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The newsletter for the National Caves Association.

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Down Under, Volume 15, No. 1-2, August 1980

H. Dwight Weaver

Contents: 1980 National Cave Management Symposium -- Editor -- NCA Officers -- Regional Officers -- Cover -- Chattanooga Tennessee -- Convention Area Caves, Desto Caverns -- Forbidden Caverns, Sevierville, Tennessee -- Manitou Cave, Fort Payne, Alabama -- Raccoon Mountain Caverns, Chattanooga, Tennessee -- Sequoyah Caverns, Valley Head, Alabama -- Tuckaleechee Caverns, Townsend, Tennessee -- Convention Hosts, Lookout Mountain Caverns, Chattanooga, Tennessee -- Los Sea, Sweetwater, Tennessee -- Cumberland Caverns, McMinnville, Tennessee -- Chattanooga, Tennessee, NCA Conventions Headquarters -- Convention Information -- H. Dwight Weaver's Contributions - To Speleology Recognized -- Publications Recognize - Clara Heidemann's Accomplishments -- America's Favorite Caveman, Lester B. Dill -- Fall Schedule At Carlsbad Caverns Announced -- Missouri Cave Resource (Protection) Act Passed -- New Books -- Gurnee Guide to American Caves -- Shelley Trimble Dies in Accident -- President Carter Goes Underground -- Another Way in At Mark Twain Cave -- 1980 National Cave Management Symposium
Down Under, Volume 14, No. 4, December 1979

H. Dwight Weaver

Contents: Editor -- NCA Officers -- Regional Officers -- Cover -- Fuel Shortage 1979, How Bad Was It? -- Billboard Legislation -- Radon Update -- Energy, The NCA and Tourism -- Energy, The NCA and Tourism -- At Last…The Answer to a Tour Guide's Prayer!
Down Under, Volume 14, No. 3, September 1979

H. Dwight Weaver

Contents: Editor -- NCA Officers -- President's Message -- Clara Heidemann's Accomplishments Recognized -- Eureka Springs Arkansas -- Convention Center -- Fantastic New Heating and Cooling System
Down Under, Volume 14, No. 2, May 1979

H. Dwight Weaver

Contents: Editor -- NCA Officers -- Editor's Notes -- Bat Flight Program and Longer Hours at Carlsbad Caverns -- Cave Radiation Monitoring -- Do threatened and Endangered Species Threaten or Endanger Commercial Interests at Show Caves? -- Stalking the Green Monster -- Battling the Green Monster -- Keeping Up -- Winter Beauty
Down Under, Volume 14, No. 1, January 1979

H. Dwight Weaver

Contents: Editor -- NCA Officers -- Cover -- Editor's Notes -- President's Message -- Charles Buser of Skyline Caverns Receives Awards -- 1978 NCA Convention News -- Legislative Report -- Discussion -- Down Under Report -- Discussion -- National Cave Management Symposium Report -- International Congress of Speleology, 1981 -- Using a Register for Heat -- The Old Refrigerator Trick -- Speaking of Speakers -- Convention News Roundup and Short Subjects -- The Name of the Game
Down Under, Volume 13, No. 2, October 1978

H. Dwight Weaver

Contents: Cover -- Editor -- NCA Officers -- Lake Shasta Caverns to Host 1978 National Caves Association Convention -- Editor's Note -- Agenda -- John Steiner New General Manager at Ruby Falls -- National Cave Management Symposium to be Held at Carlsbad Caverns National Park -- Extinct Bush Ox and Other Fossils Found at Carlsbad Caverns National Park -- The Dam is Dead -- Caves of the Western United States
Down Under, Volume 13, No. 1, May 1978

H. Dwight Weaver

Contents: Cover -- Editor -- NCA Officers -- A Progress Report on the Cave Radiation Issue -- Ted Graves of Luray Caverns Receives Award -- Missouri and Arkansas Cave Operators Foster New Relationship -- Carlsbad Caverns "Spring Season" Schedule -- On the way to Squire Boone Caverns... -- Commercial Cave Statistics of Special Interest -- Vandalism Incident at Squire Boone Caverns -- Convention Sites Selected for 1978, 1979 and 1980 -- Minimum Wage and Guide Salaries -- The Story of a Strange Train Ride
Down Under, Volume 12, No. 4, October 1977

