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• WVCC Annual Banquet

  Created: Thursday, 27 August 2009 00:00 Author: Administrator

  The Brier Inn, Lewisburg, West Virginia Happy Hour (cash bar) starts at 6:30 PM, dinner is at 7:30 PM Menu: Chicken Breast Marsala, Prime Rib at a carving station, and Vegetable Lasagna.  Vegetables will be Roasted Red Potatoes, Vegetable Medley and Ga...

• Haynes Cave is now OPEN

  Created: Saturday, 04 July 2009 00:00 Author: Fred Grady

  Fred Grady, the owner of Haynes Cave, has declared that his cave is OPEN. He requests that all cavers who go into Haynes wear clean clothes and use clean gear that have been properly decontaminated.  Fred assumes full responsibility for opening the ...

• President’s Message

  Created: Friday, 03 July 2009 00:00 Author: Robert Handley - WVCC President

  I feel that every bright sunny winter day is a very welcome gift. We had such a bright sunny day on September 12th that was set aside to make major changes to the Scott Entrance to the Max.  Carroll Bassett had produced a heavy stainless steel cover ...

• CAVE BATS and the CAVING MORATORIUMS

  Created: Thursday, 07 May 2009 00:00 Author: Bob Handley

  I guess the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service (US F & W) and the National Speleological Society (NSS) have put sorting hats on all of us.  Are you going to abide by their caving moratoriums – or not?  Their researchers, who will spend mi...

• WELCOME to the West Virginia Cave Conservancy (WVCC) Web Site.

  Created: Sunday, 29 March 2009 00:00 Author: Bob Handley

  WELCOME to the West Virginia Cave Conservancy (WVCC) Web Site. WVCC now owns five caves, leases one and manages three; with access to 44 miles of cave passage.  We are in the process of upgrading the site and information on these caves will soon be ...

• White Nose Syndrome

  Created: Thursday, 26 March 2009 00:00 Author: National Speleological Society

  The winter of 2008-2009 has not been kind to bats. White Nose Syndrome (named for the tell-tale fuzzy white fungus that grows on sick bats' noses) has continued to spread. Bats are essentially starving to death. Affected bat populations continue to declin...

• WVCC Adopts WNS Policy

  Created: Wednesday, 25 March 2009 00:00 Author: Bob Hoke

  White Nose Syndrome was a major topic of discussion at the West Virginia Cave Conservancy’s Board meeting on March 15.  Some Conservancy members felt that the Conservancy should follow Virginia’s lead and close the Conservancy’s cav...

• PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

  Created: Friday, 09 January 2009 00:00 Author: Bob Handley

  Now That we’ve started getting use to 2009 I want to recognize some of those who’ve helped keep our organization focused on our stated goals – Acquiring Caves.  The WVCC Board of Directors has an almost perfect attendance record at ...

• Sale of Cheat Canyon of Northern West Virginia

  Created: Thursday, 17 October 2002 23:29 Author: Charlie Wallbridge

  October 17, 2002 - A letter from Charlie Walbridge - American Whitewater and Friends of Cheat regarding the potential sale of this property. Craig Stihler from the DNR just contacted me after trying to reach Kieth Pitzer all morning. The DNR jjust had a ...