Year Three, 2007

In August, Karst2007: The International Conference on Karst Hydrogeology and Ecosystems will convene at Western Kentucky University and Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky, as a joint meeting of the karst IGCP project, the Karst Commissions of the International Geographical Union (IGU) and IAH, and the Commission on the Hydrogeology and Speleogenesis of Karst Aquifers of the International Union of Speleology (IUS). This will be an opportunity to report results at the midterm of the IGCP Project, and to leverage resources for common goals between the four international karst research groups. After the meeting, which will include fieldwork in the Mammoth Cave area, a multi-day correlation field excursion is being arranged to the Cumberland Plateau Escarpment region of Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia. This is a region of stable, humid subtropical plateau karst with many of the finest caves of the eastern United States, and many karst water issues with regard to geomorphology, ecology, and human water supply .

At a minimum there will be two additional Working Group meetings, with one at the annual Geological Society of America meeting on 28-31 October in Denver, Colorado. The project will continue to encourage, and assist with, the publication of Project results in peer-reviewed journals.

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