Upcoming Events and Recent News
- Castaway Scuba Dive Club, Orlando FL - September 30, 2008
- Blue Spring Working Group Presentation, DeLand FL - September 24, 2008
- Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond VA - September 8, 2008
Guest lectures in “Applied and Environmental Microbiology” and “Microbial Ecology Graduate Seminar”
- Sea Devil Divers, Baja Bean, Charlottesville VA - September 8, 2008
- National Speleological Society Convention, Lake City FL - August 15, 2008
- Accepted Scientist of the Year Award for Dr. Julian J. Lewis of Cave, Karst, and Groundwater Biological Consulting.
Cambrian Foundation E-newsletter
22 August 2008
Welcome back! Our new website has been up for about 3 weeks now, and we are still slowly converting the old files over the new format. Hopefully that will be complete in just a few weeks! We welcome any comments or suggestions on the new design, and hope that you will find it easier to navigate!
Most of the CF and IntX team at Fantasy Cave
Thank you to those of you that followed the Bermuda Interactive Cave Conservation Expedition! After 8 months of planning, we are proud to say it was a tremendous success - broadcasting with live and interactive audio and video feed from 122′ underground, 70′ underwater, and 300′ back inside of a submerged cave TO the rest of the world! We had people joining us online, guests at various public venues both in the US and Bermuda (Moody Gardens/Galveston Aquarium, Orlando Science Center, Texas A&M University Sea Campus Kids Program, Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute, Bermuda Aquarium/Museum/and Zoo), and tourists on site with us in beautfiul Fantasy Cave! We are very grateful to the MANY project sponsors including Interactive Expeditions, Sartek Industries, TracStar Systems, Triangle Diving, HSBC Bank of Bermuda, Bermuda Zoological Society, Bermuda Department of Conservation Services, Mr. David Summers, LBI Satellite, Gil and Pam Nolan, I-4 High Tech Corridor, UCF Department of Digital Media, and many more! Thanks are certainly in order, as well, for Renee, Marissa, Bob, Kris, and Sam who served as our liaisons with several of the venues here in the United States! You can view the archived broadcasts online at www.interactiveexpedition.com, then click on Videos, and enjoy!
Fantasy Cave
While the Bermuda expedition was going on, several Cambrian divers were keeping busy here at home. Renee, Andy, Bob, Sandy, and Mike continued exploration and survey work in Rock Springs, and they have more work ahead of them as the passage keeps going, and going, and going! Read about their adventures by clicking on this link.
Amy recently traveled to the National Speleological Society’s Annual Convention in Lake City, FL, to accept an award for Dr. Julian J. Lewis of Cave, Karst, and Groundwater Biological Consulting in Borden, IN. Dr. Lewis was recognized as the NSS Scientist of the Year for his numerous contributions to the field of cave biology. It was an honor to accept this award for him, and he is an integral part of our organization, as he identifies many of the invertebrates we collect during our submerged cave surveys. Thank you, Dr. Lewis, for your hard work, dedication, and friendship! Congratulations!
Rock Springs Exploration
Sam Waltman, Cambrian Foundation intern
Jenny Gautier, 2008 Legare R. Hole Scholarship Recipient