The VAR Landowner Recognition Award was established in 1992 to formally recognize landowners who have been particularly friendly and/or supportive of cavers over the years.
If you know a cave owner who should be honored, please contact Janet Tinkham at
The recipients to date:
|
YEAR |
RECIPIENT |
CAVE(S) |
SPONSORS |
|
1992 |
Buddy Penley |
Penley's |
Don Anderson, VAR |
|
1993 |
Rhoda Paxton |
Paxton's |
RASS, M. Bracey, T. Andrus |
|
1993 |
Ruth Propst |
Sinnett-Thorn Mt. |
Western MD Grotto, B. Meyer |
|
1994 |
George and Lee Sively |
Organ |
Paul and Lee Stevens |
|
1994 |
Robert E. Bright |
Simmons-Mingo |
PSC |
|
1994 |
Gene Turner |
Buckeye Creek |
WVACS |
|
1995 |
Charlie L. Simmons |
Porter's |
RASS |
|
1995 |
Priscilla Teter |
Mystic Cave |
Monongahela Grotto |
|
1995 |
John Knutti |
Bowden's Cave |
Monongahela Grotto |
|
1995 |
Mothes Family |
Friars Hole System |
R. Jameson, L.Baker-Devine |
|
1996 |
Dr. and Mrs. J. T. Rogers |
Norman ent. Bone-Norman System |
DC Grotto, WVACS |
|
1996 |
Bill, Mildred, Judy Showalter |
Cave Hollow, Arbogast |
Craig Hindman, Carol Tiderman |
|
1997 |
Cecil Porterfield |
Pig Hole |
NRVG, VPICC |
|
1997 |
Andy Graham |
Graham's Cave |
Rockbridge Cty Cave Survey |
|
1997 |
Connie Hausman |
Dixie Carvens |
BRG |
|
1997 |
Geraldine Freeman |
McClung's |
WVACS |
|
1997 |
Mrs. Clark |
Clarks, Saltpetre Cave |
Battlefield Area Trog. Society |
|
1998 |
Kent Ford |
Witheros |
VSS |
|
1998 |
Joe Lockridge |
Breathing Cave |
Sonja Ostrander, Tom Spina |
|
1998 |
Bob Brooks |
Cross Roads Cave |
Ted Andrus |
|
1998 |
Maurice Williams |
Whitings Neck Cave |
Tri-State Grotto |
|
1998 |
Ted Monger |
Jones Quarry Cave |
Tri-State Grotto, Art Hanson |
|
1999 |
Price Family |
Starnes et al |
NRVG, VPICC, BRG |
|
1999 |
Richard and Frances Latterell |
Moler's Cave |
Frederick Grotto (Terry Welsh) |
|
2000 |
The Ferrell Family |
James Cave, et al |
NRVG, BRG, VPICC |
|
2001 |
The Combs Family |
Dyer's cave |
Tri-State Grotto |
|
2001 |
Pat and Mike Dore |
Scott Hollow |
Baltimore Grotto |
|
2001 |
Dave Mallow |
Mill Run Cave |
Carol Tiderman |
|
2001 |
Robert Wyly |
Siler's Cave |
Sligo Grotto, Jim McConkey |
|
2002 |
Dr. Webb |
Giant Caverns |
NRVG |
|
2002 |
Upper Valley Reg. Park Authority |
Grand Caverns |
NRVG |
|
2004 |
Charles Cassell |
Cassell Cave |
Gangsta Mappers |
|
2005 |
Mr. and Mrs. JC Links |
Tawneys Cave |
NRVG, VPI |
|
2005 |
John Mooney & Helen Baker |
Higginbotham Cave |
John Pearson, WVCC |
|
2006 |
Steve Silverberg |
Lost World Caverns |
WVCC, Bubble Cave |
|
2007 |
John and Christine Shiflet |
Glade Cave |
Front Royal Grotto |
|
2007 |
Mike Newsome |
Links Cave |
(unknown) |
|
2008 |
Pat MacNamarra |
Blue Springs Cave |
Charlottesville & Blue Ridge Grottoes |
|
2008 |
Mark Burke |
Alpena Cave |
Shaver's Mountain Karst Survey |
|
2012 |
Dan & Marian McConnell |
Catawba Murter HoleCave |
Charlottesville & Blue Ridge Grottoes |
|
2013 |
Alex Lewis |
Savannah Cave |
Caroll Bassett, WVCC |
|
2018 |
Dr. Charles & Jane Williston, DMV |
Buchanan Saltpetre |
Bill Grose |
|
2019 |
Terry & Kathreen Walker |
Brass Kettle Hole |
Walker Mountain Grotto |
