WCC Conservation Grants are intended to be used to maintain and conserve cave and/or karst features in the western USA, or to provide support for related scientific research efforts related to cave conservation in the…
WCC Acquires Cave of the Catacombs
We are excited to announce that the Western Cave Conservancy has purchased the bulk of Cave of the Catacombs, including the main entrance. This gold country cave was first discovered by European settlers in 1850, but it had clearly been known to the natives for much longer, as evident by the presence of…
Setting the Standard on Clean Gear in Western…
Cavers in California recently got the unwelcome news that Pseudogymnoascus destructans (the fungus that causes WNS) has been detected in California bats. Sadly, it’s a day that we all knew was likely to come sooner or later,…
WNS Cross-Contamination Policy
In light of the devastation that White Nose Syndrome (WNS) has caused to bat populations in the eastern half of the United States, the WCC has developed an interim policy regarding the cross contamination of…