Northern Rocky Mountain Grotto
Caving in North America's Rocky Mountains and the World
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.
The officers of the Northern Rocky Mountain Grotto have been hard at work, now to sign another agreement with the USFS. Basically, this agreement is similar to the original NRMG/USFS agreement signed back in 2014 … More…
Unless you’ve been underground for the last month (and maybe some of you have been), you’re aware of the federal shutdown which only just lifted. The officers would like to give a shout out to … More…
We are excited to announce a new contest at the Annual Grotto Meeting (April 5-7th at Lewis and Clark Caverns!) This year we will be holding a random drawing from the folks who have submitted … More…
November is the beginning of the period when wildlife managers begin actively looking for white-nose syndrome (WNS) positive bats. As the disease and the causative agent of the disease were detected in Wyoming and South … More…
The BLM Billings Field Office and USFS Custer Gallatin National Forest are working in conjunction with the National Speleological Society’s Northern Rocky Mountain Grotto to conduct cave inventory and monitoring of cave resources on BLM … More…
Mr. Bodenhamer was asked to represent the NRMG for a Western Governor’s Association Workshop on Biosecurity and Invasive Species on November 14th of this year. His presentation was very well received as he pulled it … More…
2018 Speleolympics Come to Helena Our Speleolympics course made MontanaSports.com!! Nevermind the fact that they call us “spelunkers” and “cave climbers”. Watch the video here. Realistic cave simulation comes to Helena Dave Jackson and the … More…