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Regional Stewardship Managers	To help you get the information you need about our cave preserves, we have Regional Stewardship Coordinators who support our property managers and our Stewardship chair. If you have any questions about a cave in a particular state, try to contact the property manager for the cave you're interested in ...	2013-10-02	View
Events	Below is a brief outline of the SCCi's events. Follow the title links to learn more details about each. We hope to see soon!Bats Beer & BluegrassBats Beer and Bluegrass is an annual fundraiser held at Fricks Cave Preserve in September. The event includes a catered dinner and live blue ...	2013-10-01	View
Cave Cleanup Guidelines	The SCCi owns or manages several properties that have been vandalized, abused or used as illegal dump sites. Individuals and organizations wanting to help in the clean-up of these properties and sites are welcomed and encouraged by the SCCi. The following policy is designed to protect the properties, the caves, ...	2013-10-01	View
Sustaining Membership - Join, Upgrade or Modify Your Monthly Gift	Sustaining Membership is a way to save caves month after month after month. Your monthly gift makes it possible for SCCi to make long-term plans to acquire and protect caves. Your Sustaining Membership donations are conveniently billed to your credit/debit card or directly from your bank account on a regular, monthly ...	2013-09-08	View
Regular Membership	SCCi membership is only $35 per year. With your membership you will receive: 1. SCCi's email newsletter 2. Membership Card & Lanyard 3. Stickers for your car and gear 4. Invitation to Member Only Events 5. Discount Bats, Beer & Bluegrass tickets 6. $10 off an order over $100 at InnerMountain Outfitters ...	2013-09-08	View
One Time Donation	Whether you have visited an SCCi Preserve or just like to know you are part of protecting one of the Southeast's most unique natural resources, we appreciate your decision to make a donation today. SCCi is the world's largest land conservancy solely dedicated to cave and karst conservation. It currently protects ...	2013-09-08	View
Buy a Tumbling Rock Brick		2013-09-08	View
Rusty's Cave, Fox Mountain Preserve		2013-01-09	View
Jack's Hole		2013-01-09	View
Neversink	The first preserve we actually bought!	2013-01-09	View
Kennamer Cave		2013-01-09	View
Howard's Waterfall Cave		2013-01-09	View
Horse Skull Cave	Horse Skull Cave is in Alabama.	2013-01-09	View
Cemetery Pit, Fox Mountain Preserve	Cemetery Pit is a popular vertical cave on Fox Mountain. Here are some photos of the cave by JV Van Swearingen IV.	2013-01-09	View
Fern Cave	Here are some photos of Fern Cave in Alabama.	2013-01-09	View
Sustaining Membership Program	Did you know that for the cost of a fast-food lunch you can buy a cave? How? By becoming a Sustaining Member of the SCCi! The Conservancy needs a steady income to make mortgage payments on all current acquisitions such as Fern Cave and Steward Spring Cave. Your monthly contribution ...	2013-01-09	View
Planned Giving: The Valhalla Society	The Southeastern Cave Conservancy, through its Valhalla Society, is working to protect and manage caves in the southeast. Its major activity is the acquisition of cave preserves, usually by purchase or lease. Contributions from members and donors are always needed for new acquisitions.These come through wills, bequest and insurance or ...	2013-01-09	View
Guidelines for Visiting SCCi Caves	Many SCCi preserves feature beautiful landscapes and photogenic cave entrances. Most of our preserves are open for hiking and photography at any time with no restrictions. However, if you are planning to go inside one of our caves, please follow these guidelines.Visiting SCCi Caves:SCCi members have committed enormous amounts of ...	2013-01-08	View
Commercial Use Policy	The Board of the Southeastern Cave Conservancy, Inc. (SCCi) bans the commercial use of our properties, and specifically, prohibits any activity where a charge of any type is made. Should you have any questions, send an email to info@scci.org.	2013-01-08	View
Preserve Maps	One of the SCCi's most popular fundraising programs is the "Buy a Piece of the Cave" program. You can buy an honorary piece of a cave passage or surface plot, your name is added to an outstanding map of the cave or surface plot of the property, and you will ...	2013-01-08	View
Research, Media and Special Use Permits	SCCi preserves are of great interest to explorers, scientists, historians, artists and others. We encourage the study and exploration of our preserves. Simultaneously, SCCi is committed to a conservation mission that ensures that our caves and preserves remain in their natural state for future generations.To balance these two goals, SCCi ...	2013-01-08	View
Fern Cave Photo Gallery		2013-01-03	View
