MDC Offering Virtual Cave Program

The Show-Me-State has more than 7,500 caves, and more are being discovered every year.

To help shed light on these dark worlds, the Missouri Department of Conservation will present a special online program, Caves and Cave Life of Missouri, Tuesday, October 13 at 7 P.M.

This virtual program is free and open for all ages.

The program will explore some of the more than 1,100 animal species recorded living in or using Missouri’s caves, including prehistoric ice age animals.

MDC naturalists will also discuss some of the unique challenges our fragile cave environments are currently facing.

They’ll offer ways and advice to help participants who would like to explore caves for themselves, and how they can even contribute valuable citizen science that can aid researchers better understand these mysterious worlds.

Caves and Cave Life of Missouri is a free virtual program open to all ages, but advanced online registration is required at this link.

Attendees will receive an invitation by email from the MDC Event Management System with a WebEx program link the day before the program.

Missouri is home to more caves than any other state in the nation, except for Tennessee which has over 10-thousand.