Excerpt from National Cave and Karst Research Institute Study: A Draft Report to Congress as Required by Public Law 101-578 of November 15, 1990 In Public Law 101-578, of November 15, 1990, Congress further directed that the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the National Park Service, establish and administer a Cave Research Program; and that the National Park Service prepare a proposal for Congress that examines the feasibility of a centralized National Cave and Karst Research Institute (n cri), associated with an existing Cave and Karst Research Program already established by the National Park Service, and that this study, prepared in cooperation with other Federal cave-managing agencies, cave-related organizations, cave experts, and interested individuals, develop specific concepts for the nature, scope, role, programs, management, and operational needs of such an Institute. The study states as goals for the Institute the furtherance of the science of speleology; centralization and standardization of speleological information; interdisciplinary cooperation in cave and karst research programs to foster research; education; promotion of national and international cooperation in environmental considerations for the protection of cave and karst landforms; and promotion of environmentally sound. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.