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  Cave Research Foundation Newsletter, Volume 29, No. 2, May 2001

  Paul Nelson

  Contents: Message from the Editor -- Hamilton Valley Update -- CRF and WKU China Cave Project -- Rescue of Chris Groves -- Creating a Hauling System from your SRT Gear -- Hamilton Valley Building Fund Update -- Lava Beds Research Center Progress Report -- Regional Expedition Reports -- 2001 Expedition Calendar

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  Cave Research Foundation Newsletter, Volume 29, No. 1, February 2001

  Paul Nelson

  Contents: Message from the Editor -- New Discoveries in Lilburn Cave -- CRF Annual Meeting in St. Louis -- Applying for CRF Grants and Fellowships -- Karst Research Grant Awards -- Science Conference at Mammoth Cave -- Is That Old Guy Still Alive?! -- Dramatic Order Knights of Khorassan -- Cave Books -- 2001 CRF Expedition Schedule

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  Cave Research Foundation Newsletter, Volume 28, No. 2, November 2000

  Paul Nelson

  Contents: Message from the Editor -- President's Message: Home at Last -- The Ice Cavity at Merrill Ice Cave -- Hamilton Valley Building Project Supporters -- Hamilton Valley Readied for October Expedition -- Regional Expedition Reports -- Make Freeman Pay! -- Bats in the Belfry Disturbed -- Cave Books -- Calendar

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  Cave Research Foundation Newsletter, Volume 28, No. 1, August 2000

  Paul Nelson

  Contents: Hamilton Valley Update -- Message from the Editor -- Make Freeman Pay! -- President's Column: Timing is Everything -- Cave Research Foundation Open House & Dedication -- The Eighth Mammoth Cave Science Conference, October 5 & 6, 2000 -- CRF Annual Meeting, November 10-12th, St. Louis, Missouri -- Hawaii 2000 Report -- Hamilton Valley Building Project Supporters -- Clear Out Your Closet! and Raise $$$ for the Hamilton Valley Research Station -- Books, Books, Books! -- Tom Poulson Retirement -- Lava Beds Research Center Needs Your Help!! -- Book Reviews -- Regional Expedition Reports -- Calendar

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  Cave Research Foundation Newsletter, Volume 23, No. 4, November 1999

  Sue Hagan and Mick Sutton

  Contents: CRF Research and Field Station Underway: Completion in 2000! -- Changes for the Millennium -- 1999 Annual Meeting -- CRF Fellowships -- National Cave and Karst Management Symposium -- The CRF Session at the 1999 NSS Convention - and on the Web -- CRF Members Honored at NSS Convention -- Expeditions -- Fondly Remembered: Catherine Brandel, 1943-1999 -- GIS Resource Development Program -- Data Transfer Protocol Project -- Educational Resource Development Program -- Public Education: the CRF Way -- 1998 CRF Research Awards -- Unconsolidated Fill -- Calendar

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  Cave Research Foundation Newsletter, Volume 27, No. 3, August 1999

  Candice E. Leek

  Contents: Remembering Floyd Collings -- CRF Bulletin Board -- California -- 1999 Annual CRF Meeting -- Highlights of the 1999 Eastern Operations Expedition Leaders Meeting -- Hamilton Valley Building Fund Update -- Arkansas Operation Area -- Missouri Operations Area -- Western Area -- Trapped -- What is "Project Caving" and Why Should It Matter? -- Lilburn Cave Diving Project -- Discoveries in the Central Kentucky Karst -- How Many Entrances Are There to Mammoth Cave? -- 14th National Cave and Karst Management Symposium -- An Interview with Mick Sutton and Sue Hagan -- What's With This Cave "Entrance" Thing? -- Paleontology at Mammoth Cave: Past Bat Usage Project -- Exploration/Survey/Cartography Program Activities Report -- Mammoth Cave NP Projects -- The Floyd Collins Story Video Debut -- ESRI Grant Awarded to CRF -- CRF/NPS Small Caves Inventory --China-USA Caves Project -- Lava Beds -- News from Cave Books -- Expedition Calendar

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  Cave Research Foundation Newsletter, Volume 27, No. 2, May 1999

  Candice E. Leek

  Contents: South Central Kentucky Karst placed on the list of the Top Ten Endangered Karst Ecosystems -- CRF Bulletin Board -- Risks of Cave Pollution -- Hamilton Valley Building Committee Update -- Mammoth Cave Historic Entrance Ecotone Restoration Update -- Cave Workshops -- Hamilton Valley Building Fund Update -- Cave Restoration: Carlsbad Caverns National Park -- The Mammoth Cave Story Continues... -- Session on Karst Sediments Proposed for Fall 1999 Geological Society of America Annual Meeting -- An Update on the Fringed-Myotis Bats in Carlsbad Cavern -- Grants & Fellowships -- Museum Collection Profile Mammoth Cave National Park -- The Death of Floyd Collins -- Histoplasmosis: A Fungus Among Us -- How Do You Count Almost a Million Bats? -- Project Area News, Reports, and Expeditions -- Cave Books -- Expedition Calendar

