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Cave Research Foundation Newsletter

The Cave Research Foundation Newsletter is a publication of the Cave Research Foundation, a non-profit organization incorporated in 1957 under the laws of Kentucky for the purpose of furthering research, conversation, and education about caves and karst. Quarterly in February, May, August, and November.

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Cave Research Foundation Newsletter, Volume 15, No. 3, August 1987

Sue Hagan

Contents: CRF Celebrates 30Th Anniversary -- New Editors -- Board Reaffirms Current priorities -- 1987 Retail Price List -- Research Fellowship Awards -- Southwestern Cavers Win Awards -- Ron Kerbo Honored By NPS -- Expeditions -- Mammoth Cave -- Guadalupe's -- Lewis Cutliff Interview -- Mammoth Cave Narrative Description Program -- Book Notes -- Scott House -- Cave Management Symposium
Cave Research Foundation Newsletter, Volume 15, No. 1&2, February/May 1987

Janet L. Alfred

Contents: CRF China Expedition -- Expedition Report -- Spring 1987 Guadalupe Escarpment -- MCNP Expedition Report March 14, 1987 -- Cartography Input Desired MCNP 1:600 Map Update -- No Noose is Good Noose -- 1986 Participation at Carlsbad Cavern -- CRF 1987 President's Day Expedition Synopsis -- CRF Early Spring Expedition -- MCNP July Expedition
Cave Research Foundation Newsletter, Volume 14, No. 4, November 1986

Janet L. Alfred

Contents: Salt Cave -- Mammoth Cave: Bransford Avenue -- Crystal Cave -- Biology -- Archeology -- Flint Ridge -- Ingall's Way -- Maintenance -- Mammoth Cave -- Camp Management -- October and November Lilburn Expeditions -- Cavers are Where You Find Them -- Columbus day Expedition -- New Members Elected -- Smith valley Cave Update -- Thanksgiving Expedition -- MCNP 1987 Expedition Schedule -- The ABC's of TCB's -- Summer University in MCNP
Cave Research Foundation Newsletter, Volume 14, No. 3, August 1986

Janet L. Alfred

Contents: Annual Members Meeting -- New CRF -- NPS Agreement Signed -- Board Directors Meet May 24, 1986 -- Project Coordinators Sought -- MCNP February Expedition -- How It Came To Pass -- Fitton Cave Memorial Day Expedition Arkansas Project -- MCNP Memorial Day Expedition -- Conclusion -- MCNP Fourth of July Expedition Report
Cave Research Foundation Newsletter, Volume 14, No. 2, May 1986

Janet L. Alfred

Contents: CRF Science Committee Announces Fellowship Awards -- John Wilcox Honored -- Placotus Colony Discovered -- Expedition Report March 28-31, 1936 -- April 1986 Expedition -- Wanted Surveyors and Cartographers -- The Porter Modified Gilligan Style Lanyard Set -- National Membership Encouraged -- From the Editors
Cave Research Foundation Newsletter, Volume 14, No. 1, February 1986

Janet L. Alfred

Contents: In Memorium-Tom Fritsch -- National Membership Encouraged -- Diana Miller Named New Area Manager in Kentucky -- The Flint Ridge (Re)survey or why Unknown Cave is Still unknown -- NPS Requests Funds For Nature Center -- 1985 New Years Expedition Carlsbad Caverns -- Current Trends In CRF -- Why You Should Belong To The NSS -- Congratulations Hong Huynh! -- The Longest Cave Reprinting
Cave Research Foundation Newsletter, Volume 13, No. 4, November 1985

Janet L. Alfred

Contents: Hello, From the New Editors! -- Annual Members Meeting -- First Aid Kit Contents -- Congratulations Patty Jo Watson !! -- Library Receives Cave Books Collection -- New First Aid Kits -- Camp Manager's Manual -- Tom Poulson Honored By MCNP -- September Lilburn Expedition by Peter Bosted -- An Open Invitation -- Annual Reports Available -- To The Editor -- Newsletter Deadline -- New Years Expedition -- February Expedition -- March Expedition -- Harold Meloy -- Guadalupe Escarpment Area 1986 Expedition Schedule
Cave Research Foundation Newsletter, Volume 13, No. 3, August 1985

