Date: February 23, 2013
Time: 6 pm
Place: Virginia Museum of Natural History
For: General Public
Cost: No fee
Karst is defined as a landscape with topographic depressions such as sinkholes,
springs, sinking streams and caves, caused by underground solution of limestone
bedrock. This landscape features underground streams and aquifers, which supply
the wells and springs for communities. The hollow nature of karst terrain
results in a very high pollution potential. Streams and surface runoff entering
sinkholes or caves bypass natural filtration through the soil and provide
direct conduits for contaminants in karst terrain. Groundwater can travel quite
rapidly through these underground networks - up to several miles a day - and
contaminants can be transmitted quickly to wells and springs in the vicinity.
Karst protection requires an understanding of the karst watershed and the will
to protect the natural resources within the karst watershed.
Presented by: Carol Zokaites, Environmental Education Coordinator for Virginia
Department of Conservation and Recreation
Carol Zokaites is an Environmental Education Coordinator in the Va. Dept. of
Conservation and Recreation (DCR). She is also the National Coordinator for
Project Underground, a national karst education program. Carol’s combined
passions for caves and science education has led to 16 years of teaching about
groundwater and the unique habitats found in karst terrain.
National Coordinator of Project Underground
Sponsored by the Southwestern Piedmont Master Naturalists
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