Cave Research Foundation

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The Cave Research Foundation (CRF) is an American private,

CRF officially incorporated in 1957 under the laws of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. The Guadalupe Cave Survey, explorers at Carlsbad Caverns National Park, New Mexico, became part of CRF in 1971. In 1976, cave survey at Sequoia National Park/Kings Canyon National Park, California, and Buffalo National River, Arkansas, became CRF projects. Additional cave projects in Cumberland Gap National Historic Park, Kentucky; Lava Beds National Monument, California; and the Ozark National Scenic Riverways, Missouri; have been included as operation areas of the CRF.

Focus

Starting with

Cave Books, founded in 1981, is the non-profit publishing affiliate of the Cave Research Foundation. It is perhaps the world’s largest publisher of books on caves, karst, and speleology. Cave Books is staffed by volunteers, and the managing editor is Elizabeth Grace Winkler.

Notable CRF cartographers and authors

• Patty Jo Watson, Ph.D., archaeologist
• Richard "Red" Watson, Ph.D., author of books on caves and philosophy
• Roger Brucker, explorer and author
• Patricia Crowther, explorer and computer programmer
• Will Crowther
  , explorer and computer programmer

External links

• Cave Research Foundation website
• Cave Books