{"id":287,"date":"2024-05-07T07:32:23","date_gmt":"2024-05-07T07:32:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sazgrotto.caves.org\/?page_id=287"},"modified":"2024-05-08T02:10:22","modified_gmt":"2024-05-08T09:10:22","slug":"local-projects","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sazgrotto.caves.org\/?page_id=287","title":{"rendered":"\u201cLocal\u201d Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-image uagb-block-1e2bb8ef wp-block-uagb-image--layout-default wp-block-uagb-image--effect-static wp-block-uagb-image--align-none\"><figure class=\"wp-block-uagb-image__figure\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sazgrotto.caves.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/survey.jpg ,https:\/\/sazgrotto.caves.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/survey.jpg 780w, https:\/\/sazgrotto.caves.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/survey.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 150px\" src=\"https:\/\/sazgrotto.caves.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/survey.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"uag-image-339\" width=\"520\" height=\"364\" title=\"survey\" loading=\"lazy\" role=\"img\"\/><figcaption class=\"uagb-image-caption\"><em>Cave survey in\u00a0a cave<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Each year Southern Arizona Grotto members organize caving projects that include environmental clean-up, cave restoration, and cave survey. Current projects include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading uagb-block-5f09a53e\"><h2 class=\"uagb-heading-text\">Cave cleanup<\/h2><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Our conservation chair leads trips on the first Sunday of very month. Due to the muddy nature of this cave and not having any pathways defined some pristine white formations have gotten trod destroying the natural beauty. We are packing water into the cave to spray and gently brush the mud off while establishing walking routes to ensure this beautiful resource remains that way for the enjoyment of generations to come. Please come to a meeting if you\u2019re interested in participating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading uagb-block-82d5923f\"><h2 class=\"uagb-heading-text\">Cave Survey<\/h2><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The A&nbsp;Cave survey project was a multi-year project to survey(map) one of southern Arizona\u2019s prettiest caves.&nbsp; This survey completed in 2016 and the publication of the A&nbsp;Cave Monograph was revealed in December 2016.&nbsp; Head to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.undergroundconservancy.org\/publications.htm\">Underground Conservancy<\/a> if you\u2019re interested in the monograph.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-text-color has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-c0b379bd359119fba88860402949f60f\" style=\"color:#6e6e6e\">Copyright \u00a9 2026 Southern Arizona Grotto. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Each year Southern Arizona Grotto members organize caving projects that include environmental clean-up, cave restoration, and cave survey. Current projects include: Cave cleanup Our conservation chair leads trips on the first Sunday of very month. Due to the muddy nature of this cave and not having any pathways defined some pristine white formations have gotten &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sazgrotto.caves.org\/?page_id=287\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">\u201cLocal\u201d Projects<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":7,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-287","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"post-thumbnail":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Paul Petzke","author_link":"https:\/\/sazgrotto.caves.org\/?author=2"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Each year Southern Arizona Grotto members organize caving projects that include environmental clean-up, cave restoration, and cave survey. 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