Leave No Trace, Location: Petersburg Outdoor center, Mayo. Date: July 27th 28th 2012 This leave no trace Trainers course is developed with cavers in mind and will offer participants a wonderful experience using the outdoors as its classroom. With numerous amounts of great locations to base practical skills and teaching on. Should the weather be [...]
The large cave spider Meta menardi (see image) has been elected Spider of the Year for 2012 by the European Society of Arachnology. I would greatly appreciate if cavers could keep their eyes peeled for this animal as they are entering cave systems through 2012. This large spider is completely harmless and occupies only the [...]
Please note the following dates for SUI training for the coming year Caving Fundamentals – March 10/11th – BOEC, Clare , Leave no Trace Trainers Course – July 14/15th – POEC, Galway BCL training - August 11th/12th – BOEC, Clare Cave Leader Training ( x2 weekends) – Dates TBC – GOEC, Fermanagh BCL Assessment – [...]
“Hydraulic fracturing is a technique for recovering gas from relatively impermeable rocks such as shale. It involves pumping water containing sand and chemicals into boreholes at high pressure causing them to fracture and so increase their permeability. SUI is concerned that if hydraulic fracturing is carried out near karst areas it will impact groundwater, hydrology [...]