Caves Managed by Mid West and Western Cave Conservancies

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Updated 23 December 2008

All Conservancies should send information about caves they manage to wilsonjml@msn.com

Conservancy Name

Cave or Karst

Feature Name

Cave Length

Miles

Property

Property Size

Acres

County

State

SICLEO

Management

Classification System

Carroll Cave Conservancy (CCC)

Carroll Cave

12 miles

 

3

Camden

MO

O

Rockcastle Karst Conservancy (RKC)

Great Saltpetre Cave

.75

Great Saltpetre Preserve

305

Rockcastle

KY

C

Cave Conservancy of Hawaii

Kipuka Kanohina System

 25 miles

Kipuka Kanohina Preserve

 46

Hawaii

HI

O

 

Ole’s Puka

 

 

 

Hawaii

HI

O

Karst Conservancy of Illinois (KCI)

Pautler Cave

Pautler Nature Preserve

5

Monroe

IL

O

 

Twin Culverts

1000 feet

 

3.5

Pike

IL

O

Indiana Karst Conservancy (IKC)

Buddha

 

Buddha Karst Nature Preserve

 

Lawrence

IN

O/E

 

Chase

 

Buddha Karst Nature Preserve

 

Lawrence

IN

O/E

 

Robinson Ladder

 

Robinson Ladder Cave Preserve

 

Crawford

IN

O

 

Sullivan

 

Sullivan Cave Preserve

 

Lawrence

IN

O

 

Wayne

 

Wayne Cave Preserve

 

Monroe

IN

O

 

Shiloh

 

private

 

Lawrence

IN

I

 

Suicide

 

private

 

Washington

IN

L

 

Coon

 

Hancock

 

Monroe

IN

L

 

Grotto

 

Hancock

 

Monroe

IN

L

 

Shaft

 

Hancock

 

Monroe

IN

L

 

Orangeville Rise (spring)

 

Orangeville Rise Nature Preserve

 

Orange

IN

O/E

 

Sinks of Indian Creek

 

private

 

Harrison

IN

E

The Western Cave Conservancy (WCC)

Rippled Cave

 

Weller Nature Preserve

5

 

CA

O

NSS Institutional Cave Conservancies that Participate on the Cave Conservancies Committee

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Michigan Karst Conservancy

Fiborn Cave             

2140 feet

 

 

 

MI

O

 

Stevens Twin Sinks

 

 

 

 

MI

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