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Passages, Volume 15, No. 2, Spring 2015

Jay Jorden

Contents: Successful work weekend at Deep and Punkin Preserve -- TCMA preserve reports: New Ezell's Cave gate - and more -- TCMA preserves: Godwin Ranch, Robber Baron, Lost Oasis -- Lost Oasis Cave Preserve Update -- TCMA preserves: Rolling Oaks, Whirlpool, UT Lands -- Calendar -- Robber Baron Cave open house sets records!
Passages, Volume 15, No. 1, Fall 2014

Jay Jorden

Contents: 2014 TCMA director elections: results in early December -- TCMA preserve reports: Robber Baron open house Nov. 1 -- President's perspectives -- Shop Online…and help preserve caves! -- TCMA candidate bios and platform statements -- Online shopping can help save canes!
Passages, Volume 11, No. 2, Fall 2011

Joe Mitchell

Contents: Amazing Maze Cave Labor Day Weekend Survey Trip and Musical Extravaganza -- Vote on TCMA By-Laws at TCR Members Meeting! -- State of the Cavers -- Board Proposes By-Laws Revisions -- How Does TCMA Buy Caves and Why Don't We Have More? -- Status and Challenges for TCMA Finances and Fundraising -- A New History of Robber Baron Cave -- Fundraising -- Open House a Success -- Amazing Maze -- Deep & Punkin Update -- Turner New Whirlpool & Lost Oasis Preserve Manager -- Wertheim -- Seeking New Passages Editor! -- TCMA Officers and Board - 2010
Passages, Volume 12, No. 1, Spring 2011

Jill Orr and Saj Zappitello

Contents: President's Corner -- By-Laws Update -- Ezell's Cave Cleanup -- Lost Oasis-Thanks For Your Support! --Deep 'n Punkin - The Big Freeze -- Donation List -- Board Members -- Committee Chairs -- Preserve Managers
Passages, Volume 10, No. 3, Fall 2010

Joe Mitchell

Contents: TCMA Wins NSS Conservation Award -- Deep and Punkin Paid Off -- View from the Palit -- A Tribute to Carl Ponebshek: 1924 - 2009 -- CARL -- Whirlpool Cave Preserve -- A Profile of Carl Ponebshek -- TCMA Volunteer Opportunities Abound -- Top Ten "Rewards" of Being President of TCMA -- Volunteer Appreciation! -- TCMA Officers and Board - 2009 -- Support TCMA Get a T-Shirt!
Passages, Volume 11, No. 1, Spring 2010

Joe Mitchell

Contents: Whirlpool Hosts Austin Fire Department Training -- Arburn New D&P Manager -- William Tells -- TCMA Officers and Board - 2010 -- Robber Baron Preserve: From Overgrown Urban Lot to Native Plant Sanctuary -- Native Plants -- Training -- Punkin Cave Survey Trip #12, 5-7 Feb 2010 -- Regarding the D&P Porch -- TCMA Preserve Managers -- TCMA Committee Chairs -- TCMA Seeking Chair for Fundraising Committee -- Support TCMA! Get a T-Shirt!
Passages, Volume 10, No. 1, Spring 2009

Joe Mitchell

Contents: Robber Baron Open House Draws Hundreds -- View from the Palit -- Punkin Cave Survey Report: Expedition #10 -- Punkin -- Robber Baron
Passages, Volume 10, No. 2, Summer 2009

Joe Mitchell

Contents: TCMA: Cavers Protecting Caves -- View from the Palit -- Deep & Punkin Caves: Two Texas Classics -- TCMA -- Ezell's Cave: Home of the Blind Monster -- Godwin Ranch: Habitat for Endangered Species -- Rolling Oaks: A Small Preserve Protecting Small Creatures -- Robber Baron: History, Mystery, and Restoration -- Deep and Punkin Cave Survey Update -- LIDAR Mapping the Devil's Sinkhole -- Linda Palit: Highlights from a Lifetime of Caving -- LIDAR -- A Geology Field Trip to Deep & Punkin Caves -- RBC -- Whirlpool Preserve -- Lost Oasis Preserve -- TCMA Supports the 15th ICS -- TCMA Officers and Board - 2009
Passages, Volume 9, No. 2, Fall 2008

Joe Mitchell

Contents: Open House to Mark Robber Baron Project Completion -- View from the Palit -- TCMA's Austin Preserves: Lost Oasis -- TCMA's Austin Preserves: Whirlpool -- TCMA's Austin Preserves: Village of Western Oaks -- Robber Baron Preserve - An Urban Cave Restoration Story -- Restoration -- LIDAR Project Update -- New 'Loo and Porch with a View at Deep & Punkin -- Robber Baron -- Robber Baron Volunteers
Passages, Volume 9, No. 1, Spring 2008

