Mark Your Calendar

Meetings

September 29, 2013 - MSS meeting, 10 a.m. The meeting will be held at 111 Fairgrounds Road, Rolla, Missouri, at the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, Division of Geology and Land Survey Annex Conference Room (located behind the main Geological Survey building.

September 29, 2013 - MCKC Board meeting 1 p.m. Location to be announced at a later date.

Events

June  8-9, 2013 Berome Moore Cave Gating, Perryville, MO - Contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , if you can help. List any skills you have that would contribute to the process, i. e.  welder, electrician, carpenter.  Most volunteers will be classified as laborers or support staff. As time and personnel are available,  we also plan to some cave surveying over the weekend. People will be able to come down Friday and stay over until  Monday if desired. Please pass on this invitation others in the caving community.

News

May 5, 2013

WNS Confirmed in Kentucky’s Daniel Boone National Forest

The U.S. Forest Service announced earlier this month that white-nose syndrome has spread to Kentucky’s Daniel Boone National Forest. Out of a total of 38 bat hibernaculums that were surveyed … Read More

May 3, 2013

Cavers Discover Entrance Using an Infrared Camera

As part of a project between the West Virginia Association for Cave Studies and Ohio University, cavers have discovered a new entrance with the help of an infrared camera. Found … Read More

April 26, 2013

Over two weekends, March 30th and April 13th, cavers from Missouri’s Meramec Valley, Middle Mississippi Valley and Southeast Missouri Grottos came together to remove over 1,000 tires from a number if sinkholes in Perry County … Read More

April 25, 2012

Indonesian Cave Yields Ancient Artwork & Remains

Researchers excavating an Indonesian cave have discovered first example of rock art in Sumatra as well as the remains 66 people. The unprecedented number of finds in Sumatra’s Harimau (Tiger) … Read More

February 27, 2013

Dianne Steingrubey, reporter with the Lake Today wrote an article about the Goodwin Pit cleanup last February and followed with another story about the current status of the project.

Note: Since Dianne talked to Klaus Leidenfrost to gather information for her article, we received good news that DNR approved funds for the rental and tipping fees for eight more roll-off dumpsters for the Goodwin Pit project.

December 7, 2012

MCKC's Goodwin Pit Cave property, Lake Expo story by Nathan Bechtold.

November 23, 2012

KY3 TV - Springfield reporter Linda Russell and camera crew visited MCKC's Goodwin Sinkhole property. See video of the story. Click here for the story.

November 7, 2012

Jeff Thompson's story, Sinkhole Cleanup to Benefit Spring in The Reporter.