Missouri Caves

Conserving Missouri's Caves and Karst

from the Missouri Conservationist

• Below Missouri Karst
• Karst Groundwater
• Missouri Cave Life
• Missouri Bats
• Milestones of Missouri's Hidden Hollows
• Bristly Cave Crayfish
• Ghost Fish of the Ozarks
• Cave Restoration

External Links

American Cave Conservation Association

ACCA is a nonprofit membership organization whose activities and proceeds are dedicated to the conservation of caves and related resources across the nation and around the world.

Bat Conservation International

BCI's mission is to teach people the value of bats, to protect and conserve critical bat habitats, and to advance scientific knowledge through research. All this while using a win-win beneficial solution that will benefit both bats and people.

Missouri State School of Mines: MSM Spelunker's Club

The MSM Spelunker's Club is the oldest caving club in Missouri and is devoted to the safe exploration, protection, conservation, and documentation of caves and karst regions.

Ozark Caving

A site dedicated to caving in Missouri.

Rock Bridge Memorial State Park: Devil's Icebox Wild Cave Tours

A DNR site detailing how to sign up for tours of the Devil's Icebox (near Columbia Missouri) and what to expect in the cave itself.

The University of Texas at Austin: Biospeleology, The Biology of Caves, Karst, and Groundwater

This page is sponsored by the Texas Memorial Museum, The University of Texas at Austin, and the Missouri Department of Conservation and is dedicated to exploring the world of cave biology (biospeleology). It includes a pictoral guide to Missouri cave life.

USDA Forest Service: Blanchard Springs Caverns

Blanchard Springs Caverns in the Ozark-St. Francis National Forests, Arkansas, is administered by the U.S. Forest Service and is a three-level system, but only two levels of the caverns are open for guided tours.

watersheds.org: The Connection between Karst Topography and Nonpoint Source Pollution

A "watershed nonpoint source pollution" presentation for the Bryant Creek Watershed Project with a mini grant from the Missouri DNR. Some elements of this presentation require the Flash plug-in.