The Board of Trustees of the Cave Conservancy of the Virginias met the weekend of April 28 at the scenic Mountain Lakes Hotel near Pembroke, Virginia. There was pressing business to install a new roof at CCV's Water park/ bingo hall before major damage is done to the buildings. About $25000* was allocated for roofing. About $22,000 was granted to a project to publish the first of a series of waterproof regional field guides to cave organisms, starting with one for Virginia. The Butler Cave Conservation Society asked for and received $8000 for the purpose of buying the Robins Rift cave property. Robins Rift is at the periphery of the great hydrologically connected Burnsville Cove system. Three times Robins Rift has been opened and three times it has collapsed. This time the plan is to build a stable entrance. Not much passage has been mapped but it has a lot of moving air. Finally, CCV Chair Mike Ficco released $500 to a project to dye trace the resurgence of Mountain Lake, which has been largely empty for the last decade, although it appears to be filling back up now. All the likely nearby springs and streams have tested negative for the dye, which was dumped as close as possible to the apparent drain holes.
*Except as noted, all expenditures were split 50/50 with our sister organization, the Cave Conservancy Foundation.
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