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Setting the Standard on Clean Gear in Western…

Cavers in California recently got the unwelcome news that Pseudogymnoascus destructans (the fungus that causes WNS) has been detected in California bats. Sadly, it’s a day that we all knew was likely to come sooner or later,…

Spring 2026 WCC Board Meeting

Helictites. The next board meeting for the WCC will be on Sunday April 12, 2026 starting at 1:00 p.m. Contact us at mail@westerncaves.org for the Zoom link.

Donation from SPAR

One of the exercises during the SPAR class. Photo by Roger Mortimer. Recently the WCC received a generous donation of $500 from the Small Party Assisted Rescue (SPAR) class held at Ripple Cave over the…

Cave Clean up at Spence and Spirit Caves,…

There will be a cave clean up to remove graffitti and trash at Spence and Spirit Caves near Cody, Wyoming on 19-22 September 2024. The work, a joint effort of Oregon High Desert Grotto, Bat…

National Cave and Karst Management Symposium

Cave and karst resource management spans a wide array of scientific and recreational disciplines. Across North America, responsible stewardship of these fragile ecosystems necessitates a broad-spectrum approach to both problems and solutions. Since 1975, the…

WCC Conservation Grants Available

WCC Conservation Grants are intended to be used to maintain and conserve cave and/or karst features in the western USA, or to provide support for related scientific research efforts related to cave conservation in the…

Malheur Cave Graffiti Clean Up

The Malheur Cave Clean-Up Project took an amazing team of volunteers, hundreds of hours, andthousands of dollars (mostly for new hose) to complete. Every person who came out did an amazingamount of work, and was…