Factors related to the scope of cave acquisition and management by cave conservancies
Group Factor
criteria 1 |
Abbr 3 |
Founding Date 9 |
Primary
mission 10 |
Acq import 11 |
Ind Org 12 |
Branch 13 |
Service Area 14 |
Main area 15 |
10 - Own at
least: 25p, 100km,
400 ha |
SCCI |
1991 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
O/C |
States |
TAG + |
9 - Own at
least: 5 p, 25 km, 50
ha |
NSS |
1939/1967 |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
O/C |
Nation |
USA |
BCCS |
1968 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
O/M |
Region |
The cove VA |
|
IKC |
1985 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
O/C |
State |
S. IN |
|
8 - Own at
least: 4 p, 15 km, 10
ha |
WVCC |
1997 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
O/C |
State |
WV+ |
CCH |
2002 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
O/C |
State |
HI |
|
7 - Own at
least: 3 p 10 km, 8 ha |
MAKC |
1997 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
O/P |
States |
PA+ |
TCMA |
1985 |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
O/P |
State |
Texas |
|
6 - Own or
lease at least: 2 p, 5 km, 4
ha |
TCC |
1994 |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
S/P,DC |
State |
Texas |
CCV |
1980 |
No |
No |
Yes |
O/M |
States |
VA WV |
|
ACC |
1977 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
S/P |
Region |
SW VA+ |
|
SPG |
2006 |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
S/C |
Region |
SW MO |
|
NCC |
1978 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
O/C |
States |
NY+ |
|
5- Own or
lease at least: 1 p, 4 km, 1.2
ha |
CCC |
1998 |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
O/M |
1 cave |
1 cave |
ACCA |
1978/1986 |
No |
No |
Yes |
S/P, SG |
Nation |
USA |
|
KCI |
1998 |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
O/P |
State |
IL |
|
4 -Own or lease at least: 1 p, 0.5 km 0.1 ha |
MKC |
1983 |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
O/P |
State |
MI |
RKC |
2004 |
No |
No |
Yes |
O/P |
1 Cave |
1 cave |
|
MCKC |
1995 |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
O/C |
State |
MO |
|
WCC |
2002 |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
O/C |
States |
CA + |
|
3 - Own or
lease at least: 1 cave |
BCL |
1999 |
No |
No |
Yes |
O/C |
State |
WV |
STCC |
? |
No |
No |
No |
S/P |
1 cave |
1 cave |
|
NJCC |
1984 |
No |
No |
No |
S/SG |
State |
NJ + |
|
Total |
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
2 –Has
no caves or land |
PCC |
1984 |
No |
No |
No |
S/P |
States |
PA + |
CaCC |
1986 |
No |
No |
Yes |
S/P |
Nation |
Canada |
|
1 -. Failed
Cave conservancies Or transferred
conservancy function to other organization |
BHCC |
2002 est. |
? |
? |
? |
? |
Region |
SD |
BKC |
2003 |
? |
? |
Yes |
? |
Region |
KY |
|
ECC |
1985 |
No |
? |
? |
? |
1 cave |
1 cave |
|
GCG |
1989/ |
No |
? |
No |
S/P |
1 cave |
1 cave |
Column Headings
9 - Organization founding
date and cave conservancy function start date, if different
10 - Is cave ownership or
acquisition the primary mission of the organization?
11 - Is acquisition of
additional caves an important part of the organization's mission?
12 - Is the organization
an independent organization not controlled by another organization or group of
organizations?
13 - 1st letter codes are
O = Primarily Owner or S =Service provider to owner. The 2nd letter codes are
the Beneficiaries, C = Cavers,
M =
Members, P = the
Public, DC = Developer or Corporation, and SG = a State, or other Government
agency.
14 - The type of service
area
15 - The main area of cave
ownership or management. + sign = Conservancy has
additional service areas.