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  Cave Research Foundation Newsletter, Volume 26, No. 4 & Volume 27, No. 1, November 1998 - February 1999

  Candice E. Leek

  Contents: Friends of Karst and the International Geological Correlation Program Conference held at Mammoth Cave -- 1999 WKU Schedule -- CRF Bulletin Board -- CRF Finds New Karst Connection in Mineral King Valley -- Continued Progress at Hamilton Valley -- Hamilton Valley Building Fund Update -- Book Review -- Tales from the Mammoth Cave Gazetteer -- Stalagmite Used to Study Past Climate -- New Exhibits Planned for American Cave and Karst Center and Hidden River Cave -- Grants & Fellowships -- Cave Books -- Project Area News, Reports, and Expeditions -- The Loose Tube Blues -- Mammoth Cave/Karst Area Water Quality Project -- The Bretz River Shuffle -- Expedition Calendar

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  Cave Research Foundation Newsletter, Volume 26, No. 4 & Volume 27, No. 1, November 1998

  Candice E. Leek

  Contents: Friends of Karst and the International Geological Correlation Program Conference held at Mammoth Cave -- 1999 WKU Schedule -- CRF Bulletin Board -- CRF Finds New Karst Connection in Mineral King Valley -- Continued Progress at Hamilton Valley -- Hamilton Valley Building Fund Update -- Book Review -- Tales from the Mammoth Cave Gazetteer -- Stalagmite Used to Study Past Climate -- New Exhibits Planned for American Cave and Karst Center and Hidden River Cave -- Grants & Fellowships -- Cave Books -- Project Area News, Reports, and Expeditions -- The Loose Tube Blues -- Mammoth Cave/Karst Area Water Quality Project -- The Bretz River Shuffle -- Expedition Calendar

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  Cave Research Foundation Newsletter, Volume 26, No. 3, August 1998

  Candice E. Leek

  Contents: President's Column -- Hamilton Valley Project Report -- Letters to the Editor -- The Grand Kentucky Junction -- Camel and Cave Crickets -- CRF Web Page Part 1 -- Book Review -- Grants and Fellowships -- Colossal Cavern Love Letters Found -- Cave Books List -- Area Expeditions and News -- Expedition Calendars

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  Cave Research Foundation Newsletter, Volume 26, No. 1 & 2, February/May 1998

  Candice E. Leek

  Contents: Ground Broken for CRF's Hamilton Valley Headquarters -- On-Going Connections -- CRF Bulletin Board -- 1998 Joint Mammoth Cave/CRF Science Conference, July 30-31, 1998 -- Educational Resource Development Program -- Those Who've Gone Before -- The President's Column -- News from Cave Books -- CRF Karst Field Station -- Report from the CRF Karst Field Station Building Committee -- Improving Mammoth Cave -- Foundation Member Chairs New NSS Section -- Bell's Tavern Gets a Boost -- New Foundation Fellows -- Building Fund Update -- USGS National Spatial Data Infrastructure Project -- Friends of Karst and The International Geological Correlation Program -- Income Tax Deductions and CRF -- ACCA Receives Grant for Cave Gating Seminars -- Bat Gate Manual -- Expedition Calendar

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  Cave Research Foundation Newsletter, Volume 25, No. 3, October 1997

  Richard Zopf

  Contents: Crystal Cave Historic Area Restoration Project -- Regional News -- Expedition Reports -- Literature and Letters -- Obituaries -- Fee Demonstration Program -- Ganter Cave Closes -- Don't Mess with Mammoth -- Patty Jo Watson Honored -- Annual Meeting News -- Guadalupe Mountains Symposium -- Calendar

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  Cave Research Foundation Newsletter, Volume 25, No. 2, May 1997

