Cave Conservation and Management Section
National Speleological Society
Providing Cave Conservation and Management Services for Cave Managers and Conservationist

Welcome to the Website of the Cave Conservation and Management Section of the National Speleological Society. The Section provides this website as focal point for information about Cave Conservation and Management. This page should be used in conjunction with the NSS Conservation Committee Website and the NSS Cave Conservancies Committee website.  Additional information and educational materials have been posted at those sites. This website is always being updated. This is your site and you are welcome to add material.  Please email us with information that may be useful to others about cave conservation and management and about issues that need to be publicized.  Send emails to John M. Wilson, CCMS Vice Chair: wilsonjml@msn.com

The Editor for the Section's publication  “The Cave Conservationist” is James O'Neill, 411 W. Ontario St # 507, Chicago IL, 60654,  Phone 312-654-8685.  You can reach him by e-mail at:  caveconservationist@gmail.com

Lamb of Stone
Sad-eyed lady Lamb of Stone with a tear that you just can’t hide,
And ghost-like fur woven by an Hualalai cloud that came to your side.
 
With your gypsum friends and calcite stalls,
What would you tell us of these ghost-like Halls?
Could you ever have seen the rolling stone and red rock walls?
 
Your hidden eyes where sunlight dims,
The silhouettes with no moon light swims
And your voice of imaginary hymns
How did the vandals and the businessmen decide,
To show you where the dead are that they used to hide?
But they never could have made you preach for their side.
 
And the muddy child looking up at your face
With the calcite bones left on the floor like lace
My diode light and nylon case,
Should I leave them by your gate,
Or sad-eyed lady lamb should I wait,
For your gypsum kiss that is forever late.
 
Or the sea at your feet and fountain grass
Covered by flowing stone and the liquid glass
For you in this lava home forever sad-eyed lady Lamb of Stone
Or will we all, be sad-eyed in Hualalai Hall like ghost?
 
V5 May 2005
John M Wilson

Close up of Stone Lamb
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More photos of Lamb of Stone area, Click Hawaii photos on www.acave.us
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Verse and photo - John M. Wilson
Inspired by the Stone Lamb of Hualalai and Bob Dylan

The Cave Conservation and Management Section is a Section of the National Speleological Society. Details about NSS Sections may be found at:  NSS Sections.