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The Karst Waters Institute (KWI) is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit institution whose mission is to improve the fundamental understanding of karst water systems through sound scientific research and the education of professionals and the public. The institute is governed by a Board of Directors and does not have or issue memberships. Institute activities include the initiation, coordination, and conduct of research, the sponsorship of conferences and workshops, and occasional publication of scientific works. KWI supports these activities by acting as a coordinating agency for funding and personnel, but does not supply direct funding or grants to individual researchers. KWI News: KWI on Facebook visit us NEW The Conduit Download the e-Newsletter for December 2009 (volume 9, issue 2) (1.1 MB pdf) NEW 2010 Annual Awards Banquet: Honoring Professor William R. Jeffery of the University of Maryland – College Park. The reception, dinner, and presentation will be held March 13, at the Sheraton Baltimore City Center Hotel. Reservations can be made before Feb. 20, 2010. AVAILABLE PUBLICATION: KWI Special Publications 15 - now available. This book is a new project for KWI, and a deviation from other Special Publications. The main goal of the book is to provide an educational ensemble of detailed, authoritative field guides for cave and karst areas of the United States. The book includes seven previously published, but updated, guides that were a part of earlier Special Publications (associated with KWI conferences). To broaden the scope of the book, five new and two other updated, previously published guides were written by associates of KWI. The guides predominately focus on the geology and hydrology of a specific region, but cultural history, biological diversity, and anthropogenic issues are also highlighted by some. Formal road or cave logs are included. The diverse assortment of guides should provide an entertaining mix of information for the reader, the traveler, and the explorer.

RECENT PUBLICATION KWI Special Publication 15 Select Field Guides to Cave and Karst Lands of the United States OTHER PUBLICATIONS AVAILABLE KWI Special Publication 13 Frontiers of Karst Research (NEW LINK) Free Download: Opportunities & Recommendation: The New Frontier (front of book & 9 pg summary) KWI Special Publication 14 Karst from Recent to Reservoirs Symposium Proceedings NEW KWI Digital Reprint Series (DR-1 though DR-5) available