Lynn W. Brucker

Contents: 2 November 85 Annual Meeting Shapes Up -- New Eastern Operations Manager -- Pollution News -- New Newsletter Editor -- New Vertical Supplies Officer -- New Safety Supplies Officer -- Mammoth Cave Memorial Day Expedition -- Mammoth Cave 1-5 July Expedition -- Mammoth Cave 6-7 July Expedition -- New Survey Gear Officer -- MCNP August Expedition -- CRF Annual Meeting Maps -- Mammoth Cave Field Schedule -- Guadalupe Expedition Schedule -- Next Newsletter
Cave Research Foundation Newsletter, Volume 13, No. 2, May 1985

Lynn W. Brucker

Contents: CRF April Directors Meeting -- 1986 International Congress of Speleology -- New Personnel Officer -- Holloch Length is 82.68 MI Mammoth Cave Survey Books -- NPS and CRF Policy Reminder -- Mammoth Cave New Log Keeper -- Griffith to Study Crickets, ETC. By Tom Poulson -- Next Newsletter -- Lilburn Cave March Expedition -- Mammoth Cave March Expedition -- Mammoth Cave Field Schedule -- Guadalupe Expedition Schedule
Cave Research Foundation Newsletter, Volume 13, No. 1, February 1985

Lynn W. Brucker

Contents: Eastern Area Positions Open -- Watch For Red Beetles -- New Map Card -- 1985 CRF Annual Meeting -- Book Review -- Mammoth Cave Thanksgiving Expedition -- Mammoth Cave New Years Expedition -- 100 Roppel Cave Slides -- Next Newsletter -- Mammoth Cave February Expedition -- Mammoth Cave Field Schedule -- Guadalupe Expedition Schedule
Cave Research Foundation Newsletter, Volume 12, No. 4, November 1984

Lynn W. Brucker

Contents: Highlights of 1984 Board of Directors Meeting -- Need a Tax Deduction -- CRF Proposes A Survey Of Fitton Cave, Arkansas -- New Arrival -- New Addresses -- Call For 1984 CRF Annual Report Contributions -- Instructions for Authors -- Preparations Of Research Summaries -- The Grand Kentucky Junction -- Mammoth Cave April Expedition -- West Virginia Association for Cave Studies Seeks Cooperation and Contributions For Field HDQS -- Mammoth Cave August Expedition -- Save Green Stamps For CRF -- Mammoth Cave October Expedition -- Carlsbad Caverns July Expedition -- Carlsbad Caverns September Expedition -- Carlsbad Caverns Columbus Day Expedition -- Cave Food Blues -- French Reviews laud CRF -- Oh, For a Good Long Cave by Tom Brucker -- Buffalo National River September Fitton Cave Expedition -- Mammoth Cave Field Schedule
Cave Research Foundation Newsletter, Volume 12, No. 3, August 1984

Lynn W. Brucker

Contents: CRF Annual Meeting 2-2 November 1984 in St. Louis -- CRF Signs Second National Agreement -- Dayton Map Factory Expands Acquires New Computer -- President Visits Mammoth Cave -- Address Changes -- Caveland Sewer System Is Go -- Superintendent Deskins Promoted -- CRF Grants $3500 to Young Scientists -- News Flash 1 -- Mammoth Cave Memorial Day Expedition -- Bill Mann Donates $38000 to Cave Research Foundation -- Guilty Conscience -- Mammoth Cave July Expedition Report -- Carlsbad Caverns Spring Expedition -- Bishop and Poulson Meet with NPS Director -- Call for Contributions -- Next Newsletter -- Guadalupe Field Schedule -- Mammoth Cave Field Schedule
Cave Research Foundation Newsletter, Volume 12, No. 2, May 1984

