Cave and Karst News
Once a month the NCKRI News is sent out via our mailing list and social media. In this newsletter we share about NCKRI initiatives, upcoming events, funding deadlines, professional opportunities, plus other cave and karst news. If you would like to join our mailing list feel free to sign up! If you have any news you wish to share or have added to the calendar please email us at .
NCKRI News: Monthly Cave and Karst Updates
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September 2024
TBD
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August 2024
TBD
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June 2024
Several students from Academic Director, Dr. Dan Jones’s lab graduated. Devra Willingham assisted Dr. Jones with NMT graduate students Joe Hoberg and Autumn Weber in a NASA funded planetary protect research project at Carlsbad Caverns. NCKRI staff participated in other trainings and conferences.
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March 2024
NMT BIOL 3043 undergraduate and graduate students visited Lincoln National Forest and Carlsbad Caverns National Park to investigate microbial communities in cave systems.
2023 News
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December 2023
Employee spotlight of Karst Hydrologist Lewis Land, in honor of his retirement. Updates from New Mexico Tech Cave and Karst Studies Program: Carol Hill presenting as part of the NCKRI Seminar Series and Intro to Cave Geology class field trip to El Malpais National Monument.
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November 2023
The November issue looks back on multiple outreach events that occurred in October; Geological Society of America, Annual Solar Eclipse Watch and the New Mexico Geological Society’s Fall Field Conference.
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October 2023
NCKRI was visited by National Park Service Geologic Resources Division (GRD), the NASA Goddard Instrument Field Team (GIFT) and assisted with the Southwestern Region of the National Speleological Society (NSS) Fall Regional. Plus an update from the Cave & Karst Studies Program and a recap of Better Together Clean-Up in celebration of National Public Lands Day.
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September 2023
Update on the Cave & Karst Studies Program, information on the NCKRI Director Search and restoration of Valles Caldera’s Sulfur Springs. Plus upcoming events and announcements.
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June 2023
Cave Night at NCKRI headquarters, STEM night at Southeast New Mexico College, and reconnaissance geo microbial study at Capulin Volcano. Plus Cave Week and other educational resources.