Caving Events
Information on caving events, including Society sponsored events such as the annual
convention and the National Cave Management Symposium, and events sponsored by regional or other organizations. If you have an event that you would like listed on this page, email the information to events@caves.org
USA 2021 Events
USA 2022 Events
International Events
USA 2021
- October 7 - 10, 2021 - TAG Fall Cave-In - at Menlo, Georgia.
(Columbus Day weekend) The TAG Fall Cave-In, hosted by the Dogwood City Grotto, is an annual celebration of Caves, Caving, and Community, with 43 events in the last 44 years. After a year of Hindsight in 2020, where we all watched the world shut down and practiced social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic, we are pleased to invite you to join us. Funds from the Cave-In registration are returned to the caving community through grants for cave research, conservation, exploration, and acquisitions, as well as rescue and training. Pre-registration is now open at https://register.tagfallcavein.org and we're looking forward to seeing you there. Let's Go Caving! - November 1 - 5, 2021 - 2021 National Cave and Karst Management Symposium (NCKMS 2021) - at San Marcos, Texas.
Texas cavers are pleased to announce that the NCKMS 2021 will be held in San Marcos, TX, part of the beautiful Texas Hill Country. Online pre-registration is open, and, now available, make your reservation for reduced rates in an arranged block of rooms at two hotels in San Marcos. Featuring Dale Pate, NPS National Cave and Karst Program Coordinator from 2007 to 2017 and Cave Specialist for Carlsbad Caverns National Park from 1991 to 2002, as speaker at the banquet. Learn about "Endangered Species, Endangered Caves, Endangered Aquifers." Special events include the Monday Social and glass-bottom boat tour of Spring Lake, where karst waters well up from San Marcos Springs to form the head of the San Marcos River, a special access tour of nearby Natural Bridge Caverns, site of the Tuesday Howdy Party, and field trips all day on Wednesday. Also, don't miss out on the NCKMS 2021 T-shirt! NCKMS 2021 call for papers on cave & karst management's deadline for abstract submission is September 15th. More details at symposium2021.nckms.org. - November 6, 2021 - Fall Board of Governors Meeting - Held On-Line Only
The Fall NSS Board of Governors meeting will be held virtually on Saturday, November 6, 2021, at 9 am CDT. Information on how to attend the meeting will be posted on the NSS webpage. Check back closer to November.
- December 29 - 30, 2021 - NSS Conservation Expo - NSS HQ and Conference Center, Huntsville, AL.
To provide Leave No Trace classes and Cave simulator to under-privileged areas. To provide access to children and adults to the ideas and concepts of Leave No Trace. To expose the NSS to a new generation through the conservation, education, and recreation appreciating the wonders of our natural world. See detailed description and schedule at: https://members.caves.org/event/nssconservationexpo2021.
- Dec. 31, 2021 -to- Jan. 1, 2022 - Bat Ball 2021 - (6pm - 2am) - NSS HQ and Conference Center, Huntsville, AL.
A festive New Year's Event for NSS members and their guests.
For more information see: https://members.caves.org/event/BatBall2021.
USA 2022
June 13-17, 2022 - NSS Convention - Rapid City, South Dakota
Plan to attend the next in-person NSS Convention next year in the beautiful, wide-open spaces of South Dakota.
See the poster. Details will be forthcoming on the 2022 Convention website, after this year's Convention.
INTERNATIONAL
- July 24-31, 2022 - 18th International Congress of Speleology - at Lyon, France. POSTPONED to 2022.
See the website at https://uis2021.speleos.fr/ for more information.
