Appalachian Cave Conservancy

Caves Owned, Managed, and/or Leased

 Cave Name

Virginia

County

Manager

Cave Property Owned by

Gate

Access

permission required

Access

 

Gilley Cave

Lee

Josh Garrett

ACC

Yes

Yes

1

Daniel Boone Caverns

aka Ellington and Gillenwater Caves

Scott

Josh Garrett

ACC member

Yes

Yes

3

Winding Stair

Scott

Josh Garrett

Friend of ACC

No

Suggested

2

Dungeon aka Brickey’s Pit

Scott

Josh Garrett

Friend of ACC

No

Suggested

2

Funnel

Scott

Josh Garrett

Friend of ACC

No

Closed temporarily  - unstable passage

 

Blowing Hole Cave

Scott

Bill James

Friend of ACC

No

Suggested

2

Coley Cave # 1

Scott

Bill James

Friend of ACC

No

Suggested

2

Coley Cave # 2

Scott

Bill James

Friend of ACC

No

Suggested

2

Cox Ridge Cave

Scott

Bill James

Friend of ACC

Yes

Yes

1

Cat Hole

Scott

Bill James

Friend of ACC

No

CAVE CLOSED

 

Perkins Cave

Washington

John M. Wilson

ACC Board member

Yes

Yes

3

 

 


Manager

Email

Phone

Cell Phone

City

State

Josh Garrett

joshieG01@yahoo.com

 

276-546-4591

Pennington, Gap

VA

John M. Wilson

jmwgeo@gmail.com

 

808-929-8256

Ocean View

HI

Bill James

2dark2c1@gmail.com

423-534-9354

423-534-9354

Gray

TN

Access summary

1 Cave is open to all responsible cavers. Please refer to the management plan for details. The lock combination or key is available from the manager.

2 Cave is open to all responsible cavers. Suggest that a courtesy permission request be made to the manger.

3 At the request of the property owner, the cave is not available for unsupervised recreational caving. All access to this cave will have a leader and supervisor from the management committee. Generally most trips into this cave are for conservation, science or other important management purposes.

 The ACC recommends that cave clothing and equipment be cleaned before entering any ACC managed cave.

 

Caves Managed or Leased by the Appalachian Cave Conservancy

ACC

Number

Cave Name

Property

Land Area

Managed

Property Size

County

State

Date of Lease or Management

SICLEO

Management

Classification System

1

PerkinsCave

Wilson Farm

.1

126 acres

Washington

VA

1978

C

2

Daniel Boone Caverns

AKA EllingtonCave and Gillenwater Cave

Starnes Farm

0

0

Scott

VA

2005

L

3

Blowing Hole Cave

Jack and Billy John Smith

0

0

Scott

VA

2006

L

4

Winding Stair

Aka Brickey’s Pit

John Brickey

0

0

Scott

VA

2006

L

5

Dungeon

John Brickey

0

0

Scott

VA

2006

L

6

Funnel

John Brickey

0

0

Scott

VA

2006

L

7

Gilley Cave

Gilley Cave Preserve

11.5

11.5 acres

Lee

VA

2008 - 2010

O

8

Coley Cave # 1

John Coley

0

0

Scott

VA

2008

L

9

Coley Cave # 2

John Coley

0

0

Scott

VA

2008

L

10

Cox Ridge Cave

Beulah Fields

0

0

Scott

VA

2010

L

11

Cat Hole Cave

Cave Closed by Owner

Rebecca Larkins

0

0

Scott

VA

2012

 

SICLEO System

The following is the sequence of cave protection levels that I proposed at the Cave Conservancies Session at the 2001 NSS Convention.  See the program abstract on the events page of this site.  The goal is to have a sequence of cave protection strategies that could be applied as appropriate to each potential cave management situation.  This proposal lists the six levels one should consider in order when deciding to protect, manage, and conserve a cave.  They are:

 

SICLEO System

1.         Enlightened Self management by owner

2.         Informal management arrangement

3.         Contract

4.         Lease

5.         Conservation Easement

6.         Own

 

Cave

Length

miles

Depth

feet

Entrances

Gate

Mapped

Access

permission required or Su

Perkins Cave

10.5

300

2

Yes - 2

Yes

Yes

Gilley Cave                

4.545

450

1

Yes

Yes

Yes

Daniel Boone Caverns

1.03

178

1

Yes

Yes

Yes

Blowing Hole Cave

1.03

106

1

No

Yes

Suggested

Winding Stair Cave

.07

78

1

No

Yes

Suggested

Dungeon Cave AKA - Brickey's Pit

.16

87

1

No

Yes

Suggested

Funnel Cave

.03

50

1

No

Yes

Suggested

Coley Cave # 1

.037

0

1

No

 

Suggested

Coley Cave # 2

.473

0

1

No

 

Suggested

Cox Ridge, AKA Smoking Cave

.46

91

1

Yes

Yes

Yes

Cat Hole Cave

.19

70+

1

No

Yes

Suggested

Total

18.525

1410

11

5

9

11