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Since 1941 the NSS has been at the forefront of cave science, conservation, and exploration. Join our 8,000+ member community and come caving.

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Huatla 📷 Steve Eginoire
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Our 250 local chapters - known as Grottos - provide the perfect opportunity to start caving. Find your Grotto and start caving.

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May 2024 President’s Column: NSS Restructuring

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Help Us Build a Vertical Tower!

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Congratulations to our 2024 NSS Directors!

The 1000th Repair 📷 Devra Heyer

Carlsbad Caverns Queens Chamber CFRPs 1000th Repair

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Meet the Northern Cavefish: 2024 USA Cave Animal of the Year

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2024 NSS Convention Overview

Out of the Cave 📷 Kasia Biernacka

2024 NSS Board of Governors Candidate Statements

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2024 Convention Story Telling Contest

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Voices from the Void: An Oral History of Caving in Alaska (Part 1)

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2023 NCKMS CALL FOR SPONSORS!

Upcoming events

May
17

2024 Spring NRO

East Berne, NY/
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May
24

Speleofest 2024

Bonnieville, KY/ Louisville Grotto
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Jun
2

Cave Week 2024

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Jun
21

Karst-O-Rama

Mount Vernon, KY/ Greater Cincinati Grotto
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Jul
1

2024 NSS Convention

Sewanee,
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Aug
9

60th Annual WSS Hodag Hunt

Winona, WI/ Wisconsin Speleological Society
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