Lynn W. Brucker

Contents: CRF Slide File -- Summer University Seeks Students (Bargain Workshop Rates) -- Carlsbad Caverns President's Day Expedition -- A New Caver -- Three Cartographic Projects Keep Mammoth Cavers Busy -- Mammoth Cave Thanksgiving Expedition -- Mammoth Cave March Expedition -- Cave Radio Article -- Guadalupe Field Schedule -- Mammoth Cave Field Schedule
Cave Research Foundation Newsletter, Volume 12, No. 1, February 1984

Lynn W. Brucker

Contents: CRF Annual Meeting -- New CRF Members -- 1984 Area Managers -- Mammoth Cave February Expedition Plans -- Check Your Cave Gear -- Lilburn Cave 1983 -- Ferguson Map Completed -- Mammoth Cave Leadership Expedition -- A New Caver -- Guadalupe Field Schedule -- Mammoth Cave Field Schedule
Cave Research Foundation Newsletter, Volume 11, No. 4, November 1983

Lynn W. Brucker

Contents: CRF Annual Meeting and Banquet 19 November 1983 in Louisville -- Roppel and Mammoth Cave Connected -- New Caver -- The Grand Kentucky Junction -- A Short History of Roppel Cave -- Mammoth Cave Labor Day Expedition -- Mammoth Cave October Expedition -- Guadalupe Field Schedule -- CRF Mammoth Cave Field Schedule -- 1984 Address List Changes
Cave Research Foundation Newsletter, Volume 11, No. 3, August 1983

Lynn W. Brucker

Contents: CRF 1983 Annual Meeting Nov. 19 -- August Expedition to be at Mammoth Cave -- Rescue Seminar at Mammoth Cave -- Cave Notes from All Over -- Vertical Profiles in Carlsbad -- Mammoth Cave Memorial Day Expedition -- July Expedition at Mammoth -- Packs Available -- June Expedition in Arkansas -- A Gnawing Suspicion of Disaster -- CRF Mammoth Cave Field Schedule -- Guadalupe Field Schedule
Cave Research Foundation Newsletter, May 1983

Lynn W. Brucker

Contents: National Cave Rescue Seminar -- CRF August Newsletter -- Leverage -- A New Caver -- Mammoth Cave February Expedition -- Address List Changes -- Survey Productivity -- Don't Walk in the Water -- Newsletter Contributors -- March 1983 Expedition -- Cleanup Trips in Salts Cave -- Guadalupe Field Schedule -- Sylamore Field Schedule -- CRF Mammoth Cave Field Schedule
Cave Research Foundation Newsletter, February 1983

Cave Research Foundation

Contents: Personnel Policy Implemented -- National Cave Rescue Seminar to be Held June 19-25 at Mammoth Cave National Park -- Cave Books Becomes Publisher -- Thanksgiving Expedition -- 1982 Annual Report Deadline Extended to March 1 -- Donations Welcome -- CRF Members Receive Awards -- Return the Kits -- Computer Center Moved -- Job Corps Center Demolished -- CRF Mammoth Cave Field Schedule -- CRF May Newsletter
Cave Research Foundation Newsletter, December 1982

Lynn Weller Brucker

Contents: CRF Elects New Board -- Judge Reconfirms Order to Immediately Close Great Onyx Job Corps -- Mammoth Cave Now 235.59 Miles Long -- Park Protection Bill Passes House of Representatives -- Conservation Notes -- Call for Contributions to the 1982 Annual Report -- Send Address Changes Now -- CRF West Memorial Day Expedition -- Mammoth Cave Labor Day Expedition -- Callot Photo Expedition, 11-22 July 1982 -- Sylamore Expedition Report 25-26 September 1982 -- February Newsletter -- Mammoth Cave May Be 2 Million Years Old January 1
Cave Research Foundation Newsletter, July 1982

