Listed here are some more details on our achievements, which you may find interesting:
Children's Museum of Richmond
Call
(804) 474-7000 for times and information. The Children's Museum of Richmond has moved to their new home next to the Science Museum of Virginia at 2626 West Broad Street, Richmond VA. and best of all the CAVE is there.
VIRGINIA NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM AND VIRGINIA SCIENCE MUSEUM
After touring, the exhibit was modified for permanent exhibition and is housed at Grand Caverns Regional Park, Grottoes, VA.
Grand Caverns
is owned by the Upper Valley Regional
Park Authority and the commercial cave is on the grounds of an extensive park. There is no charge to see the exhibit located in the cave's visitors building or to visit the other park areas and facilities.
VIRGINIA AND WEST VIRGINIA BOOK DONATION
The book "Speleology" the Study of Caves
was distributed to all public libraries in the karst areas of Virginia and West Virginia.
PROJECT UNDERGROUND
Project Underground Inc.,
a non profit organization was created by the Richmond Area Speleological Society.
The purpose of Project Underground Inc. is to create and build awareness and responsible attitudes toward karst and cave resources and their management needs among future decision-makers, particularly through the education of the public in school grades K through 12.
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KARST WATERS INSTITUTE
BIOLOGY-HYDROLOGY MINI-CAMP
The Mini-Camps
are sponsored to increase caver awareness of the biology and hydrology aspects of caves and to add to the data base knowledge of karst areas..
CONFERENCES
CCV has host the welcoming parties for a conference at Hendees, Conservation & Protection of Biota Karst and a karst modeling conference on Movement and Containment of Water in Karst Aquifers.
Omega, Franklin Pit, and Parson Cave
In 2003 we purchased Omega, Franklin Pit, and Parson Cave in SW Virginia.
In
a joint project with the Richmond Area Speleological Society, we have sponsored a man-made cave in Richmond, Virginia. It stands 16 feet tall, 54 feet long, and 20 feet wide, and has the look and feel of a real cave right down to the temperature. Since its opening, thousands of children have been able to explore and experience the wonderment of a cave. Along with their tour, they receive a message on the importance of cave conservation.
In
a joint project with the Virginia Natural History Museum, a mobile mini-theater and exhibit were created to tour various locations in the Virginias and educate the public on the geology, biology, hydrology, history and ecology of caves and karst terrain. Some of the locations visited were:
Charlottesville;
Radford University;
Natural History - VPI;
Natural History - Martinsville;
Virginia Watershed Association Annual Meeting;
Staunton;
Virginia Science Museum - Richmond;
The pictures from this exhibit are now at Grand Caverns, Grottoes, VA;
