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Virginia Region of the NSS Communications Listserv Region Record Archives SpeleoDigest Index to VAR Caves Conservation Cave Bucks Cave Conservancies Cave Laws Closed Caves Closed Cave List Spring Cleaning Events Earth Day Restoration Spring VAR Fall VAR Regional Projects How to Host a VAR VAR Awards Landowner Recognition Award Outstanding Service Award Constitution Charter Grant Guidelines Grottoes History Officers Past VAR Meetings VAR Meeting Minutes Search ... You are here: Joomla Virginia Region of the NSS The Virginia Region of the National Speleological Society consists of 40+ local caving groups in and around Virginia and surrounding states. We promote the study and science of speleology, explore and maps caves, protect and conserve caves, manage limited access caves, and generally promote safe caving throughout the region, and promote fellowship and cooperation among all Regional cavers and organizations. Web Site Under Construction - Please Pardon Our Dust! We just had to upgrade our CMS and revert to an old backup. The look may be a little different, and the out-of-date stuff will be updated soon. Most of the content is back, but the forms are still missing, and there are surely plenty of broken links yet. Please bear with us. If your grotto’s website URL has changed because of the NSS server move, please contact the webmaster (mcjames_verizon_net) so we can update your listing. WVACS Classic - June 7-9, 2024. WVACS will host their annual Classic, an introduction into area project caving. Various caving and digging trips will be offered, with optional catered dinner, speaker, and party Saturday evnings. Details on their website. OTR - Elkins, WV, Usual Bat Time! Same bat time, same bat channel. This year’s theme is CAVING. OCR - Elkins, WV, September 20-22, 2024! The Eastern Region, National Cave Rescue Commission (ER-NCRC) is pleased to announce an Orientation to Cave Rescue (OCR) September 20-22 in Elkins, WV. Classes will be held at the Elkins Fire Department and camping will be at the Old Timers Reunion site in Dailey. NCRC thanks the Elkins FD and The Robertson Association (TRA) for their hospitality. Need a Program for your Grotto’s Virtual Meeting? Since most grottoes are still having virtual meetings, video programs can be a challenge due to bandwidth limitations. Several VAR members have been active converting the old NSS slide shows to PowerPoint and PDF format. Twenty-nine programs have already been converted, with more on the way. Feel free to download and use for your grotto’s meeting! There is no rental charge, as there was with the physical slides. VAR Earth Day Sinkhole Cleanout - April 26-28 Thanks to all who came out and helped! Has your grotto been doing conservation? If your grotto has been involved in any cave/karst conservation projects within last 6 months, please send anything from a 1-liner to a full report including the following info: Who, What, When, and Where to VAR Conservation chair Janet Tinkham at janete at shentel dot net for ouro annual conservation summary. Your input is valuable for reporting... and letting the caving community know what we’ve been involved in AND a sharing of resouces! Thanks! Photo Banner Credits A huge Thank You to Nikki Fox for kindly providing the VAR caving images used in our rotating header!!! Latest Articles Spring VAR 2024 VAR Earth Day Restoration Project VAR Earth Day Restoration Project 2024 Fall VAR 2022 Spring Cleaning List of VAR...