Summer Billy Clay Work Weekend
By Walt HammSaturday August 22, 2015 was this year’s maintenance work day at the preserve.
Preserves
Hall Cave Bat Numbers Dwindling
This past winter, as we do every year, MAKC members do a bat count in
Library Books Catalogued
Cataloguing all of the books in the MAKC library was a challenge, a time-consuming challenge.
Billy Clay Work Weekend
In August of 2014, a number of MAKC members, board members and volunteers took part
Virginia is for Cave Lovers
The MAKC decided to hold its August meeting in Virginia for the second year in
Brick Project Progressing
MAKC is raising money for its library and education center in Blairsville by giving cavers
Cleversburg Cave Description
March 2 CURRENT STATUS: This gated cave is located on property owned by Southampton Township.
MAKC House Projects
The MAKC recently acquired a house in Blairsville, Pennsylvania, for approximately $28,000, paid in full
Barbara Schomer, NSS 18003 FE August 8, 1942- November 2, 2011
March 3 NSS Fellow and Life Member Barbara Schomer died November 2, 2011 after a
Bear Cave Bat Mist-Netting and Graffiti Removal
October 19 On Friday, 05 August 2011, Joe Duchamp, Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Indiana
Cavers Discover Cause Of Collapse Inside Barton Cave
When cavers assisted researchers, the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, and the Pennsylvania Game
NSS President Visits MAKC Library
On a hot June day, when we had scheduled a front door replacement project at
Hesston Cave
Hesston Cave is a once-popular cave in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, near Raystown Lake. Owned by
Barton Cave, March 2, 2011
Greg Turner of the Pennsylvania Game Commission and Aura Stauffer of the Department of Conservation
Hall Cave Bat Count
Mike Schirato and Kaleb Hammond performed a bat count at the MAKC’s Hall Cave Preseve.
Hall Cave Struck With White Nose Syndrome
The Mid-Atlantic Karst Conservancy (MAKC) regrets to announce that the hibernating bats at its Hall
Hall Cave Collecting
Once our MAKC bat counting crew discovered White Nose Syndrome in Hall Cave, the conservancy
Harlansburg Connection Surveyed
JUNE 12, 2010 We hadn’t been in Harlansburg for a long time, due to the