The Blue Grass Grotto is a local chapter of the National Speleological Society
and a member of the Ohio (River) Valley Region!

The goals of the BGG are to encourage safe/responsible cave exploration as well as the conservation and study of caves.

• President 2001 - Richard Nelson
  
• Vice President 2001 - Hilary Lambert Hopper
  
• Secretary 2001 - Susan Miller
  
• Treasurer 2001 - Ben Krebs
  
• Newsletter Editor - John Cole (606)245-3383
• Internet Editor - Jon Hagee
  
• Conservation - Phil O'dell
  
• Librarian - Mike Brosius
  
• Equipment Mgr -
  
• Director - Stuart Butler
  
• Director - Marc Cammack
  
• Director - Jim Currens
  

  Elections for 2002:
  President 2002 - Randy Paylor
  Vice President 2002 - Lee Florea
  Secretary 2002 - Robin Cooper
  Treasurer 2002 - Ben Krebs
  Newsletter Editor 2002 - Hilary Lambert Hopper
  New Director 2002 - Hilary Lambert Hopper
  

  Photo by Christopher Anderson.

Meetings:

BGG meets the third Tuesday of every month on the University of KY campus near downtown Lexington, KY at 7:30 P.M. in the Mining and Minerals Resources Building on Rose Street. December is our potluck dinner Christmas party. Call or email for further information. You are welcome to join us, all meetings are open to the public.

Calendar:

• National/Regional Caving Events Page!
• Out of State cavers - please contact your local grotto via the NSS page for special trips to KY. Many grottos from Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin, etc. would love to hear from you!

• Regular trips to Sloan's Cave/ Pulaski Co, KY. Saturdays - Contact: John Cole
• July 23-27, 2001 - NSS National Convention, Mount Vernon, Kentucky

Ongoing Projects:

• McConnell Springs Cleanup
• Versailles, Ky Big Spring system mapping/exploration
• Climax Cave Cleanup
• Great Saltpetre Cave

Trip Reports

BGG Membership List

(Available only to members. Email me for NEW password.)

(If you are a member and have an email address, let me know.)

BGG Articles of Incorporation
BGG Bylaws

"Gravity is a harsh mistress!" - The Tick

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Caver's Digest cavers@ditell.com
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Italian Cavers mailto:speleoit@telemar.it

Other fine Caving related sites:

• KICK 66
• Cave Rescue - Central Region (NCRC)
• The Indiana Karst Conservancy
• GreatSaltpetre Cave Preserve (GSPC)
• Center for Cave and Karst Studies
• University Cave Courses
• Kentucky Geological Survey
• Cave Survey Programs

• Ohio River Valley Caving Region
  (KY/IN/OH)

• Charles Danforth's Caving Page
• Steve Grimes' Caving Page
• C. Anderson's Cave Photography
• Karst Sports

• Mammoth Cave
• Kentucky Caverns/KY Down Under
• American Cave Museum
• American Cave Conservation Association
• The National Speleological Society
• Bat Conservation International
• International Cave Links & WWW sites
• More International WWW Speleology Links
• Wilderness EMS Institute

• Flying mammals trapped, tracked to help save them
• Bat Cave's bat houses built to rescue species
• Judge pledges decision soon on suit to ban sale of timber
• Group says logging might hurt bats
• "Cave gets deep-down cleaning"
• Recent Findings from Lower Salts Cave
• Lexington Herald-Leader Cave Vandal article
• Sloans Valley Cave article
• Associated Press Cave Vandal followup
• Associated Press Cave Vandal/Illegal Sales

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