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To: cavers@co*.ci*.uf*.ed*
To: techdiver@opal.com
Subject: Re: actual dives
From: "Eric J. Piard" <ejp4c@sg*.un*.vi*.ed*>
Organization: University of Virginia, Physics Department
Cc: ejp4c@sg*.un*.vi*.ed*
Date: Mon, 17 Apr 1995 12:11:19 -0400
On Apr 15,  7:33pm, George Irvine wrote:

> Subject: actual dives
>    WKPP (Woodville Karst Plain Project) has been conducting a series of dives
> "around the clock" in Tallahassee at Indian Springs and Sally Ward Spring in
> an effort to document cave passage underneath and adjacent to a proposed RV
> park and gas station site on the corner of hwys 61 and 267 across from
Wakulla
> Springs. We have put all available team members in exploration, resurvey and
> video dives in an effort to put together a convincing package.
>
>   So far we have been successful in that we have placed Sally Ward up against
> the property in question and videoed this location. We were also able to add
a
> bunch of line and break the cave back open ( it had been rumored to be walled
> out). The video will be shown at the NSS workshop. We also have pushed Indian
> a couple thousand feet past the Wakulla Room (also thought to be walled out)
> and are working leads which ahould go under the property as well. In this
> effort we are taking turns diving in two man teams until Monday night in the
> eastbound tunnels.
>
>    On Monday night we go before the Wakulla County Commission with our arial
> photographs and cave overlays, our color topo maps with cave drawn in, our
> video, our team of outside experts, and our testimony to try blocking this
> proposal. Wish us luck - if we are successful, cave divers will look pretty
> good.
>   George Irvine
>
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>-- End of excerpt from <giii01@In*.Co*>

	I wish you good luck.  Let us know on the lists how it went.
I read your article in the latest issue of the NACD journal, great project,
keep doing your way...

	Take care.

eric


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