Conservation Division Contacts

Division Co-Chiefs

Jim Werker & Val Hildreth-Werker
[email protected]

 

Cave Biological Response Committee
vacant
[email protected]
Cave Conservation Committee
Jim Werker & Val Hildreth-Werker, Co-Chairs
[email protected]
Geocaching Committee
David Irving, Chairman
[email protected]
Liaison for International Speleothem Protection
Thomas Lera, Chairman
[email protected]
Mammoth Cave Restoration Committee
William Copeland, Chairman
[email protected]
Resource Preservation Committee
David Joaquim
[email protected]
Vandalism Deterrence Reward Commission
Sarah Richards, Chairman
[email protected]

 

 

 

Regional Conservation Representatives

 

Arizona Regional Association Steve Smith [email protected]
Southwestern Region Janice Tucker [email protected]
Mid-Atlantic Region Doug Soroka [email protected]
Rocky Mountain Region Chloe Beck [email protected]
Southeastern Region John Hoffelt [email protected]
Virginia Area Region Janet Tinkham [email protected]
Western Region Joel Despain

 

 

NSS Conservation Task Forces

 

A Conservation Task Force (CTF) is a group of Society members or an existing organization formed specifically to investigate and resolve a certain cave and karst conservation problem. These organizations agree to the purposes of the Society and are overseen by the CTF Committee in the department of the Administrative VP.

 

CTF Coordinator: Jonathan Beard [email protected]

 

Hawai’i Cave Conservation Task Force (vacant) (vacant)
High Guads Restoration Project CTF Jennifer Foote [email protected]
Klamath Mountains CTF Steve Knutson [email protected]
Ozark Conservation Task Force Kathy Kriska [email protected]
Twin Lakes Conservation Task Force John Durall [email protected]