Keep Canada Clean
The following report is linked with information published in
Descent (245), since which time the protocols have been updated. For further details download the pdf released in November 2016.
White Nose Syndrome is a devastating disease that is destroying bat populations in North America and expanding its range at an alarming rate. The outbreak originated on the east coast of the USA and has not (yet) crossed the Rocky Mountains to gain the west coast of either the USA or Canada.
In an attempt to control the possible spread of the causative fungal spores, for some years US cavers have adopted a rigorous regime of decontaminating all clothing and equipment used underground. Following suit, Western Canada has also introduced its own controls to protect its bat populations. If you are caving in the region, whether as a local or visitor from the USA or Europe (where the fungus is extant in colonies of bats), please download the pdf rel
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Films and lectures
Caving films online
The following links have been prepared as a service to cavers, drawing on reviews and reports in
Descent. Each link will open a new window presenting films, documentaries and lectures on the subject of caving.
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Independent film-makers
Jerry Summers: Nickajack Cave - Lost To Progress? Friday, December 25, 2020 - by Jerry Summers
Jerry Summers
Submerged under the waters of Nickajack Lake on the Tennessee River below the site of the predecessor to Nickajack Dam, Hales Bar Dam, lies the historical and equally important archaeological lost treasure, Nickajack Cave. Nickajack Dam was designed to correct the engineering error of the original company, Tennessee Electric Power Company (TEPCO). TEPCO had erected the Hales Bar Dam in 1913 built on a limestone base that continuously leaked and was unable to be corrected.
As a result the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) took over the property after lengthy legal litigation in the 1930s and the problem continued. Plans developed to remove the Hales Bar Dam and to erect a new dam further down river which unfortunately included the flooding of Nickajack Cave and the placing of a rich source of history under water. Although the cave area has had a history of hu