Lynn Weller Brucker

Contents: Judge Orders Job Corps Out. Site Restored to Natural State -- Callot Brothers Need Help to Photograph Mammoth Cave -- CRF Pacific Officers -- CRF Pacific The 1981 Season Accomplishment -- Monthly Biology Expedition -- A week on Flint Ridge Anyone -- Executive Director Testifies Before Congressional Committee -- Cartographers Do It Better -- CRF Delegation Meets With Caveland Sanitation Authority -- CRF Egypt -- Mammoth Cave Spring Expedition -- Memorial Day Expedition At Mammoth Cave -- October CRF Newsletter Deadline -- Red Writes The Runner -- Karst Field Studies -- Computerized Newsletter -- 1982 MCNP Field Schedule -- Arkansas Field Schedules -- Computerized Newsletter
Cave Research Foundation Newsletter, April 1982

Lynn Weller

Contents: All Invited to Three-Day World Heritage Celebration at Mammoth Cave 22-24 April -- Mammoth Cave National Park Named to World Heritage List -- June Newsletter -- Special Expedition to Accompany World Heritage Celebration -- NSS Convention Book Sales -- Karst Landforms is Back! -- Personnel Manual -- CRF Annual Reports -- CRF: Origins and the First Twelve Years -- Who has the CRF Slide Show? -- Book Sales at the Congress -- Mammoth Cave February Expedition -- 1982 MCNP Field Schedule -- Arkansas Field Schedule -- Address Changes
Cave Research Foundation Newsletter, February 1982

Lynn Weller Brucker

Contents: CRF Elects New Board -- New Area Managers -- Endowment Fund Tops $26000 -- New Members Elected -Art Palmer's New Book -- Karst Research Fellowship -Slides of Mammoth Cave -- New Maps of Mammoth Cave -- 1982 Address List Published -- New Maps of Mammoth cave -- Flint Ridge Congress Summer a Letter from Red Watson -- Missing First Aid Kits -- Collecting Permits -- Sweet Old Red -- Flint Ridge Leadership Expedition -- 1981 annual Report -- Standing Committees for 1982 -- Lost at Flinte Ridge -- CRF East Cartography Report by Richard Zopf -- Emergency Supply Rope Missing -- CRF April Newsletter -- Thanks, Diana -- Mammoth Cave Thanksgiving Expedition by Diana Daunt Mergens -- 1982 Sylamore Field Schedule -- April Ceremony to Mark Mammoth Cave Addition to the World Heritage List
Cave Research Foundation Newsletter, October 1981

Diana Daunt Mergens

Contents: CRF Board of Directors Meeting -- Mammoth Cave System Conservation Task Force (MCS-CTF) by Beth Estes -- A Review of The International Congress of Speleology Programs -- From the Editor -- Beg Your Pardon -- New Publications From Cave Books Reported by John Dickerson -- Galloping Gourmet of the Guadalupe's -- August Biological Presentation -- Mammoth by Jerry and Terry Lewis -- CRF West Guadalupe Escarpment Area by Doug Rhodes and Ron Lipinski -- CRF Arkansas Sylamore Status Report Project Director, Calwelbourn -- Up-Coming Expeditions -- In Brief
Cave Research Foundation Newsletter, June 1981

Diana Daunt Mergens

Contents: International Speleological Congress -- The Executive Reports -- Expedition Reports -- Mammoth Cave National Park -- Expedition reports -- Upcoming Expeditions -- Lilburn Cave -- Summary of Activities -- No Pets -- In Brief -- Dung Studies
Cave Research Foundation Newsletter, January 1981

Diana Daunt Mergens

Contents: world Heritage List -- The Kentucky Cave Shrimp -- Mammoth Cave's New Entrance -- Shrimp Hearing Postponed -- Interviews -- Safety At MCNP -- Endowment Fund