ONLINE RESOURCES
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KY STATE LAWS - Caving
Federal Acts - Caving
Federal Cave Resource Protection Act
ESSO Member Created Video Links - High speed connection required
X = A year in review - ESSO 2005 PowerPoint File
X = ESSO's Vertical trip to Whiteside Mountain 2005
X = ESSO's unique trip to Pipeline Cave 2005
ESSO Member Created Resources
X = Landowner Liability - Understanding FACTS - Lisa Pruitt-Thorner, B.A., J.D.
X = Carter County Bat Counts - Winter 2004 - 2005
X = ESSO Grottos Policy on Caving Groups
X = ESSO Grottos Guide to Safe Caving - Good Beginning for Cavers
Cave Management & Learning Resources
X = Cave Gating - Rick Olsen, Ecologist, MaCa
X = Mathematical Model of air temp at MaCa - Jernigan & Swift, WKU
X = Burial in Caves - Excerpt on Research - Claude Mouret
X = Kentucky Saltpeter Caves Project - Jim Kennedy - Cave Resource Specialist - BCI
X = Saltpeter Caves: An Archaeological Perspective - Susan Duncan - Neumeyer
X = Actions Required to Reverse Population Decline of Endangered Indiana Bats in Kentucky
3 year action plan - Dr. Merlin Tuttle, founder BCI & Jim Kennedy, CRS w/ BCI
X = A Guide to Responsible Caving, NSS 2003 Book
X = Kentucky Closed Cave List - Updated 2004
X = Public Perception of Karst Water - Dr. Gary O'dell - 1996
X = E.A. Martel's Visit to Mammoth Cave in 1912
X = Minimum Impact Caving Code
Additional Learning Resources
X = A Caving Fatality at Carter Caves State Resort Park, 2003