In 2012 the owner of Brooks Cave, a …show more content…
The owner, who for several decades had been a friendly with cavers, openly allowing access, was ailing and wanted to ensure that her precious cave was protected for future generations even after her passing. Our caving club of course jumped at the opportunity to own such a pristine cave and piece of land, however, it quickly became apparent that finances were an obvious problem. Not wanting to lose the opportunity to aqurried and protect the cave however, purchase activity moved forward, in hopes our parent organization the National Speleological Society would be able to assist in funding. As we moved forward as an organization everyone was overwhelmed by the excitement of soon having unrestricted access to Brooks Cave. However, it quickly became apparent that even with the NSS’s funding the grotto itself would have to raise almost 50,000 dollars over five years. Considering the grotto consists of approximately 30 people, this fact alone should have triggered alarms. Interestingly enough however not a single individual showed public