The next Colorado Cave Survey general meeting will be at 6:00 pm on Tuesday May November 12, 2024. It will be a virtual meeting using Google Meet. A meeting link can be obtained from any CCS representative.
In response to the continuing spread of White Nose Syndrome among bats across the US, Region 2 of the United States Forest Service has issued an updated cave closure and restriction order, replacing the previous orders which had expired. This order (R2-2024-2) is in effect until August 21 2027. It is very similar to previous … [Read more…]
At the Colorado Bat Working Group meeting on 17 September 2024, data presented by Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) showed that White Nose Syndrome (WNS) has been spreading rapidly among bats in Colorado and killing many of them, particularly Little Brown bats (myotis lucifugus). Specifically, of 58 submitted bats that CPW veterinarians tested between February … [Read more…]
After many years of efforts, an updated cooperative plan for the management and protection of Groaning Cave has been signed by the Colorado Cave Survey and the White River National Forest. Some of the rules and regulations for visiting Groaning have changed, mostly to reflect the changes in caving equipment and ethics in the 39 … [Read more…]
A unique pseudoscorpion, discovered in 2008 by caver and biologist David Steinmann in a cave near the Boulder Flatirons, has now been officially confirmed as a new species. Steinmann named the species Larca boulderica after the city in which it was discovered. It is now the sixth North American cave-adapted species of Larca genus.
The next Colorado Cave Survey general meeting will be at 6:00 pm on Wednesday May 29, 2024. It will be a virtual meeting using Google Meet. A meeting link can be obtained from any CCS representative. Updated: Minutes from this meeting are now available.
The next Colorado Cave Survey general meeting will be at 7:30 pm on Wednesday January 31, 2024. It will be a virtual meeting using Google Meet. A meeting link can be obtained from any CCS representative. Update: Minutes from this meeting are now posted.
A new memorandum of understanding (MOU) has been signed by the White River National Forest, the Colorado Cave Survey, and The Access Fund (an organization representing rock climbers nationwide). This concerns actions for managing potential conflicts between climbers and cave resource protection in the Deep Creek Area.
The next Colorado Cave Survey general meeting will be at 7 pm on Wednesday November 15, 2023. It will be a virtual meeting using Google Meet. A meeting link can be obtained from any CCS representative. Update: Minutes for this meeting are available here.
The next Colorado Cave Survey general meeting will be at 7 pm on Thursday January 26, 2023. It will be a virtual meeting using Google Meet. A meeting link can be obtained from any CCS representative.