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The Northern Rocky Mountain Grotto (NRMG) is a caving club chartered by the National Speleological Society (NSS). We explore, map, and study caves in all parts of Montana and the Northwest United States. It is our mission to provide a forum where people can learn about and participate in caving. The NSS and NRMG believe: » These values are endangered by both carelessness and intentional vandalism. » These values, once gone, cannot be recovered. » The responsibility for protecting caves must be formed by those who study and enjoy them. All contents of a cave -- formations, life, and loose deposits -- are significant for their enjoyment and interpretation. Therefore, caving parties should leave a cave as they find it. They should provide means for the removal of waste; limit marking to a few, small, and removable signs as are needed for surveys; and, especially, exercise extreme care not to accidentally break or soil formations, disturb life forms or unnecessarily increase the number of disfiguring paths through an area. REMEMBER The
Federal Cave Protection Act of 1988
Montana
Cave Conservation Act Chairman -- Mike McEachern (Hamilton) Vice Chairman -- Doug Warner Secretary/Treasurer -- Nancy Boice (Hamilton) Area Contacts Western Montana -- Thomas Coleman or Daryl Greaser Central MT (Great Falls/Lewistown) -- Rick Brinkman Eastern MT (Billings) -- Richard Brown |
| INTERESTED
IN BECOMING A MEMBER? Dues are $12 per year, per household. Checks should be made payable to NRMG and be sent to: Nancy Boice - NRMG Treasurer 711 S 3rd St Hamilton, MT 59840 |
| TRIPS: Cave trips are sponsored approximately once each month. Any member of NRMG may sponsor a trip - which are announced via email to members.. |
| TRAINING:
Periodically the NRMG sponsors single rope techniques/small party rescue training. These events allow participation from beginners to more advanced training. An excellent resource for vertical caving techniques is the book: "ALPINE CAVING TECHNIQUES" Check out the review by Jay Kennedy! |
| PROJECT
CAVING: The grotto encourages its members participate in caving projects. Caving projects involve the exploration, survey, and documentation of caves. Currently, many grotto members are involved in the Caves of Montana Project. |
| NEWSLETTER:
Newsletters are published periodically in Adobe PDF format, and are available to the public. If you would like to submit an article for publication in the newsletter, or have questions regarding the publication, send your trip report via email to: Daryl Greaser. News articles, maps, photos, and trip reports are all welcome and encouraged from members and non-members alike. The editor can accept almost any file format. |