Urban Karst Challenges: A Remediation Success Story
Session Type
Virtual Field Trip
Start Date
19-8-2020 11:30 AM
Description
This trip focused on urban and industrial impacts to Hidden River Cave and what has been called “the greatest cave restoration success story in the United States.” Learn about how the American Cave Conservation Association played an integral role in changing a ‘domestic and industrial sew-er’ back into a healthy cave ecosystem and show cave now visited by thousands of tourists and students each year. Leader: Dr. Pat Kambesis, Chair International Projects, Cave Research Foundation; Instructor of Geography/GIS, Western Kentucky University
Recommended Citation
Kambesis, Pat, "Urban Karst Challenges: A Remediation Success Story" (2020). Conservation of Fragile Karst Resources Proceedings. 13.
https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/con_karst_res_proc/con_karst_pro_2020/day_two/13
Urban Karst Challenges: A Remediation Success Story
This trip focused on urban and industrial impacts to Hidden River Cave and what has been called “the greatest cave restoration success story in the United States.” Learn about how the American Cave Conservation Association played an integral role in changing a ‘domestic and industrial sew-er’ back into a healthy cave ecosystem and show cave now visited by thousands of tourists and students each year. Leader: Dr. Pat Kambesis, Chair International Projects, Cave Research Foundation; Instructor of Geography/GIS, Western Kentucky University
Comments
This presentation was part of the Virtual Field Excursions Session:
Though virtual tours cannot replace the physical experience of visiting Mammoth Cave National Park and the Mammoth Cave Area Biosphere Reserve, our field trip leaders presented tour highlights, discussed related topics, and answered questions.