| June 2026 Minutes | | Meeting was held on June 02, 2026 | | Minutes recorded by: Darcy Phillips |
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| Attending | - Jordan Glassman (Host)
- Riley Siders
- Nichole Alton
- Lee Ann Dean
- Tammy Tucker
- William Tucker
- Pierson Miller
- Tim Kohtz
- Brian Alger
- Matt Brasher
- Gunnison Brasher
- Jenson Brasher
- Darcy Phillips
| | Old Business | - Covered last month's minutes
- Officer Reports:
$955.19 in Treasury
| | New Business | - New project leaders for CRF: William & Tammy Tucker; Derek Bristol, survey; Jenna Crabtree, Lechuguilla; Pat Cicero, algae cleaning (Rock of Ages); Gabe Montemayor, Lower Cave; Janice Tucker, lint cleaning. LeeAnn will pass on info about trips. Hunter setting up a trip for the Tuckers.
- Looked at list of upcoming/available Ft. Stanton trips.
- John Cochran looking to set up a Lake Cave restoration trip for November, needs volunteers. Involves a long, difficult hike in Slaughter canyon, but a highly recommended cave.
- Strong recommendation that members create caving resumes to showcase experience, what we’ve done and where we’ve been, have you been a trip leader, etc. Handy for getting permits and bringing people in on trips. Jenna Crabtree’s resume offered as an example.
- Resistivity Trip September 19th-27th in Ft. Stanton with John McClean. Hiking and marking trip, no underground.
- Celebration for Phyllis Spino- tentative Fall/Winter out at Washington Ranch.
- Ft. Stanton repair trip with Mike Manser in August. Information is on SignUpGenius, just search Mike’s name. If a trip looks full, keep an eye out for people dropping out, or contact Mike about a waitlist for the trip.
- Backcountry caves at Carlsbad National Park- need resto groups to go in and do work in Slaughter Canyon. Send proposals to Hunter. Need to be able to provide a trip leader, must be someone with 3+ visits to the cave. The grotto might be limited to Christmas Tree Cave.
- Ralph Canyon/Blowing Crack Dig- opening the dig to volunteers outside of LAG? Consensus to prioritize spots for LAG members on scheduled trips, any remaining spots can go to volunteers from outside the grotto. Working with Georgia, need to have environmental impact study. Settling paperwork will probably take the better part of the summer.
| | Trip Reports | - Millrace Cave- Darcy/LeeAnn/Ryan/Pierson- Moffet was unable to get the permits for the cave so the trip turned into ridgewalking the lava field. Started off around noon on Saturday. The group split after getting about 1/3rd of a mile in with the slower hikers making a short loop back east while the rest kept trekking out to a point. Managed to find one hole that could be worth investigating, mostly got to hang out with the Sandia Grotto crew.
- Ft. Stanton- Pierson- Assisted on leading a high school group hauling water for restoration. Moved 64 two-liter bottles from the entrance to the lunchroom on Sunday. On Monday pulled the water through Hellhole to reach Three-way Hill.
- Dig Report- Tammy & William/Brian/LeeAnn/Ryan- Joined by a Karst Specialist from the BLM, suspects a few miles of cave, digging to the right of the BFR. Hauled out some tools that were rusty or unusable. Could use some new buckets and digging tools. Still somewhat stuck about what to do with the rock.
| | Upcoming Trips | - Sonora Resto Trip- June 6th-7th
- Sand Cave- July 11th-12th
- Ft. Stanton Radio Telemetry- July 6th
- Ft. Stanton Photogrammetry- July 24th-25th
- Ft. Stanton Resistivity Trip- September 19th-27th
| | Program | - Cave Rescue Training by Jordan Glassman
| | Next Meeting | - July 7, 2026
- 7:00 PM
- Tucker Residence
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