Factors related to the scope of cave acquisition and management by cave conservancies
|
Group Factor
criteria 1 |
Name of
Conservancy 2 |
Abbre- viation 3 |
Pro 4 |
Hectares 5 |
Caves 6 |
Km 7 |
Own 8 |
Founding Date 9 |
Primary
mission 10 |
Acc import 11 |
Ind Org 12 |
Branch 13 |
Service Area 14 |
Main area 15 |
|
10 - Own at
least: 25p, 100km,
400 ha |
Southeastern
Cave Conservancy |
SCCI |
27 |
492 |
63 |
121 |
Yes |
1991 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
O/C |
States |
TAG + |
|
9 - Own at
least: 5 p, 25 km, 50
ha |
National
Speleological Society |
NSS |
13 |
74 |
18 |
64 |
Yes |
1939/1967 |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
O/C |
Nation |
USA |
|
Butler Cave
Conservation Society |
BCCS |
5 |
61 |
9 |
65 |
Yes |
1968 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
O/M |
Region |
The cove |
|
|
Indiana Karst
Conservancy |
IKC |
9 |
57 |
12 |
29 |
Yes |
1985 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
O/C |
State |
S. IN |
|
|
8 - Own at
least: 4 p, 15 km, 10
ha |
West Virginia
Cave Conservancy |
WVCC |
7 |
12 |
8 |
68 |
Yes |
1997 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
O/C |
State |
WV+ |
|
Cave
Conservancy of Hawaii |
CCH |
4 |
19 |
2 |
40 |
Yes |
2002 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
O/C |
State |
HI |
|
|
7 - Own at
least: 3 p 10 km, 8 ha |
Mid-Atlantic
Karst Conservancy |
MAKC |
7 |
1768 |
39 |
14 |
Yes |
1997 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
O/P |
States |
PA+ |
|
Texas Cave
Management Assoc |
TCMA |
10 |
147 |
22 |
11 |
Yes |
1985 |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
O/P |
State |
Texas |
|
|
6 - Own or
lease at least: 2 p, 5 km, 4 ha
|
Texas Cave
Conservancy |
TCC |
66 |
89 |
171 |
8 |
Yes |
1994 |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
S/P,DC |
State |
Texas |
|
Cave
Conservancy of the Virginias |
CCV |
2 |
69 |
5 |
46 |
Yes |
1980 |
No |
No |
Yes |
O/M |
States |
VA WV |
|
|
Appalachian
Cave Conservancy |
ACC |
7 |
4 |
9 |
29 |
No |
1977 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
S/P |
Region |
swVA+ |
|
|
Springfield
Plateau Grotto |
SPG |
7 |
9 |
18 |
8.2 |
No |
2006 |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
S/C |
Region |
swMO |
|
|
Northeastern
Cave Conservancy |
NCC |
5 |
10 |
9 |
5.1 |
Yes |
1978 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
O/C |
States |
NY+ |
|
|
5- Own or
lease at least: 1 p, 4 km, 1.2
ha |
Carroll Cave
Conservancy |
CCC |
1 |
1.2 |
1 |
19 |
Yes |
1998 |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
O/M |
1 cave |
1 cave |
|
American Cave
Conservation Association |
ACCA |
1 |
1.6 |
1 |
16 |
No |
1978/1986 |
No |
No |
Yes |
S/P, SG |
Nation |
USA |
|
|
Karst
Conservancy of Illinois |
KCI |
1 |
1.4 |
1 |
9.7 |
Yes |
1998 |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
O/P |
State |
IL |
|
|
4 -Own or lease at least: 1 p, 0.5 km 0.1 ha |
Michigan Karst
Conservancy |
MKC |
3 |
238 |
5 |
0.8 |
Yes |
1983 |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
O/P |
State |
MI |
|
Rockcastle
Karst Conservancy |
RKC |
1 |
123 |
1 |
1.2 |
Yes |
2004 |
No |
No |
Yes |
O/P |
1 Cave |
1 cave |
|
|
Missouri Caves
& Karst Conservancy |
MCKC |
5 |
2 |
6 |
.5 |
No |
1995 |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
O/C |
State |
MO |
|
|
Western Cave
Conservancy |
WCC |
2 |
6 |
2 |
1.2 |
Yes |
2002 |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
O/C |
States |
CA + |
|
|
3 - Own or
lease at least: 1 cave |
Bubble Cave
LLC |
BCL |
2 |
3.6 |
4 |
.2 |
Yes |
1999 |
No |
No |
Yes |
O/C |
State |
WV |
|
Sinnett-Thorn
Cave Conservancy |
STCC |
1 |
0 |
1 |
.8 |
No |
? |
No |
No |
No |
S/P |
1 cave |
1 cave |
|
|
New Jersey
Cave Conservancy |
NJCC |
1 |
0 |
2 |
.5 |
No |
1984 |
No |
No |
No |
S/SG |
State |
NJ + |
|
|
Total |
Total |
|
187 |
3187 |
409 |
558 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
2 –Has
no caves or land |
Pennsylvania
Cave Conservancy |
PCC |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
No |
1984 |
No |
No |
No |
S/P |
States |
PA + |
|
Canadian Cave
Conservancy |
CaCC |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
No |
1986 |
No |
No |
Yes |
S/P |
Nation |
Canada |
|
|
1 -. Failed Cave
conservancies Or transferred
conservancy function to other organization |
Black Hills
Cave Conservancy |
BHCC |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
No |
2002 est. |
? |
? |
? |
? |
Region |
SD |
|
Bluegrass
Karst Conservancy |
BKC |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
No |
2003 |
? |
? |
Yes |
? |
Region |
KY |
|
|
Ellis Cave
Conservancy |
ECC |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
No |
1985 |
No |
? |
? |
? |
1 cave |
1 cave |
|
|
Greater
Cincinnati Grotto - the conservancy function was given to RKC |
GCG |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
No |
1989/ |
No |
? |
No |
S/P |
1 cave |
1 cave |
Column Headings
1 - Criteria for ranking
of conservancy Own or lease: p = Number of cave properties, km = kilometers of
cave passage, ha = number of hectares of karst land managed
2 - Conservancy name
3 – Conservancy
abbreviation
4 - Number of properties
owned, leased, or managed
5 - Number of acres owned,
leased, or managed
6 - Number of caves owned,
leased, or managed
7 - Miles of cave passage
owned, leased, or managed
8 - Is cave or land
ownership the primary means of management or control?
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.