Photo Gallery		2013-01-03	View
What We Do	The Southeastern Cave Conservancy buys caves!We buy caves to provide recreational caving access, to protect endangered species, to protect fragile watersheds, and to provide other types of recreational opportunities like photography, hiking, and camping, and to provide opportunities for scientific research. Sometimes if we are unable to actually buy property, ...	2013-01-03	View
Our Story	In the late 1980s, large parts of beautiful southeastern karst landscapes started to be closed to recreational access and threatened by development. A small group of caving enthusiasts started talking about how to protect a beautiful and pristine part of the landscape that many people don't think much about: caves. SCCi ...	2013-01-03	View
Contact Us	General Email Address: info@scci.orgResearch Application Contact InfoSee the Research Guidelines page for information about applying for a research permit.Snail mail:Southeastern Cave ConservancyPO Box 250Signal Mountain TN 37377Phone: 423.771.9671Check out our Facebookpages to connect with the SCCi and our supporters!	2013-01-02	View
Wolf River Cave Preserve	Wolf River Cave, photo courtesy of Bob BiddixWolf River Cave Wolf River Cave is more than eight miles long and is one of the most significant caves in North America in terms of its biology, anthropology, archeology and zoology. Many areas of the cave contain cultural resources or pristine ...	2013-01-02	View
Valhalla Cave Preserve	With its beautiful 227-foot entrance pitch and over a mile of cave at the bottom, Valhalla is one of the finest pit caves in the southeastern United States.SCCi hasestablished a good working relationship with the surrounding landowners and the hunting clubs that lease much of their property, and have obtained ...	2013-01-02	View
Tumbling Rock Cave Preserve	Tumbling Rock Cave, the Topless Dome. Photo by Nathan Williams.Tumbling Rock is one of Alabama's finest caves. SCCi started leasing the cave in January, 2008 and purchased the cave in July, 2011. This very special acquisition is the culmination of more than four years of extensive efforts by SCCi ...	2013-01-02	View
Steward Spring Cave Preserve	On Friday, September 26, 2008, the SCCi completed the purchase of Steward Spring Cave near Fort Payne, Alabama. Steward Spring Cave (AL 871) contains more than 15,000 feet of nicely decorated stream passage, along with an abundance of cave life.The cave was severely vandalized in the 1980s, and was later ...	2013-01-02	View
South Pittsburg Pit Preserve	South Pittsburg Pit is located in the city of South Pittsburg in Marion County, Tennessee. The cave has a beautiful 160-foot entrance pit and more than 2,200 feet of surveyed passage, and has been a popular destination forvisitors since its initial exploration by Chattanooga Grotto members in February 1964.South Pittsburg ...	2013-01-02	View
Snail Shell Cave Preserve	Snail Shell Cave is one of the most biologically significant cave sites in the Southeastern United States. In 1999, the cave was named one of the Top Ten Most Endangered Karst Communities by the Karst Waters Institute following its nomination by The Nature Conservancy of Tennessee. Primary threats to the ...	2013-01-02	View
Sinking Cove Cave Preserve	Custard Hollow CaveSCCi manages visitor access to the Sinking Cove area (also known as Compartment Four of the Carter Lands) under a lease agreement. The caves included in the lease are Sinking Cove Cave, Cave Cove Cave, and Custard Hollow Cave. The area was closed to visitors in February, ...	2013-01-02	View
Rattling Cave Preserve	Photo courtesy of Bob BiddixSCCi, in cooperation with the Appalachian Grottosecured access to Rattling Cave with a ten year lease.Rattling Cave was one of the earliest caves explored in the east Tennessee region by organized cavers. In 1949, William M. Morrison and eight others rigged ropes, ladders and pulleys ...	2013-01-02	View
Neversink Preserve	About NeversinkNeversink is a beautiful 162 foot open air pit in Jackson County Alabama. The bottom can only be reached using vertical caving skills, knowledge, and equipment to safely descend into its depths by rappelling a rope and ascending that same rope with specialty equipment to exit the cave. The ...	2013-01-02	View
Charles B. Henson Cave Preserve at Johnson's Crook	SCCi signed an agreement with the Georgia AlabamaLand Trust to lease and manageover 1,300 acres of Johnson's Crook in Dade County, Georgia. The Charles B. Henson Cave Preserve at Johnson's Crook will boast over 30 caves includingJohnson's Crook Cave,Lost Canyon Cave and Gypsy Cave. The lease agreement with the Georgia ...	2013-01-02	View
