Appalachian Cave Conservancy
Featured Activities and Accomplishments – 2003 and 2004
After 25 years of managing Perkins Cave in Washington
County, the leaders or the Perkins Cave Conservation and Management Society
decided to apply the principle of cost effective cave management suggested in
the paper present by John Wilson at the
SICLEO
System
1. Enlightened Self management by owner
2. Informal
management arrangement
3. Contract
4. Lease
5. Conservation Easement
6, Own
A few ACC contemporary accomplishments are listed below.
At the 24 January 2004 Annual meeting
1. The Board was expanded and eight new members were added to the Board of Directors
2. The Name was changed to Appalachian Cave Conservancy (ACC).
3.
The
purpose of ACC was changed to “The purposes of the Society shall be to
provide proper and effective cave conservation and management practices for
caves in Southwest Virginia and Eastern Tennessee”
4.
A
motion was passed to incorporate the ACC.
5.
The
Charter was issued on 5 February 2004 the Virginia State Corporation
Commission.
6. The Federal Employer I D Number was issued in February 2004
7.
At
the 1 May 2004 meeting plans were developed to start education, promotion,
advertising, finance, and fundraising.
8.
In
August 2004 several conservation projects were completed in
9.
The
prototype ACC cave owner agreement was completed and approved in September 2004
10.
Don
Feathers was appointed the Chair of a committee to find appropriate caves for
ACC management.
11.
On
15 October 2004 the 501 C 3
12.
On
1 November 2004 the ACC Board approved the “cave in a mountain” logo designed
by Paul Gaskins.
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