Appalachian Cave Conservancy

Appalachian Cave Conservancy is a nonprofit, tax-exempt Virginia corporation founded in 1978 to protect caves through effective stewardship and conservation practices, operating as a conservancy of the National Speleological Society. Its members -- cave owners, cave managers, cavers, and speleologists -- study, map, and document caves and karstlands, and the organization provides gating and conservation services to cave owners in southwest Virginia and eastern Tennessee.