Who is the NSS?
The NSS stands for the National Speleological Society. It is a non-profit organization that is into the exploration, conservation, and study of caves and the areas that are around them. They help caves maintain their natural habitant. The NSS is the only national group of this kind. The NSS also has charters of smaller non-profit organizations called grottos. Most areas of the US have these grottos. If there is not one in your area, the NSS can tell you how to establish one in you area. It is the responsibility of all good cavers to abide and be truly dedicated to the NSS’s motto: “Take Nothing but Pictures, Leave Nothing but Footprints, Kill Nothing but Time”. They believe that caves have unique scientific, recreational, and scenic values; that these values are endangered by carelessness and vandalism, once the values are gone they can not be recovered. The responsibility for protecting these caves are assumed by those who enjoy and study them. The NSS encourages projects such as clea
