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Cumberland CTF Reconstituted (posted 3/28/00)
Posted 8/13/98
The Oak Ridge, Tennessee office of P.E. LaMoreaux & Associates, Inc. (PELA) is seeking a geologist to fill an ENTRY-LEVEL POSITION. PELAs Oak Ridge office specializes in environmental and geotechnical consulting in KARST areas. Applicants should have a B.S. in geology or a related subject. The ideal applicant will combine a solid background in KARST geology and hydrology, geophysics, CAVING, and general FIELD WORK with excellent computer and writing skills. Extensive periods of travel will be required, including occasional weekend work. The position will involve field work ranging from physically strenuous labor to the performance of mundane tasks. Office work will consist of computer-based data analysis and assistance with report and proposal preparation. The applicant should be a "team player" with the ability to work independently.
Correspondence should be directed to
Dr. Barry F. Beck, Chief of Operations
P.E. LaMoreaux & Associates, Inc.
106 Administration Road
Oak Ridge, TN 37830
(423) 483-7483
(423) 483-7639 (fax)
pelaor@usit.net
PELA is an equal-opportunity employer.
J. Brad Stephenson, Hydrogeologist
P.E. LaMoreaux & Associates, Inc.
(posted July 29, 1998)
Posted 8/13/98
The NSS Conservation Committee is proud to announce that a Conservation Grant in the
amount of $750.00 has been issued to Partners in Parks, in care of:
Ken Mabery
El Malpais National Monument
P.O. Box 939
Grants, NM 87020
Purpose: Conservation Grant from the National Speleological Society to the Partners in Parks in support and sponsorship of public education on the cave resources of the El Malpais National Monument as part of the El Malpais National Monument 10th Anniversary Resource Stewardship Symposium, October 1-3, 1998.
Background: El Malpais National Monument conserves 13 volcanoes, over 40 miles of lava tube caves (220 known caves), and a host of intimately associated archaeological and biological resources. The Resource Stewardship Symposium will draw conservation and resource managers from throughout our country and many other nations. It is a prime opportunity to introduce folks to the special character of the subsurface, its unique resources, and its inter-relationship with the surface world. Sponsorship and support by the National Speleological Society will both enhance understanding and the image of the Society as the nation's primary association of cave explorers, scientists and conservationists.
The NSS thanks Sarah Bishop, President of Partners in Parks, and Ken Mabery, Symposium
Chair, for their application and the opportunity for the NSS to be involved in the
Symposium. Working together we can achieve far more than we can alone.
Albert A. Krause, NSS 7617
Conservation Grants Committee
1721 SW 76th Terrace
Gainesville, FL 32607-3418
<aakrause@compuserve.com>
NOTE: During the 1998 NSS Convention, the Board of Governors unanimously passed the
following motion: "Belski Moves: That the NSS be recognized as a Sponsor of the El
Malpais National Monument, 10th Anniversary Resource Stewardship Symposium, October 1-3,
1998."
Members of the National Speleological Society, and especially members of the Sandia Grotto have been surveying the lava tubes in the Grants Malpais for at least the past 30 years, long before El Malpais became a National Monument.