{"id":78895,"date":"2020-05-12T11:50:07","date_gmt":"2020-05-12T16:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/logan-park.org\/?p=78895"},"modified":"2020-05-12T11:57:43","modified_gmt":"2020-05-12T16:57:43","slug":"cave-spring-aperture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/logan-park.org\/?p=78895","title":{"rendered":"Cave Spring Aperture"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/h4fZRw86u2U?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cave spring is what a wet seep looks like when it grows to the size of a small river. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This karst (calcareous \/ limestone-type wet cave could serve as solid habitat for a variety of aquatic &amp; cave species, but its easy access and high desirability among human visitors puts a lot of pressure on the species that might otherwise be abundant here. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One example is the onset in the past few decades of Whitenose Syndrome (geomyces destructans) among North American bats. The spores have jumped from cave to cave from Europe to the Northeastern USA and now here. Combining that with visitation pressure is a difficult bar for local bat populations to survive. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So, the USNPS has worked with the Cave Research Foundation to build in-place cave gates that fence out human visitors and allow bats &amp; smaller through just fine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cave spring is what a wet seep looks like when it grows to the size of a small river. This karst (calcareous \/ limestone-type wet cave could serve as solid habitat for a variety of aquatic &amp; cave species, but its easy access and high desirability among human visitors puts a lot of pressure on&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/logan-park.org\/?p=78895\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Cave Spring Aperture<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2,54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-78895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-classes-i-teach","category-teaching","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2vETr-kwv","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":78898,"url":"https:\/\/logan-park.org\/?p=78898","url_meta":{"origin":78895,"position":0},"title":"Exercise: How to Manage This Cave Spring Gravity Feature?","author":"Logan","date":"2020-05-12","format":false,"excerpt":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/At3hx-wu99w 3D Interactable Google Earth Onsite","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Classes I Teach&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Classes I Teach","link":"https:\/\/logan-park.org\/?cat=2"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/At3hx-wu99w\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":78931,"url":"https:\/\/logan-park.org\/?p=78931","url_meta":{"origin":78895,"position":1},"title":"Cave Spring Interp Practice Site, Ozark Riverways","author":"Logan","date":"2020-05-15","format":false,"excerpt":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/YyGShd2-rp4 Here you can see the basic approach to the site where we practice live\/staffed interpretive guided hikes, a common technique used in professional environmental interpretation by rangers and affiliated naturalists.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Classes I Teach&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Classes I Teach","link":"https:\/\/logan-park.org\/?cat=2"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/YyGShd2-rp4\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":78893,"url":"https:\/\/logan-park.org\/?p=78893","url_meta":{"origin":78895,"position":2},"title":"Bedrock and soil hardened parkitecture at Devil&#8217;s Well","author":"Logan","date":"2020-05-12","format":false,"excerpt":"Site: Devil's Well at Ozark National Scenic Riverways, Missouri https:\/\/youtu.be\/zX0T1qX_1Co Safe and durable facilities have to be built custom and usually onsite in order to provide access to--but protect from visitor impacts--sites like the karst sinkhole \/ cave \/ underground lake at Dvil's Well, Ozark National Scenic Riverways.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Classes I Teach&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Classes I Teach","link":"https:\/\/logan-park.org\/?cat=2"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/zX0T1qX_1Co\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":48428,"url":"https:\/\/logan-park.org\/?p=48428","url_meta":{"origin":78895,"position":3},"title":"Invasive Species Events at the Shawnee National Forest","author":"Logan","date":"2014-04-14","format":false,"excerpt":"Shawnee National Forest Announces Invasive Species Events in Support of Illinois Invasive Species Awareness Month HARRISBURG, Ill. 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