VA Counties Containing Karst Topography
Virginia Karst Program - Groundwater and habitat protection in karst areas, supported by EPA Section 319 Clean Water Act Program. This page is currently under construction, check back for more information. In the meantime, click on the links below for karst related information.
Click to download the Introduction to Virginia's Karst powerpoint presentation in PDF format. You'll need the free Adobe reader.
Project Underground - a karst education program.
Virginia Cave Board - Governor appointed advisory board of the Department of Conservation and Recreation, established by the Virginia Cave Protection Act of 1979.
Click to view the PDF file The World Beneath our Feet, a poster presentation from the Center for Subterranean Biodiversity, Karst Waters Institute. You'll need the free Adobe reader to view this file.
View a
slideshow about the Madison Cave Isopod, narrated by VA Natural Heritage Karst Coordinator Wil Orndorff.
(link to Richmond Times Dispatch slideshow. Photos by Don Long.)