{"id":220,"date":"2025-05-24T03:16:12","date_gmt":"2025-05-24T08:16:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/acave.us\/wordpress\/?p=220"},"modified":"2025-05-24T03:16:12","modified_gmt":"2025-05-24T08:16:12","slug":"acc-acquires-daniel-boone-caverns-property","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acave.us\/wordpress\/2025\/05\/24\/acc-acquires-daniel-boone-caverns-property\/","title":{"rendered":"ACC Acquires Daniel Boone Caverns Property"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Appalachian Cave Conservancy is pleased to announce that Daniel Boone Caverns in Scott County, Virginia, is now owned by ACC. The cave has been a mainstay of the ACC program for many years under our management, while owned by longtime conservancy member and friend Milton Starnes.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_221\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-221\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-221 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/acave.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/dbcms2-300x253.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/acave.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/dbcms2-300x253.png 300w, https:\/\/acave.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/dbcms2.png 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-221\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Milton Starnes and Bill James in Daniel Boone Caverns circa 2004<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Mr. Starnes was a great champion of the cave and an excellent steward who wished to see it protected and used as a resource to introduce novices to the wonders of the underground environment. He died in 2024 as details of a donation of the property to ACC were being arranged. Thanks to the generosity of his heirs, the property was donated to ACC in early 2025, fulfilling his wishes.<\/p>\n<p>As permanent stewards of the cave, ACC will continue to work to see it protected in perpetuity and used as a resource for research and educational purposes.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel Boone Caverns has a surveyed length of 2,913 ft and a depth of 178 ft. It is known for its outstanding aesthetic features and significant biology. It is a vertical cave with numerous relatively short drops. The cave is temporarily closed to visitors pending the completion of a new management plan, but we look forward to welcoming cavers to the preserve soon!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Appalachian Cave Conservancy is pleased to announce that Daniel Boone Caverns in Scott County, Virginia, is now owned by ACC. The cave has been a mainstay of the ACC program for many years under our management, while owned by longtime conservancy member and friend Milton Starnes. Mr. Starnes was a great champion of the cave [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/acave.us\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/acave.us\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/acave.us\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acave.us\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acave.us\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=220"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/acave.us\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":222,"href":"https:\/\/acave.us\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220\/revisions\/222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/acave.us\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acave.us\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acave.us\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}