What does KarstEEP do? Our recent activities include

Presentations to elementary school, high school, public, and university-level students on cave and karst education.

Advice and assistance to the Living Arts & Science Center, Lexington KY for its "Caves in Your Backyard" display and teaching curriculum.

Assistance to the Western Kentucky Speleological Survey.

Assistance to Kentucky's Watershed Watch in the development and support of Subterranean Watershed Watch, now in its fourth year of training cavers to conduct water quality sampling of cave streams and springs in KY.

Advice and support for efforts to preserve the Turnhole Spring Basin Watershed and to protect and clean up Crystal Cave and Preston's Spring Cave in Lexington, KY.

Collaboration with other scientific and educational groups, such as Kentucky Waterways Alliance and Citizens' Agenda for Rivers.

Submittal of detailed comments on Mammoth Cave National Park's cell tower proposal and proposed revisions to the 1-hr. ozone maintenance plan for Edmonson County (home of Mammoth Cave National Park).

Tabling at Mammoth Cave National Park to educate visitors about development threats to the park, which is also a United Nations-designed World Heritage Site and International Biosphere Reserve.

Commenting on the NPS 2006 Draft Management Plan for the National Park Service.

Serving as a consulting party in the National Historic Preservation Act Section 106 process for the EKPC proposed power line.

Providing mentoring and support for karst protection groups in KY and W VA. Participating in the I-66 comment process.