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	Perkins Cave	Wilson Farm	.1	126 acres	Washington	VA	1978	C
2	Daniel Boone Caverns AKA Ellington Cave 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

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
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	Yes
Winding Stair Cave	.07	78	1	No	Yes	Yes
Dungeon Cave AKA - Brickey's Pit	.16	87	1	No	Yes	Yes
Funnel Cave	.03	50	1	No	Yes	Yes
Coley Cave # 1	.037	0	1	No		Yes
Coley Cave # 2	.473	0	1	No		Yes
Total	17.875	1249	10	4	7	9