Joe Mitchell

Contents: Fire Averted from Deep & Punkin Preserve -- View from the Palit -- TCMA Officers and Board -- Lois Manno: Artist and Caver -- Amazing Maze Survey Trip Report -- George Veni: Executive Director of the National Cave and Karst Institute -- Veni -- Fire -- Veni -- Eagle Scout Projects Help Robber Baron Restoration -- The Search for the Blind Monster - A Documentary -- TCMA Membership Meeting Notes -- TCMA Board of Directors Meeting Notes -- Manno -- Donor Appreciation -- Membership and Donation Information
Passages, Volume 8, No. 2, Fall 2007

Joe Mitchell

Contents: Amazing Maze Cave Speleogenesis Studied -- TCMA By-Laws Revisions Proposed -- View from the Palit -- By-Laws -- New Hope to Break Deadlock over Village of Western Oaks Karst Preserve -- A Letter from the Communications Committee -- Robber Baron Gets New Fence, Steps -- D&P Sees Survey, Work Trips -- Amazing Maze -- TCMA Board Visits Rolling Oaks Preserve -- TCMA By-Laws Revisions Proposed for Membership Approval -- Palit -- TCMA Officers and Board -- Notice to TCMA Membership -- Membership and Donation Information
Passages, Volume 8, No. 1, Spring 2007

Joe Mitchell

Contents: The Devils Sinkhole LIDAR Mapping Project -- View from the Palit -- TCMA Officers and Board -- Punkin Cave Survey Begins -- LIDAR -- Punkin -- TCMA has a new address! -- TCMA Board of Directors Meeting Notes -- Amazing Maze Cave Resurvey Project
Passages, Volume 7, No. 2, Fall 2006

Joe Mitchell

Contents: TCMA Celebrates 20 Years -- View from the Palit -- Volunteer for Texas Caves! -- A History of the Texas Cave Management Association -- TCMA Founder, Mike Walsh -- TCMA Through the Years -- Mike Walsh -- Timeline of TCMA History -- Mike Warton: A TCMA Pioneer -- The Preserves of TCMA -- Before the Passages: The TCMA Conservationist -- New Fence, Bridge, and Steps at Robber Baron -- A History of Ezell's Cave -- TCMA Board of Directors Meeting Notes -- Conservationist -- TCMA Board of Directors Meeting Notes -- TCMA's Founding Members
Passages, Volume 7, No. 1, Spring 2006

Joe Mitchell

Contents: UT Caves Under TCMA Management -- View from the Palit -- Young Turks at Punkin and Deep Nature Preserve -- Devil's Sinkhole Mapped with Laser System -- Young Turks -- UT Lands -- The Deep and Punkin Cave Survey Project - 2005 -- Deep Survey -- Robber Baron Cave Restoration Project Update -- TCMA General Membership Meeting Notes -- TCMA Board of Directors Meeting Notes -- TCMA is turning 20 years old! -- TCMA is Looking for Caves -- Membership and Donation Information
Passages, Volume 6, No. 2, Fall 2005

Joe Mitchell

Contents: One Year at Deep and Punkin Preserve -- View from the Palit -- Volunteer for Texas Caves! -- D&P Birthday -- Robber Baron Needs a Fence! -- Interview with Cave Biologist, Dr. Andy Gluesenkamp -- Survey and Exploration of Deep and Punkin Caves Continues -- Notes of the Board of Directors of the Texas Cave Management Association
Passages, Volume 6, No. 1, Spring 2005

Joe Mitchell

Contents: Work & Fun at TCMA's Deep & Punkin Preserve -- Survey & Exploration Resumes -- View from the Palit -- Village of Western Oaks Karst Preserve -- A Description of Deep Cave -- Deep Survey -- The Bats of Punkin Cave -- Western Oaks -- Robber Baron Update -- TCMA Co-Sponsors NSS BOG Meeting -- D&P Update -- Whirlpool Cave Preserve Update -- Membership Database Gets Upgrade -- Minutes of the Board of Directors of the Texas Cave Management Association -- The TCMA officers and Board wish to express their appreciation to the following individuals and organizations for their recent generous contributions -- Volunteers Needed! Make Texas More Caver Friendly!
Passages, Volume 5, No. 2, Fall 2004

