Prepared for the National Cave and Karst Research Institute, National Park Service, U. S. Department of the Interior

Published by the Karst Waters Institute (SP-8).
Format: Softbound, 81 pages (8.5x11").


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Table of Contents:

Part 1- Cave Resources and Processes
Introduction
FCRPA
Caves
Significance of Caves
Karst
Surface Features
Karst Drainage Basins and Hydrology
Cave Minerals and Speleothems
Conserving Cave Minerals
Biology
Cave Paleontology
Archeology
Cave History
Anthropogenic Threats to Caves and Karst

Part 2- Management Guidelines for Cave Resource Protection
Cave Protection
Cave Protection Laws
Jurisdictional Boundaries and Cave Ownership
Inventory
Public Access to Protected Caves
Cave User Groups
Caving Safely and Rescue and Evacuation
Cave Closure and Gating
Education and Interpretive Programs
Urbanization Effects on Caves and Karst
Agricultural Impacts to Caves and Karst
Logging and Forestry in Karst Areas
Spills and Water Contamination Episodes
Quarries and Mines
Oil and Gas Wells

Part 3- Management Tools and Investigative Methods
Cave Inventory
Cave Mapping
Drainage Basin Delineation
Water Tracing
Digging for and within Caves
Monitoring
Summary of Cave Resource Protection Guidelines
References
Appendices
Glossary
Biographical Sketches of the Writers