Northern Rocky Mountain Grotto
Caving in North America's Rocky Mountains and the World
It’s just been announced that the Bigfork High School Cave Club was awarded the President’s Environmental Youth Award! The award focused on the member’s development of eBat and eCave sites, which allows people without access … More…
Daryl Greaser recounts the good, the bad, and the ugly details of the 2019 expedition to the Scapegoat Wilderness. ***Language warning: this video contains unedited adult language. PG-13 recommended***
The Bigfork High School Cave Club has exhaustively documented features in Montana’s caves. In this presentation, they walk us through some patterns of graffiti and the fascinating history that can be interpreted from cave walls. … More…
Pete Johnson reminds us all to appreciate the fact that we are not currently bottoming Tears in this recounting of the 2019 expedition. What’s the deal with Tears–is it going to go deeper? Are they … More…
Sunday, April 5th 2020 Dustin Kisner kicks off our presentation series with his incredible summer of caving adventures in our own Pryor Mountains. Under a project led by Dan Seifert and Jennifer Alexander, Dustin and … More…
Cavers, There’s a new Historic Archive section of NRMG.org complete with info on the Shining Mountains Grotto (including some juicy leads in the Judith Mountains), the never before released “Newel Campbell’s History of Montana Caving,” … More…
Hello Cavers, In light of the current pandemic, the Grotto officers have decided to postpone the upcoming Annual Grotto Meeting. We have been advised by Montana Health and Human Services and the Center for Disease … More…
Howdy Cavers, We hope you’ve had a great summer full of exciting caving trips! Now that the snow is flying, it seems like a great time to focus on grotto updates, and the biggest one … More…
I am very pleased to present our 21st issue of Beneath the Forest. The attached Spring 2019 issue begins the second decade of the U.S. Forest Service National Cave and Karst Program’s newsletter. This issue’s feature … More…
Did you miss a presentation from AGM 2019? Or perhaps you just want to relive all the action?!? Either way we’ve got you covered. A mission of the NRMG is to provide long-term documentation for … More…
The NRMG has been proud to support Dave Jackson and CaveSim over the past several years, and has decided to do so once again with a $100 donation. This gift will help them get down … More…
South Dakota’s two best known caves (Wind and Jewel) have grown considerably thanks in no small part to Rene. She has also explored Lechuguilla, Ft. Stanton Cave, and Sistema Sac Actun/Dos Ojos in Mexico, among … More…
Earlier this month, the Northern Rocky Mountain Grotto was recognized with the 2019 Conservation Project Award from the US Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management. NRMG representatives Ellen Whittle, Savannah Sawyer, and Carl Froslie … More…
The Northern Rocky Mountain Grotto and Bigfork HS Cave Club received the 2019 Wildlife Conservation Award from the Montana Chapter of the Wildlife Society. Members of the NRMG and the BHS Cave Club traveled to … More…
The NSS is pleased to announce that four scholarships of $500 each to attend the 2019 NSS Convention in Cookeville, Tennessee have been generously donated by Ernie Garza (NSS 13484 CM-FE). The scholarships are to … More…
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Now that the holidays are over, it’s time to start thinking about summer caving projects! If you’re looking for some additional funds to support your project, apply for the NRMG’s Annual Small Grant. We love to … More…
Offered a research assistant position in archaeology at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, McEachern moved to Canada to search for signs of early man in the caves of the Canadian Rockies. Mike was conducting excavations in the Crowsnest Pass region during the same time that Derek Ford and his colleagues were searching for caves in that area.
