| February 6th | Jon Beard and Eric Hertzler | Jon Beard and Eric Hertzler sought cave entrance data in central Greene County, visiting Williams Caves #1 and #2 and Williams Spring Cave, then found and mapped Fantastic Collapse Cave. After this they visited Keeslar Cave, found the now-filled Keeslar Pits #1 and #2 before ending the day at Talmadge Spring Cave. Keeslar Pit #1 is filled to the brim with trash and is but a small dimple. Keeslar Pit #2, an open joint at one time, is now filled with soil and a large truck tire. Although Fantastic Collapse Cave is only slightly over 30 feet in length, it is all walking and dry and commands an impressive view of the river 65 feet below. As its name implies, it is in the process of collapse with little if any bedrock in its original place. Ceiling slabs dip as much as 45 degrees, and breccia and regolith make up some of the ceiling. The Williams Caves were mapped by Bob Taylor nearly 40 years ago and combined are quite lengthy. |
| February 13th | Kevin Helton and Eric Hertzler | Kevin Helton and Eric Hertzler, as part of the Greene County Project, obtained entrance information on the following caves: Blocked Cave, which has had its entrance filled, Moonshine Cave, Raccoon Cave and Krizan Cave. |
| February 13th | Jerry Vineyard, Brian Goeppner and son Ben, Lloyd Morrison, Jon Beard, Jack Rosenkoetter, and Bob Taylor | As part of the Greene County Project, Jerry Vineyard, Brian Goeppner and son Ben, Lloyd Morrison, Jon Beard, Jack Rosenkoetter, and Bob Taylor met with the owners of Stonebridge (a.k.a. Mobley Natural Bridge) before visiting the bridge and associated caves. Bob Taylor obtained entrance data including GPS while Lloyd, Brian and Jon took photographs inside and out of the caves: Natural Bridge Cave #1, Natural Bridge Cave #2 and Natural Bridge Spring Cave (the latter of which was not entered). These four features are adjacent to one another and are obviously truncated segments of one system. Jack spent some time with the owners' sons talking about the project and SPG. Meanwhile, Jerry and the owner, Mr. Chiles, spent some time checking Quaking Mound Spring and a nearby large spring issuing perhaps 30 cusecs of rushing water. Quaking Mound Spring issues from a mound, which, if stomped or jumped upon, quakes. Or at least it used to. This time it wouldn't quake for Jerry--maybe next time. After being served lunch by the owners, the group was shown a small spring cave new to the database. They named it Chiles Spring Cave and obtained entrance data and photos. Bob mapped the short cave. |
| February 17th | Charley Rey | Charley Rey took a group of 20 high school students on a field trip to Watkins Cave (Greene Co), a cave managed by the MDC. The students visited all of the cave, which had standing water throughout. |
| February 19th | Jon Beard and Eric Hertzler | Jon Beard and Eric Hertzler mapped Turners Roadcut Cave, an apparent new cave for Greene County. The cave is developed in the Pierson Formation, is joint controlled and about 35 feet long. Parts of it are tight, but there are two stand up domes. After this, they obtained entrance data for Toombs Cave, Bonar Spring Cave, Little Yosemite Cave (entrance filled) and Cemetery Cave. Then they mapped Dripping Dome Cave with assistance from Daniel Cummins, a local resident who helped them find the cave. This 7 cave is entered through some boulders into an all walking passage that ends in its namesake domes (that drip). This cave was formerly "named" Unnamed Cave #3, but as Jon says, "Every cave deserves a name." They finished the day obtaining entrance data for Huff Spring Cave and Huff Cave, two wet caves better studied in warmer weather. |
| February 20th | Bill Heim, Max White, Abby, Charley and Sarah Young | Bill Heim, Max White, Abby, Charley and Sarah Young led a group of Ozark High School students on an educational field trip through Lowell Cave (Wright Co). The group visited the lower stream level up to the beginning of the back end watercrawl, then visited a section of the muddy upper level. |
| February 20th | Charity and Eric Hertzler | Charity and Eric Hertzler spent the day looking for caves northeast of Springfield in Greene County. They obtained entrance data for commercial Crystal Cave, Franklin Cave and Frans Cave, the latter a new cave for the database. They also searched for sinkhole entrances to McCurdy, Trash Filled Cave #1 and #2 and Larson Cave, all of which have been filled by the landowners. |
| February 20th | Roy Gold and Jon Beard and Bob Taylor | Roy Gold and Jon Beard assisted Bob Taylor in the survey of Nixon Cave (Greene Co). This 208-foot cave in the Pierson Formation is a very interesting cave with a short entrance passage, a low squeeze, a wide but not high room and lots of short passages diverging off of that room, including upper and lower passages, a canyon passage with some flowstone and two dome pits. Bob and Jon also took photos of the cave. They noted three tricolored bats, and the cave appears to be popular with raccoons as evidenced by their evidence. |
| February 21st | Eric Hertzler and Jon Beard | Eric Hertzler was accompanied by Jon Beard in some mop up sketching on the survey of Kiesewetter Cave (Pulaski Co). The two spent an hour or so in the Formation Passage while cave manager Ken Long of LOG helped the property renters see the cave. After this, Jon helped Eric map Franklin Cave (Greene Co), a joint determined cave in the Elsey Formation. Although only 20 feet in length before pinching out, the cave is nearly as tall as it is long. The cave is one of several roadcut caves in the county originally discovered by road building crews. |
| February 22nd | Melvin Johnson, Todd Twilbeck, Scott Hootman, Kara Warren, Brandy Henderson, Larry Maggard and Anastasia Doennig | Melvin Johnson, Todd Twilbeck, Scott Hootman, Kara Warren, Brandy Henderson, Larry Maggard and Anastasia Doennig worked on the Lost Hill Project in Greene County (obtaining GPS data, entrance photos and entrance measurements) with about half of the total number of caves accounted for at the end of the day. |
| February 26th | Eric Hertzler | Eric Hertzler obtained entrance data for Longs Cave, Stony Cave, Barnett Cave and Horton Pit (Greene Co). Air Hole Cave apparently has been filled, and Horton Pit is new for Greene County. |
| February 27th | Eric Hertzler, Evan Christiansen, Jon Beard, Steve Holdren, Jerry Vineyard, Max White and Charley Young | Eric Hertzler, Evan Christiansen, Jon Beard, Steve Holdren, Jerry Vineyard, Max White and Charley Young cut and burned hundreds of invasive Japanese honeysuckle plants and fallen timber from ice storms from the environs of Crighton Natural Bridge and Natural Bridge Spring Cave (Greene Co) to help the landowner beautify what is already a very impressive karst canyon. |
| February 28th | Roy Gold, Lloyd Morrison, Max White and Charley Young | Roy Gold, Lloyd Morrison, Max White and Charley Young of SPG joined other cavers including Jim Huckins of Chouteau Grotto and Kayla New of Arkansas in a photo trip to Blanchard Springs Caverns (Stone Co, AR). The photographers were led by a guide along the upper level of the cave (known as the Dripstone Tour). |
| February 28th | Jon Beard and Eric Hertzler | Jon Beard and Eric Hertzler documented Stange Cave (Greene Co), a new cave for the files, developed in the Compton Formation. The cave was too wet to visit, but the nearby tenant said he had been in the cave 40 feet. After this, the tenant showed Eric and Jon a number of springs before they entered nearby Horton Pit. Eric and Jon surveyed the cave to about 110 feet. The cave is entered through a 16-foot deep regolith-walled pit to a mostly walking passage consisting of dome rooms and alternating layers of limestone and chert of the upper Pierson Formation. |