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.
New MOU with WRNF concerning caves and rock climbing in Deep Creek
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.
Colorado Cave Survey meeting Nov. 15, 2023
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.
Colorado Cave Survey meeting Jan. 26, 2023
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.
Colorado Cave Survey meeting Nov. 7, 2022
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 be obtained from any CCS representative. Update: Minutes are available here
Pd found on bat in Colorado
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 (Pd), the fungus that causes White Nose Syndrome (WNS) in bats. The positive skin swab sample was collected on June 1 from a Yuma bat … [Read more…]
White Nose Syndrome fungus detected in Idaho
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 now in Idaho. Test results from Minnetonka Cave on the Caribou–Targhee National Forest in Dear Lake County, Idaho, showed six of 33 bats swabbed in … [Read more…]
White Nose Syndrome decimates bats in Montana cave
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 White Nose Syndrome. Azure Cave is located on BLM land in the Little Rocky Mountains. It was a major winter hibernaculum site for several Myotis … [Read more…]
Colorado Cave Survey meeting January 20th, 2022
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 ongoing surge of Omicron COVID, the meeting will be held online. Contact your grotto CCS representatives for meeting contact information. Update: Meeting minutes are here.
Updated USFS R2 cave closure order
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 closures to protect bats from spread of WNS. The text of the order is also available from the USFS web site.