[Dirtmail] FW: NMCAVER Digest, Vol 17, Issue 10

Dustin G screamneagle76 at hotmail.com
Wed Apr 15 13:32:18 CDT 2009 


Hey this is Dustin From another email account, but here is some information for those considering the ICS trip this summer. This is a digest from a mailling list used by cavers in New Mexico. The first part is the raw footage that was used for a White-Nose-Syndrome report that aired on CBS. White-Nose-syndrome is a mysterious condition that has killed hundreds of thousands of bats in eastern states, and this video includes footage from an affected cave that was "too gruesome for television." So be warned.

 

The next bit is about how this is going to affect the ICS this summer. Some of the trips have been cancelled - see message for details.

 

If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to email me.










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> 1. [phillygrotto] CBS News raw footage of WNS cave available
> (John Lyles)
> 2. Fw: 15th ICS - Critically important news on ICS trips and
> WNS!!! (Ray Keeler)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 21:11:29 -0600
> From: "John Lyles" <jtml at losalamos.com>
> Subject: [NMCAVER] [phillygrotto] CBS News raw footage of WNS cave
> available
> To: nmcaver at caver.net, pajarito at snurkle.net
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: Natalie Hirneisen 
> To: phillygrotto phillygrotto 
> Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2009 1:01 PM
> Subject: [phillygrotto] CBS News raw footage of WNS cave available
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: John Chenger <jchenger at batmanagement.com>
> Date: Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 12:53 PM
> Subject: [MAR-NSS] CBS News raw footage of WNS cave available
> 
> CBS News graciously released the raw footage from the February 2009
> visit to Mt. Aeolus Cave, VT, including footage "too gruesome for
> television." I edited the footage into a mini documentary of sorts. In
> some places the dead bats on the floor are estimated at 300 per square
> foot. Viewer discretion advised...this is not a warm and fuzzy bat
> video for the kids. The camera was actually rolling as the group
> stumbled up to the cave (knee deep snow!) for Scott and Al's initial
> reaction, none of this was staged. The full version is the "Aeolus in
> February 2009" link on the web page. The video shows all the clips CBS
> took in the cave.
> http://www.batmanagement.com/wns/wns.html
> When you click the movie link, the file will start downloading. It is
> 112 MB in size, runs 15 minutes, and will open with QuickTime or
> iTunes or probably any other up to date media player.
> I enhanced the in-cave footage as much as I could with software I
> have. With all indications that WNS is about to steamroll thru the
> mid-atlantic states next winter, I hope to make a "last chance" effort
> this fall to capture some large bat swarms on HD video at mines near
> Pittsburgh and at Hellhole/Schoolhouse before they are gone or at
> least impacted. If anyone would like camera and lighting setup info
> details that created the BCM Shindle Iron Mine video (also on the
> webpage below Aeolus) just email me privately. Even further, I would
> be happy to overnight a camera and light to someone who wants it to
> document a WNS site and would be happy to edit the footage into
> something usable for educational/press/presentation/archive/state
> museum use. Time is ticking folks.
> Thanks,
> 
> John Chenger
> 
> Bat Conservation and Management, Inc.
> 
> 220 Old Stone House Road
> 
> Carlisle, Pennsylvania 17015
> 
> (717) 241-2228 (office and fax)
> 
> (814) 442-4246 (mobile)
> 
> www.batmanagement.com
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 2
> Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2009 08:09:01 -0600
> From: "Ray Keeler" <rckeeler at cox.net>
> Subject: [NMCAVER] Fw: 15th ICS - Critically important news on ICS
> trips and WNS!!!
> To: <nmcaver at caver.net>
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> Everyone going to the 2009 Convention, please read and pass along.
> 
> thanks,
> 
> Ray
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "ICS 2009 eList" <secretary at ics2009.us>
> To: <rckeeler at cox.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2009 12:22 AM
> Subject: 15th ICS - Critically important news on ICS trips and WNS!!!
> 
> 
> 
> Dear Friends,
> 
> If you are planning to attend any trip during the 15th International 
> Congress of Speleology (ICS), it is critical and urgent that you read this 
> message. I am sorry that it is long, but it is necessary. I have recently 
> sent you messages about White Nose Syndrome (WNS), a mysterious condition 
> that has started killing hundreds of thousands of bats in the U.S. I wrote 
> that some ICS trips may need to be modified or cancelled. Below is our 
> policy and news about trips that have been canceled. More information will 
> be sent by 5 May 2009. At 
> http://ics2009mail.nfshost.com/attachments/15TH_ICS-WNS_Policy-041409.pdf is 
> a file with the same policy, but it includes a map showing the area 
> currently affected by WNS. Our Translation Committee is working to translate 
> and distribute this policy as quickly as possible in other languages.
> 
> This is a major ecological and cave crisis no one has ever seen. It started 
> after ICS planning had begun. We appreciate your understanding, support, and 
> cooperation.
> 
> George
> 
> George Veni, Ph.D.
> Chairman, 15th International Congress of Speleology
> Adjunct Secretary, International Union of Speleology
> Executive Director, U.S. National Cave and Karst Research Institute
> 
> *****************************
> 