H. Dwight Weaver

Contents: Cover -- Editor -- NCA Officers -- Editor's Notes -- To: Delegates to National Caves Association Annual Meeting -- Agenda -- Cave Radiation Progress Report -- Lester B. Dill, A Pioneer of the Cave Industry is America's Number One Caveman -- New Hours at Carlsbad Caverns -- Southern Indiana Cave Country - NCA Convention Site -- Wyandotte Cave -- Rothrocks Cathedral, Wyandotte Cave -- Little Wyandotte Cave -- Marengo Cave -- Blue Springs Cavern -- Squire Boone Caverns -- Deep in the Heart of Dixie -- Cave Protection Act May Be Passed in Missouri in 1978 -- Meramec Caverns Book Published -- Luray Caverns Receives Top Travel Industry Award
Down Under, Volume 12, No. 3, July 1977

H. Dwight Weaver

Contents: Cover -- Editor -- NCA Officers -- 1977 NCA Convention to be in Indiana -- Editor's Notes -- Lincoln Hills to be NCA Convention Site -- Underground Wishing Well Helps Dreams Come True -- Opening Night Underground -- Texas Cave Protection Act Signed in May '77 -- Howe Caverns, New York -- Crystal Cave, Pennsylvania -- Onyx Cave, Arkansas -- Woodward Cave, Pennsylvania -- Laurel Caverns, Pennsylvania -- Fantastic Caverns, Missouri -- Cascade Caverns, Texas -- Mark Twain Cave, Missouri -- Marengo Cave, Indiana -- Onondaga, Missouri -- Forbidden Caverns, Tennessee -- Bridal Cave, Missouri -- Crystal Cave, Missouri -- Lost Sea Caverns, Tennessee -- Marvel Cave, Missouri -- Cave of the Mounds, Wisconsin -- Crystals Caverns for Lease -- Cave Management Symposium to be in Montana
Down Under, Volume 12, No. 2, April 1977

H. Dwight Weaver

Contents: Cover -- Editor -- NCA Officers -- Editor's Notes -- Vice President of Luray Caverns Receives Award -- Comments on Cave Radiation -- Commercial Cave Vandalism -- Trails to Discovery -- Grand Caverns -- Meramec Dam update: Future of Onondaga Cave Still Uncertain
Down Under, Volume 12, No. 1, January 1977

H. Dwight Weaver

Contents: Cover -- Editor -- NCA Officers -- Editor's Notes -- 1976 Convention -- Roy Davis-NCA President -- New Movie Filmed at Luray Caverns -- NCA Dues Increase -- Legislative-Highway Beautification -- Energy Outlook -- NCA Hall of Fame -- The Psychology of Ticket Pricing -- Second National Cave Management Symposium -- The Daughters of Radon: A Matter of Concern to Cave Operators -- Shenandoah Caverns -- Convention Site '77 -- In Press for Forthcoming Issues
Down Under, Volume 11, No. 4, November 1976

H. Dwight Weaver

Contents: Cover -- Editor -- NCA Officers -- Luray Caverns -- Schedule -- Luray Caverns -- Titania's Veil -- Skyline Caverns -- Berkeley Plantation -- James Fort -- At Marvel Cave -- Editor's Notes -- New Hours at Carlsbad -- See Seneca Caverns
Down Under, Volume 11, No. 3, September 1976

H. Dwight Weaver

Contents: Cover -- Editor -- NCA Officers -- Addition at Ruby Falls -- Editor's Notes -- Deep in the Heart of Texas -- Cave Management Symposium -- Tom Sawyer Tour -- Liberty Tree -- Virginia - 1976 Convention Site -- Caves and Caverns, America Underground
Down Under, Volume 11, No. 2, May 1976

