Parks, diversity need each other Sep 23, 2009
At Mammoth Cave, just south of Louisville, Ky ... At Mammoth Cave, Jerry Bransford dons his guide uniform and tells visitors a story that surprises them: Bransfords worked as guides at the cave in successive generations starting during slavery and uninterrupted until 1939, when the National Park Service was about to take over management ... He began working at Mammoth Cave after retiring from a career at Dow Corning and learning of his family s contributions to the development of the site as a... (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Tour Kentucky's Mammoth Cave Apr 30, 2009
Kentucky's Mammoth Cave is way cool to tour ... Near the halfway point of a trek along Mammoth Cave's Grand Avenue, park guide Gregg Bailey gathers our small group before turning off all the lights ... Woodland Cottages, some with up to four bedrooms, are among the accommodations at Mammoth Cave Hotel. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
Great Blue Wonders Apr 29, 2009
The Eklunds were traveling Friday to Mammoth Cave for the annual meeting of the Kentucky Ornithological Society and their route south along U.S. 127 took them close enough to the colony on the Green River that they planned to stop and use a spotting scope to see they could locate the nests from road. It would be very interesting to see. (Gaylord Herald Times, MI)
Commercial caves may try to help stop bat disease Apr 2, 2009
Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky could be among those that ends up taking precautions, VonOettingen said ... The park features the 367-mile-long Mammoth Cave and about 200 smaller caves ... The public has access to about 10 miles of Mammoth Cave, and park workers already keep the public away from an area where bats hibernate, said the spokeswoman, Vickie Carson. (Concord Monitor)
