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Conservation Methods

Discover various conservation methods, permits, and regulations aimed at protecting cave resources, including administrative and physical actions, regulatory processes, access management, and outreach strategies.

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Conservation Methods

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  1. Conservation Methods Cave Permits Dale L. Pate NPS - National Cave and Karst Program Coordinator May 12-16, 2014 Cody, Wyoming Johanna L. Kovarik USFS - National Cave and Karst Program Coordinator

  2. Methods To Conserve Cave Resources • Administrative Actions • Regulatory Actions • Physical Means • Education & Outreach

  3. Administrative ActionsLeast Stringent • Signs • Patrols • Provide educational tours • Brochures • Public contacts • Public involvement • Special project regulation • Cave map deletions • Cave removed from maps • Cameras

  4. Regulatory Actions Most Stringent • Requiring Permits • Based on numbers and/or season • Passage of Laws/Regs • Law Enforcement • Special rules • Trip leaders & guides • Withdrawals or sell your caves on EBAY • Other designations

  5. Carrying capacity use vs abuse protection vs access The cave comes first, start conservatively, control with permits Variables: season of use, type of use, type of user, cave hazards, cave contents What is the ideal number of visitors to a cave per day/month/year? Permits - Group Size

  6. Physical Means • Cave closures • Road closures • Trails to caves • Fence/gates • Passage closures & interior gates • Cave trail construction • Hiding entrances

  7. Managing Access Points • The more difficult it is to reach a cave the less likely it will be impacted • Parking area design • Trails design • Entrances

  8. Interpretive Materials - Outreach • Provide educational information • Convey a conservation message • Outline appropriate behavior (LNT) • Identify safety concerns • Increase quality of an experience

  9. Cave Videos

  10. Innovative Management • Field staff – by necessity, often self sufficient & use “seat of your pants” approach • Innovative approaches – volunteers, retirees, grants, organizations (GeoCorps!) • Protect the resource, enhance the experience, protect intrinsic values while competing with commodity programs

  11. News Articles - Media

  12. Partnerships External as well as Internal! Bat Conservation International National Speleological Society Cave Research Foundation Local Caving Clubs Other Agencies The Nature Conservancy Boy Scouts Scientists/Researchers National Outdoor Leadership School Adjacent Land Owners Oil and Gas Companies US Marine Corp Lions Club Rotary Club Homeowner Association Volunteer Fire Fighters Search and Rescue Modified from 2001 - 2004 B. Hummel, 2007 D. Kampwerth, 2011 J. Goodbar Presentations

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