The 2025 NCKMS production team can provide reasonable display space for federally recognized non-profit organizations and related cave & karst-focused groups. We will endeavor to make room for on-topic and cave-related organizations as much as possible. Please reach out to us at ely2025@nckms.org no later than Friday, September 12.
Merchandise sales, services and consulting, and equipment sales at the 2025 NCKMS conference is strictly limited to our sponsors and to the Western Cave Conservancy. Unless specific permission is otherwise granted, non-sponsors will be limited to receiving organizational donations only. Taxes and business licensing regulations of White Pine County, Nevada will be enforced. No food or beverage vendors will be allowed. Additional restrictions may apply.
Corporate collaboration between the scientific community and the private sector enables researchers and professionals to connect with industry leaders, creating a platform for the exchange of ideas, technologies, and best practices. This collaboration often results in innovative solutions to real-world problems, driving advancements that benefit both the corporate sponsors and the scientific community.
The 2025 NCKMS team would be happy to custom-design a program to provide your business the maximum of benefit and visibility. Please feel free to reach us at any time at ely2025@nckms.org to discuss how we might integrate your organization into our production.
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The official event schedule for the 2025 NCKMS has now been updated. Please check our schedule page or download a PDF to your mobile device.
Southwest Geophysical Consulting provides geophysical consulting to industry, ranchers, homeowners and government in karst and pseudo-karst areas of New Mexico and surrounding states,
The Spirit Cave mummy is the oldest human mummy found in North America. It was discovered in 1940 in Spirit Cave, 13 miles east of Fallon, Nevada by the husband-and-wife archaeological team of Sydney and Georgia Wheeler.
The Wheelers, working for the Nevada State Parks Commission, were surveying possible archaeological sites to prevent their loss due to guano mining. Upon entering Spirit Cave they discovered the remains of two people wrapped in tule matting. One set of remains, buried deeper than the other, had been partially mummified (the head and right shoulder). The Wheelers, with the assistance of local residents, recovered a total of sixty-seven artifacts from the cave.