Providing Cave Stewardship in Southwest Virginia and  Eastern Tennessee

The Second Oldest Cave Conservancy in the United States – Founded in 1978

	Bill James in Ghosttown Click on image for a higher resolution picture. Photo Peter and Ann Bosted
	Stephanie Cookenour in Ghosttown Entrance Click on image for a higher resolution picture. Photo Peter and Ann Bosted

All cavers are invited to the 35th anniversary of the founding of the Appalachian Cave Conservancy. This celebration will be held spring 2013 at the Wilson Farm near Hayters Gap in Washington County, Virginia. It will include trips into Perkins Cave, the ACC annual meeting, a cookout, and other events. Registration and directions will be posted on this website: www.acave.us.  Date to be anounced

Access Table for Caves Owned, Managed, and/or Leased by the

Appalachian Cave Conservancy

Cave Name	Virginia County	Manager	Cave Property Owned by	Gate	Access permission required	Access
Gilley Cave	Lee	Gary Fielden	ACC	Yes	Yes	1
Daniel Boone Caverns AKA Ellington Cave and Gillenwater Cave	Scott	Jonathan Rossi	ACC member	Yes	Yes	3
Winding Stair	Scott	Jonathan Rossi	Friend of ACC	No	Suggested	2
Dungeon Aka Brickey’s Pit	Scott	Jonathan Rossi	Friend of ACC	No	Suggested	2
Funnel	Scott	Jonathan Rossi	Friend of ACC	No	Suggested	2
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	Suggested	2
Perkins Cave	Washington	John M. Wilson	ACC board member	Yes	Yes	3

Contact information

Manager	Email	Phone	Cell Phone	City	State
Gary Fielden	garyfielden@gmail.com	423-378-6146	423-335 2081	Kingsport	TN
Bill James	2dark2c@centurylink.net	423-477-7600	423-534-9354	Gray	TN
Jonathan Rossi	cathyrossi72@yahoo.com		423-360-5088	Kingsport	TN
John M. Wilson	jmwgeo@gmail.com	804-741-4274	804-347-6320	Henrico	VA

Access Summary

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

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

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.

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

The Appalachian Cave Conservancy, formerly known as the Perkins Cave Conservation and Management Society, is a Conservancy of the National Speleological Society. Click here for more information about Cave Conservancies.