A first introduction to the 2017 National Cave & Karst Management Symposium, to be held in Eureka Springs, Arkansas on 16-20 October 2017.

1. 2017 National Cave and
Karst Management
Symposium
October 16-20, 2017
Eureka Springs, Arkansas
Photo courtesy of the Basin Park Hotel

2. An Ancient Landscape with Modern
Problems.
Photo Courtesy of Smallin Civil War Cave, Ozark, MO NPS Photo by Chuck Bitting

3. Meeting Venue
The meeting venue will be the Grand Ballroom
of the 1905 Basin Park Hotel in Downtown
Eureka Springs, Arkansas.
Photos courtesy of the Basin Park Hotel

4. Rooms in the 1905 Basin Park Hotel
The hotel offers a variety of room styles for most every
need. All rooms will be at the government per diem rate.
Photos courtesy of the Basin Park Hotel

5. The Howdy Party and Banquet will
be held in the 1886 Crescent Hotel
Photos courtesy of the 1886 Crescent Hotel

6. Crystal Dining Room
Banquet Venue Photo courtesy of the 1886 Crescent Hotel

7. Conservatory
Howdy Party Venue

8. 1886 Crescent Hotel Guest Rooms
Photos courtesy of the 1886 Crescent Hotel

9. Things to do
• Shopping
• Hiking
• Ghost Tours
• Massage
• Dining
• Drinking
• Mtn. Biking
• Bass Fishing
• Caving
• Canoeing
• Hunting
• Trout Fishing

10. Possible Urban Karst Field Trip
• Urban Karst of the Springfield, MO area.

11. • Springfield Missouri is located on a karst
plateau, commonly known as the Springfield
Plateau.
• The Springfield plateau consists of a stack of
Mississippian aged limestones of several
hundred feet in thickness.
• The Springfield area has experienced fairly
rapid urbanization over the past 25 years,
resulting in numerous problems associated
with the interface between surface
development and the underlying karst.

12. Buffalo National River Karst Fieldtrip

13. • America’s first National River, Buffalo National
River was established to preserve a very scenic
free-flowing stream in the southern Ozarks.
• A significant section of the Buffalo River has
come under threat from animal wastes as a
result of the construction of a large Confined
Animal Feeding Operation (CAFO) along a
major tributary.
• The CAFO is entirely on karst.
• The field trip will discuss this issue as well as
an overview of the karst development in this
area.

14. Potential Workshops
• A geologic float trip down the Buffalo River
• Cave Gating Basics
• Cave Databases
• Introduction to Dye Tracing
• Introduction to bat acoustic survey
techniques.

15. Any Questions?
Photo by Carol Bitting