Presenters and invited contributors from the 2025 NCKMS must submit all content for the official printed proceedings by Sunday, May 3, 2026. Submissions (and all attachments) must be sent to: proceedings@nckms.org
The official proceedings will be made available to university libraries, research institutes, government agencies, academics, students, and the general public. We will be printing in full color, so feel free to include a reasonable number of images if they compliment your research. For space considerations, our editors reserve the right to omit images if you go overboard!
Official Format
We require that all submissions follow a consistent format for publication. For your convenience, you may download an MS-Word template by clicking HERE.
We very much prefer that you send your submissions in MS-Word (DocX) format, but we will try to accomodate other formats if absolutely necessary. All images and figures should be embedded in your document _and_ attached to your email as individual files. Please see the template example for additional instructions.
A reference PDF example is available HERE.
Your submission deadline is Sunday, May 3, 2026!
Proceedings Publication
Some of you have already ordered printed copies in advance. If you did not select that option when registering for the symposium, we will be taking orders up until Friday, May 29. Order forms will be made available on this page in the next few days. Check back for a link to our order form.
The National Cave and Karst Research Institute (NCKRI) is a nexus of research, stewardship, outreach and information for caves and karst while fostering interdisciplinary collaborations, created by the US Congress in 1998 in partnership with the National Park Service, State of New Mexico, and the City of Carlsbad.
NCKRI is located in Carlsbad, NM, and is a research center of the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology.
One of the major ecological threats to the sagebrush-dominated Great Basin ecosystem is the introduction and spread of dozens of species of non-native plants. The most important of these, cheatgrass (or downy brome) covers the largest area: 25 million acres, one-third of the area of the Great Basin.
