Dates and Locations Of Past Symposia

1975 - Albuquerque, NM
1976 - Mountain View, AR
1977 - Big Sky, MT
1978 - Carlsbad, NM (last annual Symposium)
1980 - Mammoth Cave National Park, KY
1982 - Harrisonburg, VA
1984 - Rolla, MO
1986 - Postponed until 1987-starting the odd years rather than even years)
1987 - Rapid City, SD
1989 - New Braunfels, TX
   This Symposium lead to the formation of the National Cave Management Steering Committee, composed of federal agency and private sector representatives.
1991 - Bowling Green, KY
1993 - Carlsbad, NM
1995 - Spring Mill State Park, IN
1997 - Bellingham, WA
   This was the first Symposium to insert "Karst" into the title:
   "National Cave and Karst Management Symposium"
1999 - Chattanooga, TN
2001 - Tucson, AZ
2003 - Gainesville, FL
2005 - Albany, NY

Additional symposia not directly linked to the regular schedule of the NCMS:

1979 - Far West Cave Management Symposium, Redding, CA
1981 - UIS Congress, Bowling Green, KY

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