Caving Events

USA 2021

• July 24 - 30, 2021 - VIRTUAL NSS Convention - On-Line Only
  This summer, the National Speleological Society will host our second virtual convention over the society's YouTube channel. All cavers from around the world are welcome to join us! Final schedules are being arranged now and we'll be posting a final schedule within a couple weeks at http://nss2021.caves.org/.
   
  
• July 25 - 30, 2021 - Western Region Speleo-Ed Seminar - at Weed, California   [NOTE: This is not the NSS Convention.]
  The 2021 Speleo-Ed Seminar will feature workshops, training seminars, camping, social events and cave trips. During the week, all the videos from our traditional NSS sessions will be played back in the college's 560-seat theater while they are being broadcast over the society's YouTube channel.
  Learn more at: http://wr2021.nsswest.org/index.php.
  
  
• August 6 - 8, 2021 - Indiana Cave Capers 2021 Edition - at Marengo, Indiana.
  Come to the 68th Annual Indiana Cave Capers 2021 Edition! This year we are back at Crawford County 4H Fairgrounds near Marengo, Indiana, home of the 2007 NSS National Convention. This will be another great Capers hosted by the Central Indiana Grotto. Enjoy camping, live music, banquet, speaker, local cave information, volunteer-led trips and more. Watch for pre-registration discounts and more info coming soon. For more information, go to: www.cigcaves.com.
  
• August 13 - 15, 2021 - Karst-O-Rama - at Great Saltpetre Cave Preserve, Mt. Vernon, Kentucky.
  [NOTE: Pre-Registration is now OPEN! Click the link below to register.]
  We're bringing Karst-O-Rama back from the dead! Great Cave Trips and Camping, vendors, and a live band with a costume party pair well with our sauna, hot tub, creek splashing, and, of course, feeding your thirst at the Guano Grill for three days of downright speleo-fun! This year's theme has yet to be decided. KOR is hosted by the Greater Cincinnati Grotto with pre-registration discounts and info available soon! For more information, see our website at: karstorama.com.
  
• 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 will open soon. Looking forward to seeing you there.
  Let's Go Caving! See our website at: dogwoodcitygrotto.org/TAG-Fall-Cave-In.
  
• 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.