CCV is proud to have contributed independently and in conjunction with various other nonprofit organizations on many educational, research, and environmental protection projects over the years. A sample of these projects include the following:
Spring 2023
- Assessing seep amphipod and isopod resilience to environmental warming by metabolic plasticity proxy (Stephen MacAvoy, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Science, American University)
Spring 2022
- Fate and transport of E. coli through karst systems (Jonathan A. Czuba, Ph.D., P.E.)
Previous
- Powell Mountain Karst Preserve
- Richmond Children’s Museum Cave Exhibit
- VA Natural History Museum and VA Science Museum Exhibit
- Book Donation Program for VA and WV Libraries in Karst Areas
- Project Underground School Programs
- Karst Waters Institute Biology Camp/Hydrology Camp
- Karst Waters Institute (KWI) Conference
- KWI Geomicrobiology and Redox Geochemistry Conference
- Nature Conservancy Hydrological Study of Unthanks Cave
- Nature Conservancy Cave Registry Program
- Nature Conservancy Cave Invertebrates Inventory
- Living on Karst: A guide for landowners and Karst Resource Conservation Planning
- Karst Hydrology Atlas for West Virginia
- West Virginia Cave Protection Act Signs
- Madison Cave Project
- Isopod Habitat Restoration (Madison Cave and area)
- Project “We’ll Help” – Education of Proper Cave Management
- Protection of Gray Bats in Hubbard’s Cave
- Funding of West Virginia Association for Cave Studies, Inc.
- Virginia Cave Board’s (Commonwealth of Virginia) “In Karstlands….
- What Goes Down, Must Come Up!” Poster
- Spring and Groundwater Resources Institute
- Groundwater Planning Conference
- Virginia Speleological Survey
- Various Local Charitable Donations/Volunteer Projects
- West Virginia Cave Conservancy
- Karst Resource Conservation Planning
- Appalachian Cave Conservancy
- Cave and Sinkhole Cleanouts
- “Growing Communities on Karst” workshop series