  Candice E. Leek

  Contents: The Superintendent of Mammoth Cave -- CRF Bulletin Board -- What's In a Name? -- 1997 CRF Annual Meeting -- Hamilton Valley Donors -- Chinese Cavers Visit -- 1997 CRF Membership Directory -- Mineral King Activities Report -- New Cave Book -- Carlsbad Caverns N.P. General Management Plan Approved -- Mammoth Cave Floods -- News from Mammoth Cave National Park -- CRF Author Honored in France -- 13th Annual Cave Management Symposium -- The Library Corner -- Digital Photography in Mammoth Cave -- WKU Studying Turnhole Bend Drainage Basin -- New Fellows Elected -- Bats and Public Health Concerns -- Lilburn Cave Cartography Progress in 1996 -- Sedimentology of the Redwood Canyon Karst -- Missouri CRF Trips: July 1996 through March 1997 -- Cavers Help Spruce up Hidden River Cave -- Hidden River Cave Purchase Underway -- Digging in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks -- Lilburn Restoration Project -- Redwood Canyon Rescue Update -- New Carlsbad Map -- Lava Beds Projects -- Expedition Reports -- Recreational GPS Use at Mammoth Cave National Park -- Ceiling Height Determination in Large Rooms with Common Cave Surveying Equipment -- Nevada Cave Looted Sued by BLM -- WKU Summer Courses -- Changes in CRF Management Structure -- Beyond Mammoth Cave -- Storms Pound Western Parks -- Old Guide Cemetery -- Pardon the Dust... -- Amazing Bat Trivia -- Migratory Bat Protection -- From the Editor's Desk -- Expedition Calendar

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  Cave Research Foundation Newsletter, Volume 25, No. 1, March 1997

  Buz Grover

  Contents: Cave Research Foundation Bylaws -- Eastern Area Update -- MCNP/CRF Science Conference Held -- Western Kentucky University's Summer Karst Field Study Course Schedule Announced -- Bulletin Board -- Mammoth Cave Watershed Maps in Print -- Lava Beds Survey and Inventory Project -- Guadalupe Escarpment Report -- Lilburn Rescue Planning -- Calendar

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  Cave Research Foundation Newsletter, Volume 24, No. 3, August 1996

  Buz Grover

  Contents: Famed Bat Scientist Merlin Tuttle Visits MCNP -- Annual Meeting Schedule Announced -- CRF Awards Karst Fellowships -- Bulletin Board -- CRF Assists Japanese Film Crew at MCNP -- Shops Cited for Selling Cave Formations -- Historic Entrance Restoration Update -- CRF to Help Build Lava Beds Research Facility -- NPS Unveils New Online Magazine -- South Entrance Road Reopens -- CRF Begins Restoration, Standardization Projects -- Book Review -- CRF Signs Operating Agreement with Owner of Roppel Cave -- CRF Members, JVs Featured in New Book -- NPS Magazine Seeks Submissions, Subscribers -- New Caving Web Site Launched -- Archaeology Weekend Planned for MCNP -- Photographing the Secret World of Bats -- Bat Trivia and Bat Facts -- Expedition Reports -- Calendar

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  Cave Research Foundation Quarterly, Volume 24, No. 2, May 1996

  Buz Grover

  Contents: Buffalo Creek Cave Chronicle / Stan Sides -- Red Watson's Hamilton Valley Bazaar: Building Fund Contributors Pick Up Pieces of Speleo History -- Expedition Leaders Meeting -- Bulletin Board -- WKU Course Information -- Expedition Reports -- Parks in Peril

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  Cave Research Foundation Quarterly, Volume 24, No. 1, February 1996

  Buz Grover

  Contents: CRF Annual Meeting Report -- WKU Summer Sources -- Editor's Message -- Bulletin Board -- Art Palmer's Eerie Experiences -- Expedition Reports

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  Cave Research Foundation Newsletter, Volume 23, No. 4, November 1995

  Sue Hagan and Mick Sutton

  Contents: Not the Longest Caves -- Bulletin Board -- Off Rope -- CRF Headquarters: Construction to Begin in 1996? -- Hamilton Valley Donors -- Don't Mess with Mammoth: Rained Out, Rescheduled -- Readers Write -- Crystal Cave Trashed by Thieves -- In Memoriam: James F. Quinlan, Jr., August 23, 1936 - July 21, 1995 -- Expeditions -- Lilburn Cartography -- Bat Remains of Historic Mammoth Cave Studied by Earthwatch Team -- BCI-Mexico Partnership to Protect Mexican Freetailed Bats -- Ozark National Scenic Riverways Cave Data Synthesis Project -- Carlsbad Cavern Passes 30 Mile Mark and CRF Gets a Million Dollar Credit -- Construction Project Hamper Tours at MC -- Lint Removal Camps at Carlsbad and Mammoth -- JVs Honored at NSS Convention -- Human Remains in Spanish Cave -- Caves of the Dripping Springs Escarpment: A Perspective and Review -- The Underground Reader -- Calendar

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  Cave Research Foundation Newsletter, Volume 23, No. 3, August 1995

