Monthly Publication of the National Speleological Society

NSS News

The NSS News is the National Speleological Society’s monthly publication sent to all members of the NSS. Typical issues have 28 to 36 pages with color covers front and back and two to six pages of color photos inside, offset printed on coated paper with a laminated cover. All the material is submitted by the membership; no one is paid for use of their materials.

Feature articles typically include cave exploration, cave conservation, cave history, or cave science. Regular columns include Technology (reviews and discussion of cave gear, high-tech and otherwise), In the Media (summaries of cave-related articles in the popular press), Underground Update (summaries of information in Grotto and Regional publications), Spelean Spotlight (interviews with prominent cavers), International Exploration, News and Notes, Society News, Safety & Techniques, and the Salon Gallery, reproducing winners from our annual slide and print competitions. Each March or April there is a special Cave Conservation issue and each fall an issue that highlights that summer's convention. 

The ESSO Grotto Library is the retainer of the grotto collection of NSS News Publications.  In the collection we have decades of the publication.  If you would like to see about checking out a year of the News or more information please contact the grotto librarian for more information.