H. Dwight Weaver

Contents: Cover -- Editor -- NCA Officers -- In Memory of Carlos Wine -- In Memory of Jim Schermerhorn -- Editor's Notes -- President's Message -- Mid-Winter meeting -- Sign Legislation -- NCA TV Film -- Travel Mart Booth -- Nat. Tour Brokers Assn. -- NCA Goals -- 1976 Convention Plans -- Few Radiation Checks Made on Caverns
Down Under, Volume 11, No. 1, January 1976

H. Dwight Weaver

Contents: Editor -- NCA Officers -- In Memory of Archie Cameron -- Editor's Notes -- NCA Plans 16mm Film on Caves -- Energy Impact Report -- Group Tours -- Cave Management Symposium -- Convention Potourri -- NCA Mid-Winter Meet
Down Under, Volume 10, No. 2, October 1975

H. Dwight Weaver

Contents: Cover Photograph -- President's Message -- Tenth Annual Convention of the National Caves Association -- Schedule -- Special Invitation -- Show Caves of Missouri
Down Under, Volume 10, No. 1, August 1975

H. Dwight Weaver

Contents: Cover -- Editor -- Editor's Notes -- Caveman Eddie Miller Retires -- Technical: Cascade Caverns Float -- Mid-Winter NCA Meeting -- In Attendance
Down Under, Volume 8, No. 2, August 1973

Roy A. Davis

Contents: Cover -- Editor's Notes -- President's Column -- IX. Annual NCA Convention Howe Caverns N.Y. September, 24-27 -- Blanchard Springs Opens -- Natural Bridge Caverns a National Landmark -- More Legislative Worries -- Take Me Out to the Ballgame -- Convention Notes: VIII. Aunnal NCA Convention -- Highway Beautification -- Cave Promotion -- Final Session -- 1973 Convention Site -- NCA Promotion -- Annual Elections -- What does NCA mean to its members?
Down Under, Volume 8, No. 1, March 1973

Roy A. Davis

Contents: Cover -- Editor's Notes -- President's Column -- VIII. Annual NCA Convention -- Convention Notes -- Recruitment of Guides & other Key Personnel -- Bull Session -- Damage at Ohio Caverns -- Second Day; Oct 19 -- On Cooperative Insurance -- Financial Statement National Caves Association -- New NCA Members
Down Under, Volume 8, No. 2, October 1972

Roy A. Davis

Contents: Cover -- VIII. Aunnal NCA Convention -- Schedule -- Commercial Caves of America
Down Under, Volume 8, No. 1, August 1972

Roy A. Davis

Contents: Cover -- Editor's Note -- President's Message -- To All National Caves Association Members -- Dues Due. Please do! -- Summation of Requests by NCA at Public Hearing -- Report on Hearing in Washington -- Interim Report of the Highway Beautification Commission -- VIII. Aunnal NCA Convention -- Analysis of the Typical Caverns Attraction -- ETC...
Down Under, Volume 6, No. 4, December 1971

Roy A. Davis

Contents: Cover -- Special Issue: Current Sign Legislation Crisis -- One State's Approach -- Session Observations
Down Under, Volume 6, No. 3, November 1971

Roy A. Davis

Contents: Cover -- VII. Annual Convention - Pennsylvania -- Field Trips & Social Events -- Convention Notes -- National Caves Association -- Publicity Report -- Pennsylvania Travel -- Annual Business Meeting -- Sign Legislation -- President's Column -- NCA Membership Criteria
Down Under, Volume 6, No. 2, October 1971

Roy A. Davis

Contents: Cover -- President's Bulletin -- VI. Annual NCA Convention: Pennsylvania -- Convention Schedule -- Current Status of Hwy. Beaut. Situation
Down Under, Volume 6, No. 1, August 1971

Roy A. Davis

Contents: Cover -- Editor's Note -- President's Bulletin -- Editor Explores Convention Country -- Dues Due: Do! … please -- VL Annual NCA Convention: Pennsylvania -- Corridors of Time -- Stackalatites, Stalagtites, Slagtites, Stalacmights, Stacktytes…???