Subscribe to RSS Feed (Opens in New Window)

Schedule
2013
Friday, February 15th
8:10 AM

Effects of Prescribed Fire on Mammoth Cave National Park’s Oak-Hickory Vegetation

Jesse A. Burton, Barrens to Bayous Fire Monitoring Network, Natchez Trace Parkway Fire Management Team

8:10 AM

8:30 AM

LiDAR: A Multi-Application Management Tool

John Wall, North Carolina State University
Hugh Devine, North Carolina State University
George Crothers, University of Kentucky
Justin Shedd, North Carolina State University

8:30 AM

8:50 AM

Evaluation of Stormwater Filters at Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky, 2011-12

Sean McMillian, Tennessee State University
Ashley West, Tennessee State University
David Solomon, Tennessee State University
Roger Diehl, University of Wisconsin
Victor Roland, Tennessee State University,Univ. of Arkansas, Fayetteville
Irucka Embry, Tennessee State University
Rick Toomey, MCICSL, Mammoth Cave National Park, Western Kentucky University

8:50 AM

9:10 AM

History of Long Cave

Stanley D. Sides, Cave Research Foundation
Norman L. Warnell, Cave Research Foundation

9:10 AM

9:45 AM

History of Crawling Tours at Mammoth Cave

Janet Bass Smith, Mammoth Cave National Park

9:45 AM

10:05 AM

How Did Max Kämper and Ed Bishop Survey Mammoth Cave?

Rick Olson, Science and Resources Management, Mammoth Cave National Park
Bernd Kliebhan, MCICSL, Mammoth Cave National Park, Western Kentucky University
Rick Toomey, MCICSL, Mammoth Cave National Park, Western Kentucky University

10:05 AM

10:25 AM

Restoring the Kämper Map for the 21st Century: A Digital Approach

Tres Seymour, Mammoth Cave National Park

10:25 AM

10:45 AM

The Making of a Connection: Exploration/Survey in Whigpistle Cave System

Patricia Kambesis, Cave Research Foundation
Joel Despain, Cave Research Foundation
Chris Groves, Hoff man Environmental Research Institute, Western Kentucky University

10:45 AM

11:05 AM

In-Cave and Surface Geophysics to Detect a “Lost” River in the Upper Levels of the Mammoth Cave System

Timothy D. Bechtel, Franklin and Marshall College
Chet Hedden, Cave Research Foundation
J.D. Mizer, University of Arizona
Ute Bellmann, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Sarah Truebe, University of Arizona
Kenneth Dresang, University of Arizona
Ellen Bechtel, Wellesley College

11:05 AM

1:00 PM

Correlating NOx levels at Mammoth Cave National Park with Solar Irradiance

Matthew Nee, Western Kentucky University

1:00 PM

1:20 PM

Analysis of Kyrock for Leaching of Impurities in Synthetic Rainwater

Santhosh Kumar, Western Kentucky University

1:20 PM

1:40 PM

Partners in Water Quality Monitoring at Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky

Thomas D. Byl, Tennessee State University, US Geological Survey (USGS)
Rick Toomey, MCICSL, Mammoth Cave National Park, Western Kentucky University
Shannon R. Trimboli, Western Kentucky University
Lonnie Sharpe, Jr., Tennessee State University
Roger Painter, Tennessee State University

1:40 PM

2:00 PM

Antibiotic Resistance and Substrate Utilization by Bacteria Affi liated with Cave Streams at Diff erent Levels of Mammoth Cave

Petra Byl, U.S. Geological Survey
Shannon R. Trimboli, Western Kentucky University
Rick Toomey, MCICSL, Mammoth Cave National Park, Western Kentucky University
Jacob Byl, Vanderbilt University
David Solomon, Tennessee State University
Tom Byl, Tennessee State University, US Geological Survey (USGS)

2:00 PM

2:20 PM

Misconceptions Among Us: Evaluating Informal Karst Education in the United States and Abroad

Leslie A. North, Hoff man Environmental Research Institute, Western Kentucky University

2:20 PM

7:00 PM

Sump Diving “River Caves”

Mark Wenner, Cave Research Foundation

7:00 PM