Mark Your Calendar
Meetings
May 2-6, 2012 McCormick Cave Gating Project (PLP-34) Near Newburg, MO Click here for full details.
May 20, 2012 Missouri Speleological Survey (MSS) Meeting - 10 a.m.
May 20, 2012 MCKC Board Meeting - 1 p.m.
The meetings will be held at 111 Fairgrounds Road, Rolla, Missouri 65401, at the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, Division of Geology and Land Survey Annex Conference Room (located behind the main Geological Survey building.)
Note: Fairgrounds Road goes north from Business I-44 just west of McDonald's. The DNR Annex Conference Room access is on Gale Drive off Fairgrounds Road. Google Map
Events
February 11th and 12th marked the first phase of the Goodwin Sink clean-up project. The progress achieved during the first weekend of work was remarkable. A huge thank you goes out to all the hard working volunteers who braved freezing weather to take part in the effort. If you, your grotto, civic organization, school or scout troop is interested in taking part in the next phase of the clean up, please This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Amy Crews, Goodwin Volunteer Coordinator to sign up, obtain directions and other important information.
Caving News
2011 Speleo Photo of the Year Winners Announced
Posted: 18 Feb 2012 10:25 AM PST
The votes have been counted and the results are in. The 2011 Speleo Photo of the Year photography contest saw 198 entries submitted by 26 photographers from Lithuania, Ukraine, Russia, … Read More
Construction Workers Discover Cave in Crete
Posted: 18 Feb 2012 09:50 AM PST
Construction workers in a small village in Crete discovered a magnificent cave full of stalagmites and stalactites this past Tuesday. The workers, who were placing new biological treatment pipes, immediately contacted the … Read More
Flippen Cave Gate Completed
Members of the Springfield Plateau (SPG), Kansas City Area Grotto (KCAG), MCKC and other cavers pooled efforts on the Flippen Cave gating project that took place on November 3-6, 2011. Most of the on-site work on the 7.5-ft high, 18.5-foot wide gate for the Benton County cave was done on Friday, November 4 and Saturday, November 5h. Jim Cooley, MCKC and KCAG member headed up the project.
Charley Young and Roy Gold photographed the cave and its features Friday morning before helping with the gating effort. Biologist Bree McMurray, who did most of the steel cutting, also did a bio-inventory of the cave early Friday evening. Others who were on hand to help with the project were Jon Beard, George Bilbrey, Bill Gee, Alicia Wallace and Brandy Riggs. Pic Walenta prepared all the delicious meals for the cave gating crew.
Announcements
DVD Now Available - Lloyd & Ethel Hoff Underground Nature Preserve/Berome Moore Cave Dedication
If you were not able to attend the Hoff Nature Preserve/Berome Moore dedication last July, a professionally produced standard DVD of the proceedings is available for a donation of $20 or more to the MMV Berome Fund.
All profits over physical production costs will go to maintenance or improvement expenses at the cave property. Construction of an above ground restroom and a more bat friendly gate are planned in the near future.
You may order your DVD from the MMV Grotto website. Please allow two weeks for delivery, since the disks are reproduced on demand, not commercially. You can pay online, but if you prefer to pay the old fashioned way, send checks made to the Middle Mississippi Valley Grotto to grotto treasurer Jim Donley, 28693 Meadowbrook Estates, Warrenton, MO 63383.