Joe Mitchell

Contents: Deep & Punkin Caves Purchased! -- View from the Palit -- Interim Management Plan - Deep and Punkin Cave Nature Preserve -- How Can I Help Support This Project? -- First Deep and Punkin Preserve Work Trip Yields Big Results -- Robber Baron Re-Opened, But Work Remains -- The TCMA officers and Board wish to express their appreciation to everyone who made the purchase of Deep and Punkin Caves possible -- Caving Groups Help Make Deep Purchase a Reality
Passages, Volume 5, No. 1, Spring 2004

Joe Mitchell

Contents: TCMA To Purchase Deep and Punkin Caves -- View from the Palit -- Ezell's Cave to be Transferred to TCMA -- Deep & Punkin -- How Can I Help Support This Project? -- Interview with the President of TCMA -- Karst Conservancy Trying To Go National -- Robber Baron Update -- TCMA Cave Acquisition Fund Receives Donation from Texas Women Texas Caves -- Report on Godwin Ranch -- An Introduction to Biological Surveys of Cave Fauna -- Ukrainian Caver's Texas Visit Supported By Cave Conservancies -- Summary of the Minutes of the TCMA Board of Directors -- The Board and Officers of the Texas Cave Management Association express their appreciation to those who contributed to the TCMA in the past year
Passages, Volume 4, No. 1, Spring 2003

Joe Mitchell

Contents: Robber Baron Renovations Underway -- View from the Palit -- TCMA Board of Directors/Officers 2003 -- TCMA "Marshals" Caves in Western Bexar County -- Oops!! Corrections from the last issue -- Robber Baron -- TCMA Austin Area Report: As usual the Austin karst keeps us busy... -- Y2Kave - Travis County, Texas -- Marshals -- Minutes Board of Directors Texas Cave Management Association -- Minutes Annual Meeting Texas Cave Management Association -- TMCA Meeting Minutes, April 12, 2003 -- The Board and Officers of the Texas Cave Management Association express their appreciation to those who have contributed to the TCMA during this year
Passages, Volume 3, No. 2, Fall 2002

Joe Mitchell

Contents: Western Oaks Karst Preserve Opens -- View from the Palit -- Western Oaks -- The TCMA Karst Groundwater Model - See it at the TCMA booth at TCR -- Robber Baron Entrance Project Update -- Minutes Board of Directors Texas Cave Management Association -- The Board and Officers of the Texas Cave Management Association express their appreciation to the following recent contributors to the TCMA -- TCMA Board of Directors/Officers 2002
Passages, Volume 3, No. 1, Spring 2002

Joe Mitchell

Contents: Cavers, Landowners, Government & Endangered Species - Collision Course or Cooperation? -- View from the Palit -- Endangered -- TCMA Board of Directors/Officers 2002 -- Robber Baron Cave: Status Report on Gate Repairs -- A Brief History of Robber Barons Cave -- TCMA Trip Reports -- TCMA Sponsors Successful Gated Cave Field Trip -- Bracken & Reeh Raneh -- Mayberry Tract -- Conference Report: 2001 National Cave and Karst Management Symposium -- TCMA Awarded NSS Conservation Grant Karst Groundwater Model -- Minutes Annual Meeting Texas Cave Management Association -- Minutes Board of Directors Texas Cave Management Association -- The Board and Officers of the Texas Cave Management Association express their appreciation to those who contributed to the TCMA in the past year
Passages, Volume 2, No. 1, Fall 2001

Joe Mitchell

Contents: Partnership to Protect Endangered Species and Caver Interests at Robber Baron Cave -- What is the TCMA? -- TCMA Officers -- Robber Baron -- TCMA to Sponsor Cave Gate Field Trip -- Cavers Meeting Worldwide Environmental Challenges to Caves, Karst -- TCMA Bluff Creek Ranch Project -- Robber Baron Drilling Project Report -- September 18 Robber Baron Meeting Minutes
Passages, Volume 1, No. 1, Fall 2000

Joe Mitchell

Contents: TCMA and the City of Austin Watershed Preserves MOU -- TCMA Wins Environmental Award -- View from the Palit -- MOU -- Don't be a speleoscrooge! -- Villages of Western Oaks Karst Park -- Buttercup Creek Management Contract and the Marigold Preserve -- Whirlpool Cave Preserve -- Texas Cave Management Association Edited Meeting Notes
TCMA Newsletter, October 1998

Jay Jorden

Contents: TCMA Meeting Notice -- Directions to the Texas Cavers Reunion -- Russell Wins Award
TCMA Newsletter, October 1997

Jay Jorden

Contents: TCMA Meeting Sunday, Oct. 19, 1997 -- Whirlpool Preserve Needs Work