> 15th ICS FIELD TRIPS POLICY ANNOUNCEMENT
> REGARDING WHITE-NOSE SYNDROME
> 14 April 2009
> 
> White-Nose Syndrome (WNS) is a deadly ailment that has recently killed more 
> than 500,000 bats in the northeastern United States. Biologists are working 
> hard to study WNS, but no one yet fully understands the cause of the deaths, 
> how to stop them, or how to stop them from spreading. What is known is that 
> WNS is spreading. There is evidence that people may carry WNS from cave to 
> cave. To prevent or reduce the risk of people distributing WNS throughout 
> the United States and other parts of the world, the 15th International 
> Congress of Speleology (ICS) is announcing the following policies and 
> actions. These are in accord with the U.S. National Speleological Society's 
> policy on WNS and supported by the Bureau of the International Union of 
> Speleology
> 
> 1) All ICS caving trips in WNS-affected areas are cancelled immediately. The 
> "affected areas" are those U.S. states known to have caves with WNS and 
> their neighboring states, as recommended by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife 
> Service Advisory at http://www.fws.gov/northeast/wnscaveadvisory.html. 
> "Caving trips" do not include trips into show caves, which are exempt from 
> the Advisory. As of 13 April 2009, the affected states are (shown in red in 
> the file at 
> http://ics2009mail.nfshost.com/attachments/15TH_ICS-WNS_Policy-041409.pdf):
> Connecticut
> Delaware
> Kentucky
> Maine
> Maryland
> Massachusetts
> New Hampshire
> New Jersey
> New York
> North Carolina
> Ohio
> Pennsylvania
> Rhode Island
> Tennessee
> Vermont
> Virginia
> West Virginia
> 
> 2) Caving trips outside the WNS-affected areas may also be cancelled or 
> modified as required by land owner or government policy, or other special 
> needs. No caving trips will occur in caves that have an active or 
> seasonally-active bat colony, unless the cave is extensive and active or 
> seasonally-active bat occupied areas are not entered.
> 
> 3) All ICS trips will follow the regulations and policies established by the 
> land management entity, owner, and/or relevant government agency.
> 
> 4) Decontamination will be required for all caving trips outside of the 
> WNS-affected areas. A decontamination system will be set up at Schreiner 
> University and all camp and excursion sites that will visit wild caves.
> 
> 5) The Congress asked that any caving equipment, including but not limited 
> to clothes, boots, packs, ascenders, gloves, bottles, lights, helmets, etc., 
> used in a cave or bat roost site in any state covered by the U.S. Fish and 
> Wildlife Service Advisory, not be used on any ICS caving trip.
> 
> 6) The following trips are now cancelled because of WNS or other factors:
> Pre-ICS excursion 04: Endangered Species/Endangered Caves
> Pre-ICS excursion 82: Caves of the Bahamas
> Pre-ICS field camp 33: Cumberland Plateau of Tennessee, Alabama, and 
> Georgia
> Pre-ICS field camp 34: Tectonic Pseudokarst of Western North Carolina
> Pre-ICS field camp 37: Caves of Virginia
> Pre-ICS field camp 56: Caves of the Sierra Nevada, California
> Post-ICS excursion 81: Caving with the Maya, Belize
> Wednesday trip WD-108: Land and Bat Habitat Restoration
> Wednesday trip WD-109: Powell's Cave
> Wednesday trip WD-120: Fredericksburg, Peaches, and History
> Wednesday trip WD-122: River Walk and Shopping in San Antonio
> Wednesday trip WD-123: San Marcos Prime Shopping Center
> Wednesday trip WD-124: Schlitterbahn Waterpark
> Wednesday trip WD-126: YO Ranch
> 
> If you are registered for one of the above trips, you will automatically be 
> given your 2nd or 3rd choice trip. If you did not give a 2nd or 3rd choice, 
> please go to 
> https://secure.concentric.com/ics2009.us/register/regform.php?addInfo=true 
> and add your choices. If you do not wish to join another trip, please write 
> that in the comment section of the above registration webpage and your trip 
> fee will be refunded.
> 
> 7) If you are registered for an ICS trip that is not listed above, do not do 
> anything at this time except to add 2nd and 3rd choices if you have not 
> already done so. Please do not contact the ICS for more information about 
> how WNS will affect ICS trips at this time. This message has all of the 
> information currently available and we will send you more as soon as 
> possible. Any modified trips or additional cancelled trips will be announced 
> via the e-mail list by 5 May 2009. The 15th ICS understands that many of you 
> have already made travel arrangements that cannot be changed. Our staff is 
> working hard to quickly provide interesting and fun alternative things to 
> dofor trips where cave entry is not possible. Refunds for trips will be 
> available and you can also request alternate trips, but wait until the 5 May 
> announcement to see if your trips will still be offered or changed. We 
> expect to still offer many excellent trips. Deadlines for refunds, how to 
> make changes in your ICS trips, and other information will be included in 
> the e-mail message sent by 5 May 2009.
> 
> The Organizing Committee of the 15th ICS apologizes for the inconveniences 
> caused by WNS and we thank you for your understanding and support to prevent 
> this national emergency from becoming a worldwide crisis. Be aware that the 
> list of affected areas and caves may change as more information and 
> government advisories become available. For more information on WNS, see 
> http://caves.org/WNS/WNS%20Info.htm
> 
> Please distribute this message to any people, websites, e-mails lists, or 
> newsletters you think are affected or interested.
> 
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