Renew Your IKC Membership

We have two options for you to renew an existing IKC membership:

Biodiversity of the Wayne Cave Preserve

The biological diversity of the Wayne Cave Preserve is one of the jewels of the IKC's ever-growing preserve system. Ironically, the biological community of the surface of the preserve is less well known than that in the cave, but a few tantalizing insights have been revealed. In 2017 during a work day at Wayne Cave, IKC member Dr.

Commercial Use Policy

The Board of the Indiana Karst Conservancy, Inc. (IKC) bans the commercial use of our properties, and specifically, prohibits any activity where a charge of any type is made. Should you have any questions, contact the IKC President.

Liability Waivers

These documents are not caving permits!  

We're providing these forms on-line only to speed transfer of forms between cavers and cave patrons and to reduce mailing costs. You are required to have the appropriate form in the patron's files before entering an IKC-managed cave. To actually visit one of these caves, you must contact the individual cave patron or grotto liaison to obtain a permission and/or the keys to the cave gate.

Agreement between the Indiana Cave Survey and the Indiana Karst Conservancy, Inc

August 1990

This agreement is entered into between the Indiana Cave Survey (ICS) and the Indiana Karst Conservancy (IKC) for the purpose of making cave locations, descriptions, and other relevant information available to the Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, for its use in the Hoosier National Forest (HNF) pursuant to a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the IKC and the Forest Service.

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