Cave Formation Repair and Restoration Workshop
$30.00
Description
Cave Formation Repair and Restoration Workshop
Instructed by Mike Mansur, NSS #26393CL FE CO
2022 Recipient of the NSS Victor A. Schmidt Conservation Award
There are untold numbers of broken cave formations in the world’s caves. The majority of these were caused by human impact, with a small amount resulting from natural causes. We, as cavers and scientists, want to do as much as possible to repair, restore and conserve these damaged resources. The Cave Formation Repair and Restoration Workshop will help train and educate people on techniques and tools that we use to make formation repairs. Day one will be a three-hour classroom training session, with workstations set up to prepare the participants on the use of the tools and techniques that we use to make repairs to broken cave formations. Day two will be a Field Trip to a local cave where the Speleothem Repair Workshop participants will get hands on training repairing broken formations.
Mike Mansur’s book, The Cave Formation Repair Project: Restoring the Beauty of America’s Great Caves, will be used as the textbook for the class. The $30 registration fee includes a signed copy of his book.