10:10 BREAK

GENERAL INTEREST - Jones, Chairman
10:10-10:30 Tysall, Giannotti, Franklin: Strategies for accessing and monitoring high-flow, submerged cave systems in Central Florida
10:30-10:50 Hose, Brinkmann, Northup: The Global Digital Portal - An Emerging Collaboratorium Will Enhabce Information Exchange Among Cave and karst Managers
10:50-11:10 Jasper, Voyles: Graffiti Removal Project in Bloomington Cave, Utah
11:10-11:30 Giannotti, Franklin, Tysall: Down Under! Incorporating Cave and Karst Research into Primary and Secondary Education

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