Author: Paul Fowler

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 … [Read more…]

The next Colorado Cave Survey general meeting will be at 7 pm on Monday November 7, 2022. It will be a virtual meeting using Google Meet. A meeting link can … [Read more…]

Colorado Parks and Wildlife has announced that a bat at Bent’s Old Fort National Historic Site in Otero County outside of La Junta, Colorado has test positive for Pseudogymnoascus destructans … [Read more…]

Idaho Fish and Game biologists have announced that Pseudogymnoascus destructans, the fungus that causes the deadly White Nose Syndrome disease in many bats, has been detected for the first time … [Read more…]

Biologists doing an annual bat census study in May, 2022, at Azure Cave, Montana, found a 98% reduction in numbers of bats compared to previous years, caused by infection with … [Read more…]

The Colorado Cave Survey is developing a comprehensive set of recommendations for Cave and Karst Management. A draft of the document focused on lands managed by the White River National … [Read more…]

The next CCS meeting will be January 20th, 2022, at 6:30pm. The meeting agenda includes a long list of cave updates, project status changes, and officer elections. Because of the … [Read more…]

Region 2 of the US Forest Service (which includes all of Colorado) has issued an updated order R2-2021-02 concerning prohibitions and restrictions on cave access. This mostly concerns seasonal cave … [Read more…]

The White River National Forest has announced that it has acquired the 488 acre Sweetwater Lake Ranch. The Colorado Cave Survey is working with the Forest Service to better understand … [Read more…]

An updated Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) has been signed between the Colorado Cave Survey and the White River National Forest. This document states the shared goals of the two organizations … [Read more…]