Logsdon Cave Preserve (William Halliday Cave Preserve)	SCCi leasesthe William R. Halliday Cave Preserve located in Hart County, Kentucky. The propertyis comprised of approximately 40 acres of wooded land located on the side of Northtown Ridge near Mammoth Cave, Kentucky. The property contains Logsdon Cave, a wet multi-drop cave. The entrance is a vertical shaft approximately 35 ...	2013-01-02	View
Lobelia Saltpeter Cave Preserve	The Lobelia Saltpeter Cave Preserve is located in Pocahontas County, WV. Lobelica Saltpeter Cave is a small but historically significant cave containing saltpeter works. The remains of a saltpeter water collection trough and wooden hand tools are the most significant artifacts found in the cave.There are very few speleothems of ...	2013-01-02	View
Limrock Blowing Cave Preserve	Limrock Blowing is a three-mile-long stream cave with large walking passage, pretty rooms, and nice formations. Limrock is one of SCCi's most popular caves, and for good reason. This cave does flood in wet weather so be cautious when planning your visit.Limrock Preserve includes the cave entrance and approximately 48 ...	2013-01-02	View
Kennamer Cave Preserve	Kennamer Cave, photo by Bob BiddixThe PreserveThe Kennamer Cave Preserve is one of the SCCi’s largest preserves in terms of acreage. Situated along Kennamer Hollow in Jackson County, Alabama, the property runs from the valley floor, at the parking area, to the top of the plateau at the north ...	2013-01-02	View
Jennings Cave Preserve	The Jennings Cave Preserve is located in Marion County, FL.NOTICE: To help prevent the spread of White Nose Syndrome (WNS) affecting bat populations, please read the SCCi Cave Visitation Policy and follow the guidelines to clean and disinfect your gear before and after visiting this cave.Preserve Information:Acreage: 0.5 acres in ...	2013-01-02	View
Howard's Waterfall Cave Preserve	Howard's Waterfall Cave is a nice, easy horizontal cave for novice and experienced cavers alike. Re-mapping by members of the Dogwood City Grotto in 1987 doubled the length of the cave. The cave has been heavily visited for many decades, and has suffered abuse and vandalism, including spray paint on ...	2013-01-02	View
Horse Skull Cave Preserve	Horse Skull cave is in Jackson County, AL.NOTICE: To help prevent the spread of White Nose Syndrome (WNS) affecting bat populations, please read the SCCi Cave Visitation Policy and follow the guidelines to clean and disinfect your gear before and after visiting these caves.Preserve Information:Acreage: 40 acres in Jackson County, ...	2013-01-02	View
Holly Creek Cave Preserve	The Holly Creek Cave Preserve near Iron City, TN ismanaged as a natural area and wildlife sanctuary to protect and preserve its unique attributes, including an important summer colony of endangered bats. SCCiand The Nature Conservancy of Tennessee (TNC) pooled their resources to buy this important gray bat cave. SCCi ...	2013-01-02	View
Hollow Ridge Cave Preserve	Hollow Ridge Cave is a few miles northeast of Marianna, Florida, in a small hill that rises about 40 feet above the Chipola River flood plain. The cave has four entrances and a surveyed length of 3,370 feet, making it one of the larger caves in the area. It is ...	2013-01-02	View
Gourdneck Cave Preserve	Due to the sensitive nature of this preserve, directions are provided to SCCi members only. Gourdneck Cave Preserve, photo by Kelly SmallwoodOn March 17, 1997, the final signatures were placed on a 25 year lease on Tennessee's Gourdneck Cave. The SCCi now has responsibility for the cave and has committed ...	2013-01-02	View
Glove Pit Preserve	At the 1995 SCCi Annual Meeting in Huntsville, Alabama, Bill Varnedoe and Carl Craig announced that Cavers Incorporated, a non-profit organization located in Huntsville, wouldturn over its assets, including Glove Pit, to the Southeastern Cave Conservancy. Cavers Inc. was formed by a group of Alabama cavers in the mid 1980's ...	2013-01-02	View
Frick's Cave Preserve	Frick's Cave. Photo by Alan Cressler.Frick's Cave in Georgia is the summer home of over 10,000 endangered gray bats, Georgia's only known population of the rare Tennessee cave salamander, and 33.8 acres of north Georgia karstland. Without a doubt, Frick's is Georgia's richest biologic spelean environment. It is one ...	2013-01-02	View
Frenchman Knob Cave Preserve	Frenchman Knob Cave, photo by Bob BiddixFrenchman Knob Cave is located in Hart County, Kentucky. It's one of the deepest pits in Kentucky and has an interesting history. Noted cave historian Angelo George wrote an article about this cave, explaining that the hill where the cave is located got ...	2013-01-02	View
Fox Mountain Preserve	Cemetery Pit, Fox Mountain Preserve. Photo by JV Van Swearingen, IVThe Fox Mountain preserve is oneof SCCi's richest cave and karst preserves. The area has a long history with cavers, and contains several of the finest caves in TAG. Cemetery Pit has long been a favorite of vertical cavers, ...	2013-01-02	View