Camp Indian Springs Project www.bigbenddiving.com/cisp

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Camp Indian Springs Projectwww.bigbenddiving.com/
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• Interim Report

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Camp Indian Springs Project

• Created in Fall of 2004 by local Tallahassee cave
  divers,  Jason Ottinger (local YMCA scuba
  instructor), Jeff Bauer, Hector Marerro, and Nick
  Leone.
• Got permission to dive from Camp Director Al
  Ferreira, and the president of the Tallahassee
  YMCA, Peggy Conklin.
• Owner had little to no knowledge of the cave
  system on their property.
• Project formed to document the system, help
  protect the Camp Indian Springs cave system
  through science, conservation, survey and
  outreach education.
• Owner now has cave maps and local knowledge of
  their cave system

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Camp Indian Springs Project Surveying, filming
and exploration efforts

• Mike and Sandra Poucher and teams of volunteer
  surveyors were invited to join the project to
  update the existing map created by Tex Chalkley
  and Sheck Exley more than 30 years ago
• A number of volunteer cave divers and both the
  NACD and NSS/CDS have contributed expertise and
  materials to the project
• Survey work has concentrated on refining the
  earlier maps and ground truthing through the
  use of Brian Peases radio location devices
• To date, we have had 12 project weekends one
  cleanup weekend

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Camp Indian Springs Project Surveying, filming
and exploration efforts
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Proposed Diving Policy

• Plans to open Indian Springs for the general cave
  diving community are proposed for the
  beginning of 2006. The final arrangements are
  still be worked out at this time.  What can be
  expected for when it is open to the Cave Diving
  Community are the following
• Diver Qualifications
• All dives must be done with a Camp Indian Springs
  dive guide
• At least Normoxic Trimix Certified
• Full Cave Certified
• 100 safe cave dives (12 within the last year)
• Proof of DAN insurance (or equivalent)
• Completion of Indian Springs Release of Liability
  and Assumption of Risk forms
• First 3 dives either upstream or downstream will
  be limited to swim dives
• If DPV and Stage Diver certified, cannot scooter
  beyond the goldline in either upstream or
  downstream
• Proposed Fees
• A Guide fee and Entrance Donation to the
  park will be assessed
• The Entrance Donation will be between 25-30 per
  day 
• The Guide Fee will be no more than 75 per day

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Proposed Diving Policy

• Access Limitations
• Guides to guided diver ratio will be 21
• No more than 4 teams shall be permitted to dive
  per day. 
• No more than two teams of divers can be in the
  cave system at the same time.
• No diving during the summer camping season
• Possibility of renting camp cabins for cave divers

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Thank you!

• Al Ferreira, Camp Director
• Mike Sandra Poucher
• Jerry Murphy
• Kelly Jessop
• Hector Marerro
• Nick Leone
• Rodney Nairne Suzie Dudas
• Edd Sorenson
• Chip Wuerz
• John Blankenship
• Bill Main
• Jim Womble
• Jitka Hyniova
• Rick Crawford
• John Jones
• Lamar Hires
• Dan Lins
• Jim Pierce
• Brett Hemphill