Eighth Annual Cave Conservancies Round-Table 2005 NSS Convention – Huntsville, Alabama

The Eight Annual Cave Conservancy Round-table will be held at the 2005 NSS Convention in Huntsville, Alabama, at 9:00 am on Thursday 7 July 2005.

A representative from each conservancy will present a success story or a failure that became a learning experience for the conservancy. Each conservancy speaker will make a short presentation on cave management or cave conservancy administration. A general discussion of cave conservancies will conclude the session. This meeting is intended to be an educational and networking session for people interested in cave management and cave conservancies.

Conservancy	Representative
Moderator	John Wilson
Mid-Atlantic Karst Conservancy  (MAKC)	Kim Metzgar
Karst Conservancy of Illinois	Don Koons
Cave Conservancy of the Virginias	Charles Maus
Texas Cave Management Association	Joe Mitchell
Northeastern Cave Conservancy (NCC)	Norm Berg
Appalachian Cave Conservancy (ACC)	Don Feathers, Joel Stevenson
Cave Conservancy of Hawaii	Cindy Heazlit
Texas Cave Conservancy (TEXCC)	Mike Walsh
Indiana Karst Conservancy	Richard Vernier
Butler Cave Conservation Society	Keith Wheeland
Southeastern Cave Conservancy	Bill Overton
Michigan Karst Conservancy	Jean DeVries
Sinnett Throrn Cave Conservancy	Patricia Bingham
West Virginia Cave Conservancy (WVCC)
Bubble Cave LLC	John Pearson

Joe Mitchell will be representing TCMA. For the work session, Sue Schindel will represent TCMA.