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Books on Caves
Cavers in North America are very organized and extremely conservation
minded. They have to be because of the delicate nature of many of the
wonders found in caves. This page has general links to cave and karst
conservation, but a great deal of cave conservation material can also
be found on other pages on caves located in different parts of Nearctica.
In particular be sure to check out the caving clubs and associations page
for information on cave conservation news in your state or province.
- Ecology - Cave Life (Biospeleology).
- Ecology - Federal Cave Resource Protection
Act of 1988.
- Ecology - National Cave and Karst Reserach
Institute Act of 1988.
- Ecology - Lechuguilla Cave Protection Act
of 1993.
- Organizations - Cave
Conservation.
- Organizations - Cave
Clubs and Associations.
- Family - Caving (Recreational).
- Family - U.S. Parks
and Parklands with Caves.
- Geophysics - Caves and Karst.
- Natural History - Bats.
GENERAL SITES
 Cave Conservation
and Management Section. National Speleological Society. The web pages
for this section of the National Speleological Society carries current
news on conservation issues on caving as well as extensive links to other
web sites concerned with cave conservation. The site is also supposed
to carry an online journal, "Cave Conservationist", but the
magazine issues were all missing at the time of this review.
Bat Conservation International.
This is undoubtedly the most important bat and bat conservation site on
the web. You'll find something on just about everything here including
the bats of North America, basic bat facts, echolocation, bat conservation,
building bat houses, current news, and much more. Highly recommended.
Conservation
of the North American Cave and Karst Biota. William R. Elliot. An
online article on many aspects of cave conservation and the animals that
live in them. The article covers extinct and endangered cave species,
threats to cave and karst communities, and the management and restoration
of caves.
Care
and Maintenance of Missouri Bat Caves. Missouri Department of Conservation.
An introduction to the bat caves of Missouri, their conservation, and
what you can do to help.
NSS
Policy for Cave Conservation. National Speleological Society. The
NSS is the dominant factor in American caving. Therefore their policy
for cave conservation is the code almost all cavers subscribe to.
Caving
Codes of Conduct. British Columbia Speleological Society.
Cave
and Karst Resources. National Park Service. On this page you will
find links to resources on the caves and karst systems administered by
the National Park Service. Among the conservation resources here are issues
of an online magazine called "Inside Earth" dealing with current
news at the cave related parks.
Basically
Bats. Basic information about bats from a conservation organization.
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