Caves Managed by the National Speleological Society

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Updated 31 January 2004

Conservancy Name	Cave or Karst Feature Name	Cave Length	Property	Property Size In Acres	County	State	SICLEO Management Classification System	Date Acquired
National Speleological Society	McFails Cave	6.7 miles	McFails Cave Preserve	2	Schoharie	NY	O	1965 -11 Aug
	Small Cave 1 (name?)	400 feet	“
	Small Cave 2	400 feet	“
	Shelta Cave	2500 ft	Shelta Cave Preserve	12	Madison	AL	O	1967 - Sept
	Hamilton Cave	4.5 miles	John Guilday Cave Preserve	41.6	Pendleton	WV	O	1983 - March 15
	New Trout Cave		“
	Trout Cave		“
	Kingston Saltpeter Cave		Kingston Saltpeter Cave Preserve	40	Barton	GA	L	1983 - June 3
	Gage Caverns	3000 ft	Barton Hill Karst Preserve	40	Schoharie	NY	O	1987 - Dec 22
	Keyhole Cave		“
	Greenes Cave		“
	Warren Cave		Warren Cave Preserve	4	Alachua	FL	O	1991 - June 3
	Donald R. Russell Cave		Donald R. Russell Cave Preserve	20	Adair	OK	O	1991 - Sept 1
	Alachua Sink		Alachua Sinks Preserve	8.6	Alachua	FL	O	1993 - Dec 6
	Alachua Stream System		“
	Schoharie Caverns	4000	Schoharie Caverns Preserve	13.3	Schoharie	NY	O	1995 - March 21
	Tytoona Cave	1 mile	Tytoona Cave Preserve	6.8	Blair	PA	O	1997 - Dec 23
	Wells Cave	11.5 miles	Wells Cave Preserve	3	Pulaski	KY	O	2003 - Jan
	Great Expectations Cave	8 miles	Great Expectations Cave Preserve	40		WY	O	2003 - Jan
	Total	33.9 miles		231.3

*SICLEO System

The following is the sequence of cave protection levels that I proposed at the Cave Conservancies Session at the 2001 NSS Convention. See the program abstract on the events page of this site. The goal is to have a sequence of cave protection strategies that could be applied as appropriate to each potential cave management situation. This proposal lists the six levels one should consider in order when deciding to protect, manage, and conserve a cave. They are:

SICLEO System

1. Enlightened Self management by owner

2. Informal management arrangement

3. Contract

4. Lease

5. Conservation Easement

6, Own