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In case anyone in the Rocky Mountain Region is interested...

Now that it's the new year, it's time to start thinking about and
planning for the 2008 NCA Regional to be held Memorial Day weekend, M ...

Registers can be a gimicky thing and sometimes be a useful thing.

The data can be used to use the cave's use - how many folks are visiting, when they are visiting, why they are visit, and where did ...

If you are slow on the news, the Utah Caver Annual 2006 is completed and posted at ... http://www.nps.gov/archive/tica/RMweb/Publications/UtahCaverAnnual2006.pdf

Thanks again for all those who cont ...

Better late than ever.

I have been a bit distracted with my new home. However, the Utah Caver Annual is still being worked on.

To new your appetite, you can preview the cover you all voted for. ...

Let's try to receive completed articles by the beginning of the new year. Then I will try to finish editing and layout before February.

If you can pass the word around that I am looking for good ...

It's that time again!

Since Brandon is tied up with his Masters degree, I am going to give it another shot.

So here are my ideas for submissions:

1) SITLA cave management (Nutty Putty & ...

In preparing for my move down to Carlsbad, NM, I have changed over the management of SITLA caves (Nutty Putty, Blowhole, Silly Putty, and Rabbit Trap) to Justin Epps. If you are looking to access any ...

Peter has handled the situation extremely well by inviting some other out- of-staters to see the realities of Main Drain.

I have also contacted the fellow's friend and Andy Howe, who gave them th ...

A big thanks goes to the Western Cave Conservancy in helping back back the SITLA Cave Gates. They were willing to pay us matching funds up to $5000 to help out; however, only ended up needing to prov ...

Interesting. The larger finished files link into a NPS server. On Friday, they did some new website migration. The files should link to www.nps.gov/archive/tica/RMweb/MapGallery/? Give me a while ...

The Salt Lake Tribune ran this set of articles on the year anniversary of the 4 drownings in the Provo cave. The article heavily drifted to the topic of gating of Nutty Putty Cave which oddly the dea ...

No worries. A solution will be made.
I can always count on Ralph to notably point out any possible safety flaw. Shocked

It is time again to ask that question again, "What topics and issues should be discussed at the next Utah Grottos Meeting?"

I am looking at the last lines of discussion just before the last one to ...

I am organizing a cleanup trip to Nutty Putty Cave for this Saturday (6/3).
We will try to thoroughly remove most of the trash, graffiti, and
other problems seen in and around the cave. So we will ...

As the access requirements state, all participants going into Nutty Putty Cave, Blowhole, Rabbit Trap, and Silly Putty must be at least 14 years of age and be accompanied by two trip leaders that are ...