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Northwest Caving Association

Welcome to the Northwest!

The Northwest Caving Association is an organization made up of representatives from NSS Grottos* in the Northwest. The purpose of the NCA is to promote conservation, safety and communication among cavers in the northwestern United States and western Canada. The member Grottos and their representatives are listed below.

*A grotto is a chapter of the National Speleological Society

(Note- The photo shown above is a pre-eruption image of the old Mt St Helens, Gifford Pinchot Nat.For.)

Officers are elected by the representatives of the member grottos. The current officers are: 
   

Chairman:  Kari Doller 
Vice-Chair:  Marla Pelowski 
Treasurer:  Aaron Stavens 
Secretary:  William MacKay 

 
GROTTOS CHAIRMAN E-MAILADDRESS DESIGNATED REPS  MEETINGS 
BEAR RIVER  Daniel Francom  robert_cranney@hotmail.com  Thomas Haskett  4th Wed/Mo. 
CASCADE  Jake Earl  cascade_grotto@caves.org  Jake Earl  3rd Fri/Mo. 
GEM STATE Bob Straub  Sideways@gemstategrotto.org  Bob Straub  3rd Wed/Mo. 
GLACIER  David Love   dklinger@nwi.net  Dave Klinger  Varies/w/loc 
IDAHO CAVE SURVEY  Scott Earl scott@idahocaves.com   Scott Earl  Informal 
OREGON  Ken Stickney battycaver@yahoo.com  Kim Luper  3rd Fri/Mo. 
OREGON HIGH DESERT  Matt Skeels  unadjusted@gmail.com  Matt Skeels  irregular 
SILVER SAGE  Robert Wilkinson  hiptr@mindspring.com  Chris Anderson  2nd Thurs./Mo. 
TIMPANOGOS  Max Barker  cavediva@msn.com  Richard Downey  1st Thurs/Mo. 
VICEG  Adrian Duncan  rick.coles@shaw.ca  Rick Coles   
WILLAMETTE VALLEY  Chris Wiley  claudekoch@earthlink.net  Claude Koch  2nd Fri/Mo. 

Send suggestions for improvements to these web pages to Larry McTigue. 

I'd like to thank Brett Cook and Nick Yost for initially creating this website, which I have inherited from them. Some of what you see now, were their ideas, not mine. Thanks Guys!

I've linked the grotto names in the list above to their respective grotto webpage, if it exists.  If you know of a change to the table above, please e-mail me with the current information.

Thanks.

Larry McTigue

Last updated 17.11.2009