Milestones for Cave Conservancies and Institutional Conservancies of the National Speleological Society

 

Name of Conservancy

Date

Founded

Date

Incorp-orated

Date of NSS Conservancy

Status

Conservancy

Number

 

Butler Cave Conservation Society (BCCS)

1968

1972

1990 or 91

5

Appalachian Cave Conservancy (ACC)

Formerly known as PerCAMS

1977

 

5 Feb

2004

1988

4

Northeastern Cave Conservancy (NCC)

1978

1978

Oct 2003

16

Cave Conservancy of the Virginias (CCV)

 1980

 July 1980

July 2004

17

Michigan Karst Conservancy ** (MKC)

1983

1983

NA

NA

Pennsylvania Cave Conservancy (PCC)

1983

1984

Mar 1999

8

New Jersey Cave Conservancy (NJCC)

1984

2002

Nov 2000

11

Ellis Cave Conservancy (ECC)

Disbanded 1989

1985

Never

1986

1

Indiana Karst Conservancy (IKC)

1985

Feb 1986

April 1987

2

Texas Cave Management Association (TCMA)

1985

1986

April 1987

3

Greater Cincinnati Grotto - Great Saltpetre Preserve Ended Conservancy Status 2007

1989

Not Inc.

1995

6

Southeastern Cave Conservancy  (SCCI)

1991

1991

NA

NA

Texas Cave Conservancy (TEXCC)

1994

Oct. 1994

Oct 2003

14

Missouri Caves and Karst Conservancy (MCKC)

1995

1995?

NA

NA

Mid-Atlantic Karst Conservancy (MAKC)

1997

1998

Nov 1998

7

West Virginia Cave Conservancy (WVCC)

1997

Dec 1997

Nov 2000

10

Carroll Cave Conservancy (CCC)

1998

May 2002

Oct 2003

15

Karst Conservancy of Illinois (KCI)

1998

1998

June 2000

9

Cave Conservancy of Hawaii (CCH)

2002

July 2002

2003 March

12

 Western Cave Conservancy  (WCC)

2002

Aug 2002

March 2003

13

Rockcastle Karst Conservancy (RKC)

2004

May 2004

July 2007

18

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

** Participates on the NSS Cave Conservancies Committee