Presenters are strongly encouraged to focus on topics related to the management of caves or karst which may be used to inform resource managers on current practices and methods. Pure research sessions and posters should include a management subtext.
Abstract Submissions Are Open!
Please send your abstracts with up to 3 attached images to abstracts@nckms.org. For questions, please contact Dr. Pat Kambesis of Western Kentucky University and Kirsten Bahr by sending an email to that same address.
If you can include a face picture for the primary presenter and a very brief bio, that would be great! We'd like to post all session topics on this website in advance of the symposium.
Abstract Submissions Close
Abstract submissions will close at midnight on Friday night, September 5, 2025.
Review & Editing
Accepted presenters will be notified soon after submission. Final abstracts must be locked for publication by early-September.
Proceedings Publication
All presenters are reminded that full texts of your sessions must be available at or immediately after the symposium. Official proceedings will be published following the symposium.
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.
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.
Located just south of Ely, Nevada, Cave Lake State Park offers outstanding recreational opportunities. It features a 32-acre reservoir and provides excellent trout fishing, boating, swimming, hiking, camping and picnicking.
The 4,500-acre park is at an elevation of 7,300 feet in the Schell Creek Range adjacent to the Humboldt National Forest. Its name is derived from the several caves in the surrounding limestone.
