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2007 National Cave and Karst Management Symposium
October 8 - 12  St. Louis, Missouri
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Welcome to the NCKMS 2007 Website!

The focus of this symposium will be Cave & Karst  Conservation in the Ozarks

There have been some significant additions to the website--check the Latest News and see our major sponsors, below.  More information on our sponsors can be found on the sponsors page.  

T-Shirts are now available for $17.  They can be purchased through the website (click on Registration and sign in with your account information) or at the registration desk.

Overview: The 2007 National Cave & Karst Management Symposium is being hosted by the Missouri Department of Conservation and the Missouri Caves & Karst Conservancy.  It will be held October 8-12, 2007 at the Holiday Inn SW & Viking Conference Center, 10709 Watson Road, St. Louis, MO 63127. Nearby is the Missouri Department of Conservation’s beautiful Powder Valley Nature Center, where a free public event will be held on Tuesday, October 9th, including a cave photo exhibit and a speaker panel, followed by refreshments in the lobby. PVNC has a large auditorium, which accommodates 250 and has state-of-the-art projection and sound equipment.  PVNC also has a nature trail, interesting nature exhibits and a nature shop.

The chair of the NCKMS 2007 is William R. Elliott, the Missouri Department of Conservation's Cave Biologist.

The co-chair is Jim Kaufmann, secretary of the Missouri Caves and Karst Conservancy, Inc.  

The current president of MCKC is Alicia Lewis

Supporting Sponsors
The National Speleological Foundation

The National Speleological Foundation (NSF) is a non-profit organization that manages and invests funds for cave/karst related organizations. It currently manages 27 different Funds  for such organizations as the NSS, CRF, RASS, Michigan Karst, and  others. It also provides grants to individuals and organizations for cave/karst projects and research studies.
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Missouri Caves & Karst Conservancy

National Cave and Karst Research Institute
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Hartwig Cave Protection Fund & Randy Long

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Contributing Sponsors
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Hoffman Environmental Research Institute

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National Speleological Society
The Nature Conservancy
The Nature Conservancy, Tennessee Chapter

Oklahoma Chapter

Arkansas Chapter

Missouri Chapter

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West Virginia Cave Conservancy
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University of Missouri--Rolla Geosciences
UMR Department of Geological Sciences and Engineering
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Ozark Underground Laboratory
Missouri Department of Natural Resources
Missouri Department of Natural Resources Division of State Parks

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Cave Research Foundation
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The website has been extensively updated! Check out Sponsors and Program.

Banquet Speaker

This year's banquet speaker will be Blaine Schubert . The subject of his talk will be "Cave and Karst Paleontology in North America".

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