National Cave and Karst Management Symposium
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Oct 19, 2015 09:00 AM EDT
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Oct 23, 2015 05:00 PM EDT |
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| Where | Cave City, Kentucky |
| Contact Name | Pat Kambesis |
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The 21st Annual National Cave and Karst Management Symposium will be held in the heart of the south-central Kentucky karst in the Mammoth Cave region of the state. The venue for NCKMS 2015 is the Cave City Convention Center located in Cave City, Kentucky. Since the early 1800s, Cave City has hosted visitors to Mammoth Cave National Park, which is a World Heritage Site, International Biosphere Reserve, and the second oldest tourist attraction in the United States with 53,000 acres of natural preserve and over 400 miles of mapped passageways...the longest cave system in the world. The Symposium is hosted by Cave Research Foundation, Mammoth Cave National Park, and Western Kentucky University.
As the theme for NCKMS 2015 is “Hidden Landscapes-Hidden Challenges”, field trips will visit the surface and hidden landscapes of Mammoth Cave National Park and surrounding areas and will also feature field trips to Bowling Green, Kentucky to discuss the challenges of urban development on karst.
A selection of seven outstanding workshops will be offered on Monday, October 19, 2015. The workshops will provide hands-on experiences with the techniques and skills necessary for studying, monitoring, and managing cave systems and karst areas.
