Caves Managed by Virginia and West Virginia Cave Conservancies

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Updated 4 November 2009

Conservancy Name	Cave or Karst Feature Name	Cave Length	Property	Property Size	County	State	SICLEO Management Classification System
Appalachian Cave Conservancy (ACC)	Perkins Cave	12 miles	Wilson Farm	126 acres	Washington	VA	C
	Gilley Cave	4.545 miles	Moore Tract	10 acres	Lee	VA	L
	Daniel Boone Caverns AKA Ellington Cave and Gillenwater Cave	.43 miles	Starnes Farm	0	Scott	VA	L
	Blowing Hole Cave	1.03 miles	Jack and Billy John Smith	0	Scott	VA	L
	Winding Stair	.07 miles	John Brickey	0	Scott	VA	L
	Dungeon	.16 miles	John Brickey	0	Scott	VA	L
	Funnel		John Brickey	0	Scott	VA	L
Butler Cave Conservation Society (BCCS)	Butler Cave	17.01 miles	BCCS - Butler	65 acres	Bath	VA	O
	Better Forgotten	4100 feet .776 m	Chestnut Ridge Cave System Track	84 acres	Bath	VA	O
	Bobcat	20.11 Miles	Chestnut Ridge Cave System Track	84 acres	Bath	VA	O
	Butternut	550 feet .1 m	Chestnut Ridge Cave System Track	84 acres	Bath	VA	O
	By-the-Road	1532 feet .29 m	Virginia Dept of Transportation Right of Way	0	Bath	VA	C
	Battered Bar Cave	1.3 miles	Private Owner	0	Bath	VA	C
	Blind Faith Cave	3320 feet .63 m	Private Owner	0	Bath	VA	C
	Buckwheat Cave	1980 feet .375 m	Private Owner	0	Bath	VA	C
	Fuhl’s Paradise Pit	470 feet .09 m	Private Owner	0	Bath	VA	C
West Virginia Cave Conservancy (WVCC)	Lightners Cave entrance to McClungs Cave					WV WV	O C
	Island Ford Cave	2203 feet	Island Ford Cave Property		Alleghany	VA	O
	Benedicts Cave - Persinger Entrance					WV
	Donaldson Cave					WV
	Rapps Cave					WV
						WV	C
	Lobelia Saltpeter					WV	C
Cave Conservancy of the Virginias	Omega Cave	25.09 miles	Powell Mountain Karst Preserve	170 acres	Wise	VA	O
	Franklin Pit	.522 m	Powell Mountain Karst Preserve	“	Wise	VA	O
	Parson Cave	7.50 feet .14 m	Powell Mountain Karst Preserve	“	Wise	VA	O
	Rascal Pit	20 feet .003 m		“	Wise	VA
	Slussers Chapel Cave	5400 ft 1.02 m	Slussers Chapel Cave Property	1 acre	Montgomery	VA	O

*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

John Wilson