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2009 Events
January 23 - 25 - Crawlathon -The 28th annual Carter Caves Crawlathon will be held at Carter Caves State Resort Park. Find more information at the Crawlathon web site. Now with online registration!

February 23 - 24 - National Groundwater Assoc. 5th Conference on Hydrogeology...in Karst Terrains - Being held in Safety Harbor, FL. More information on their Web site.

March 6 - 8 - Florida Cave Cavort - Hosted by the Forida Speleologica Society. Check out the link on our webpage at www.floridacaving.com.

April 3 - 5 - Chouteau Grotto 50th Anniversary - Rockbridge State Park Scout Camp. For more information, contact Kirsten Alvey.

April 4 - NSS Board of Governors Meeting - Manitou Springs, Colorado. Hosted by the The Williams Canyon Project, Southern Colorado Mountain Grotto, and Cave of the Winds. See the Colorado Caves Web site for details.

April 24 - 26 - Spring Virginia Area Region (VAR) - Hosted by Tri-State Grotto at Grand Caverns Regional Park, Grottoes, VA. More information and a preregistration form can be found on the VAR Web site.

May 9 - Spring meeting of the West Virginia Speleological Survey, at Bill Balfour’s home in Unus. Contact Bill for more information at 304-497-0859 or bal4karst@hotmail.com.

May 21-25 - Kentucky Speleofest will be held at the Lone Star Preserve, hosted by the Louisville Grotto. See the Speleofest Web site for details, or contact Shelly Wolf.

May 22-25 - NCA Regional will be held over the Memorial Day Weekend at the Trailhead Bed and Breakfast in Trout Lake, Washington, hosted by the Willamette Valley Grotto. For more information, see www.trailheadbnb.com or contact Claude Koch at 503 653-9482.

May 28 – 31 – 58th Annual SERA Cave Carnival, hosted by the Nashville Grotto of the NSS, will be held in Walker County, Georgia. For more information contact the Event Chair, chair@sera2009.org or visit the SERA 2009 web site.

June 13 - 20 - NCRC National Cave Rescue Operations and Management Seminar, Stalker Elementary School, Bedford, Indiana. See the NCRC National Web site for more information.

June 26 - 28 - Indiana Cave Capers - The 56th annual event hosted by the Central Indiana Grotto will be held at Camp Rivervale near Mitchel Indiana.  For more information go to www.cavecapers.com.

July 19 - 26 - 15th International Congress of Speleology. Sponsored by the NSS in Kerrville, Texas. For more information contact the Secretary or visit the ICS website.

July 19 - 26 - NSS Convention - Kerrville, TX , held in conjunction with the ICS above. See the convention website for more information.

November 7 - NSS Board of Governors Meeting at the Birmingham Zoo Lodge hosted by the Birmingham and Central Alabama Grottos. Contact Scott Fee for more information, or visit www.bhamgrotto.org/bham/bid/.
2010 Events
April 17, 2010 - NSS Board of Governors Meeting -- Cincinnati, OH, hosted by the Greater Cincinnati Grotto.
May 21-23, 2010 - Spring VAR (Virginia Area Region) Meeting - Hosted by Bubble Cave. LLC at the WV State Fairgrounds in Fairlea, WV (near Lewisburg) in cave-rich Greenbrier County, site of the 2012 NSS Convention.
June 17-20 - SERA Cave Carnival - Hosted by Sewanee Mountain Grotto in Grundy County, TN, near Monteagle. See the SERA Web site or Contact Maureen Handler.

August 2-6, 2010 - NSS Convention in Essex Junction, Vermont. The 'cool' convention! Check out the convention Web site!

2011 Events


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Last Updated: November 23, 2009