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A comprehensive, centralized, cave-database for Colorado: Scientific, political, and social considerations

Where could an enterprising young caver look for undiscovered or unsurveyed caves in Colorado?. How many caves are known in Colorado?. What are their general characteristics (Depth and length)?. Which stratigraphic units do Colorado caves occur in?. Which caves are vadose, phreatic, tectonic?. How many Colorado caves are on public land?.

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A comprehensive, centralized, cave-database for Colorado: Scientific, political, and social considerations

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    1. A comprehensive, centralized, cave-database for Colorado: Scientific, political, and social considerations Carl Bern (Colorado Cave Survey Chairman) Mike Frazier, Stuart Marlatt, Marty Morey, Steve Reames, Donna Renee

    2. Where could an enterprising young caver look for undiscovered or unsurveyed caves in Colorado?

    3. States with cave surveys Alabama Colorado Florida Georgia Idaho Indiana Kentucky Tennessee Texas Virginia West Virginia

    4. Secrecy A means of protecting caves from the public Protecting the public from caves

    5. Current repositories of Colorado cave data Personal databases Articles in Rocky Mtn Caving

    6. (If not the Colorado Cave Survey than who?) Future repositories of Colorado cave data

    7. Designing the system Make the system objective, not subjective Make it understandable to the outsider and the insider Build it to last (beyond the active involvement of the current generation of cavers)

    8. Walking the line with data release Too easy – caves will suffer caving community will not support Too hard – system becomes a ‘black hole’ for cave data, not useful to the caving community

    9. Classifying data based on sensitivity: The Matrix Clear categories that simplify decision making. Sensitivity is decided when a cave enters the database. Clear categories that simplify decision making. Sensitivity is decided when a cave enters the database.

    10. Release forms Who gets access to more sensitive information Just a formal way of asking ‘do we know you?’ ‘would other cavers consider you responsible with possible sensitive data?’Just a formal way of asking ‘do we know you?’ ‘would other cavers consider you responsible with possible sensitive data?’

    11. Data release – Rules of the road It looks complicated, but this is the kind of thinking that we would want a person holding the data to go through. Who is asking for how much data and how sensitive is it?It looks complicated, but this is the kind of thinking that we would want a person holding the data to go through. Who is asking for how much data and how sensitive is it?

    12. People Statewide coordinator Technical/data security person County/regional coordinators Connection to existing CCS

    13. Planning is still underway Appointing and replacing state and local coordinators Data reporting and addition to the database Securing the electronic system Database form and management

    14. Timeline 2007 – Database goal identified 2008-2009 – Committee brainstorming/planning 2009 – Outreach, grotto programs 2010+ – implementation and continuous improvement

    15. Cornerstones of an effective Cave Information System for Colorado Voluntary data submission Appropriate data release Support and input from the organized caving community Continuous improvement

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