Extensions to the printed NSS News

What is this page all about?
This is a new idea I came up with to "extend" the printed NSS News. Categories of things I expect to appear here will include:

• worthwhile features that are simply too long for the NSS News
• material that is too detailed or science oriented for the News but may be of interest to some readers
• extra photos
• supplemental material such as videos

The URL for these items will be referenced in the News issue which relates to it. Currently I plan to leave the material here indefinitely.

Downloadable Materials

The long version of Ric Finch's article Honduras: Caving in Conglomerate. The short version was published in the January 2011 issue, also available here in full color.

Lauritzen's Critique of Trevor Faulkner's article "A New Speleogenetic Paradigm..." from September 2009 issue and Trevor Faulkner's reply PDF format (uploaded 4/3/2010)

July 2009 NSS News, full color example. PDF, 3.2 mb

Rabies Vaccine Strategies, by Danny A. Brass PDF format, 5.7 mb (uploaded 3/4/2009)

Includes two articles: Rabies Vaccine Strategies: Concepts of Rabies Prophylaxis for the Caving Community addresses aspects of rabies epidemiology in the United States, with emphasis on issues related to the potential risks of exposure to bat rabies among cavers as well as questions regarding the protective value of pre-exposure rabies vaccination for persons at increased risk of possible exposure. Rabies Serology and the RFFIT: Determination of a Rabies Titer and What it Really Means focuses on the nature of the rabies titer as a measure of protection against development of clinical disease

Cave Statutes, a model for state cave laws by Henry L. Welch, Word document format, 44 kb