junkman wrote:Thanks, but I'm really waiting for the NCRC folks to respond to this.
The position is: we are asking that people with equipment that
has been used in WNS states arrive with new equipment or equipment that has not
been used in WNS states. Regardless, all equipment that is not either new
or has not been thoroughly cleaned will be required, at check in, to be run through
the decontamination stations that we will have set up. The FWS most recent recommendation
is impractical for running a training operation and we feel is excessive given the
nature of the situation. All caves used at the seminar are both geographically
close and are caves that are routinely visited in short order by local cavers,
myself included, such that they can for all intents and purposes be considered one
cave.
Anmar Mirza, National Coordinator