The West Virginia Cave Conservancy Inc., (WVCC) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to conserving and protecting important cave and karst resources of the Virginias for future generations.. Caves contain a fragile beauty only found underground. In addition, their streams and passages provide irreplaceable environments for specially adapted, and often rare, species of animals, most of which ...

WVCC Scientific Collections Policy. Collections of biological specimens, geological materials, paleontological remains, archaeological materials, or any other material from a cave or property owned or managed by the West Virginia Cave Conservancy …

WVCC purchased a 3.5 acre parcel, fee simple. The parcel fronts the public road and the caves are roughly in the center of the property. The topography consists of a prominent steep sided sinkhole with a stream running the length of the sinkhole and entering the Friars Hole Cave.

Members have also created two new brochures that provide information about caves to people living in karst areas. One brochure, titled “Got Caves?We Can Help,” conveys to landowners the importance of protecting caves, and lists the ways that WVCC can help the landowner.Another brochure, titled “Living on Karst” is a general educational brochure that informs people about the development ...

Introduction. In late December of 2014 D.L. Roy and Pamela Harrington generously donated a 3.5-acre property to West Virginia Cave Conservancy (WVCC), a non-profit West Virginia corporation, containing the only accessible entrance to Hancock Cave in Smyth County, Virginia.

Introduction. The West Virginia Cave Conservancy (WVCC), a non-profit, West Virginia Corporation, purchased approximately 5 acres from DNB, LLC that includes the lands around the Scott Entrance to Maxwelton Sink Cave, which is a part of the Great Savannah Cave System (GSCS) in Greenbrier County, West Virginia.

A wealth of information on conservation efforts, geology and historical background, as well as insight to the diligence, persistence, and connectivity required of dedicated WVCC volunteers, landowners, and community to preserve our cave heritage can be found in our WVCC newsletters called The Open Cave.

Introduction. The West Virginia Cave Conservancy (WVCC), a non-profit, West Virginia corporation, manages and protects the property, in which Rapps Cave includes, for the Ratliff family in Greenbrier County, West Virginia.

Introduction. The West Virginia Cave Conservancy (WVCC), a non-profit, West Virginia corporation, has purchased approximately five acres that includes the Persinger Entrance to the Benedict Cave System in Greenbrier County, West Virginia.

Hydrologically, Savannah Cave is located within the Davis Spring Drainage basin and is an important window into that basin. The Waterfall in the Big Room flows year round, and, by volume, is one of the larger underground waterfalls in West Virginia.