  Sue Hagan and Mick Sutton

  Contents: Lilburn Cartography -- Bulletin Board -- Hamilton Valley Update -- Don't Mess with Mammoth (or Hamilton Valley) on September 16! -- The CRF 1995 Annual Meeting -- Fourth Annual MCNP/CRF Science Conference -- New Gates for Mammoth Cave -- CCC Worker Recreates a bit of Mammoth Cave History -- Expeditions -- A Geological Guide to Art and Peggy Palmer -- Memorial Day Geological Seminar at Carlsbad Caverns/Guadalupe Mtns -- Carlsbad Survey: A Re-evaluation -- Cave Microclimate Monitoring in Carlsbad Caverns National Park -- Chemistry of Carlsbad Pool Water -- Planning Meals for Hungry Hordes -- The Underground Reader -- Lechuguilla Cave featured in Washington, D.C. Exhibit -- Calendar

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  Cave Research Foundation Newsletter, Volume 23, No. 2, May 1995

  Sue Hagan and Mick Sutton

  Contents: MCNP Field Guide -- Home Again on the Ridge / Sue Hagan Mick Sutton -- Mammoth Cave Science Conference July 6-7 -- Letter to the Editors -- Building Fund Update / Roger McClure -- Happenings at Hamilton Valley / Roger McClure -- "Don't Mess With Mammoth" Day Sept. 16, 1995 / Rick Olson Mike Yocum -- New Offering in "Summer in the Park": Cave Photography / Chuck Swedlund -- Ozark Cave Fish Conference / Mick Sutton -- Expeditions -- Ozark Scenic Riverways Cave Management Team -- Carlsbad Cartography Update / Pat Helton -- Lincoln National Forest, Capitan Peak, 1991-1994 / Dick Venters -- Carlsbad Caverns Considered for World Heritage Site Designation -- Sewage Leaks, Parking Lot Runoffs at Carlsbad -- New Superintendent at MCNP -- New Chief of Resource Management at Carlsbad -- Carlsbad Caverns NP Wins Garrison Gold Interpretive Award -- Discovering Patti Jo Watson / Sue Hagan -- The Underground Reader -- Indiana Bats Declining in Missouri -- Calendar

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  Cave Research Foundation Newsletter, Volume 23, No. 1, February 1995

  Sue Hagan and Mick Sutton

  Contents: Large Burrow Structures in Mammoth Cave National Park / Tambra L. Eifert -- New CRF Members -- CRF Annual Meeting / Phil DiBlasi -- CRF Supports First US-Sponsored Borneo Expedition -- Expeditions -- Protecting Suunto Instruments / Mike Yocum -- CRF Helps Save Bats from Demolition -- Comfort Caving: A Recent Innovation / Sue Hagan -- The Underground Reader -- Calendar

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  Cave Research Foundation Newsletter, Volume 22, No. 4, November 1994

  Sue Hagan and Mick Sutton

  Contents: Hidden River Car / Mike Yocum -- Chris Beimdiek, 1976-1994 -- CRF Fellowships and Grants 1994 -- JVs Prominent in 1994 NSS Awards -- Hamilton Valley: A Historic Perspective / Roger McClure, Mel Park, Red Watson -- Expeditions -- Long Cave Gate: a Concrete Proposal / Richard Zopf -- Project C.A.V.E.S.: An Arkansas Experiment in Education / Jeff Middleton -- Speleological Research: Another Kind of Caving / Rick Olson -- The Underground Reader -- Calendar

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  Cave Research Foundation Newsletter, Volume 22, No. 3, August 1994

  Sue Hagan and Mick Sutton

  Contents: Hamilton Valley / Roger McClure and Richard Zopf -- Building Fund Update -- Science Conference at Mammoth Cave -- Long Term Ecomonitoring / Tom Poulson -- Cave Hunting / Walter Johnson -- Adventures with Histo. / Bruce Rogers

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  Cave Research Foundation Newsletter, Volume 22, No. 2, May 1994

  Sue Hagan and Mick Sutton

  Contents: Still Spring Cave / Douglas Baker -- Building Fund Update / Roger McClure -- Hamilton Valley Work Trips / Richard Zopf -- Ice Storm Keeps Cavers at MCNP / Jonathan Smith -- Rotunda Rockfall -- Dick Venters Retires as Area Manager -- Guadalupe's: Dry Cave Project -- Isolation of Cancer Chemotherapeutic Products from Cave Microorganisms / L. M. Mallory, J. Bigelow, M. Hacker -- Expeditions -- Small Cave Inventory Planned AT MCNP -- The French Connection: An Interview with Claude Chabert -- The Underground Reader -- Calendar

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  Cave Research Foundation Newsletter, Volume 22, No. 1, February 1994

  Sue Hagan and Mick Sutton

  Contents: CRF Annual Meeting: a report on the St. Louis meeting, including election of new Members -- Hamilton Valley: an update on the CRF Property / Roger McClure Richard Zopf -- Hidden River: a summary of recent finds by Chris Groves -- Fort Stanton Cave vandals sentenced -- Snowball Room cleanup -- Plus: expedition reports, NPS news, and more