Please Donate to the Fort Stanton Cave Study Project


Card Donations We can accept either credit or debit card payments through our Pay Pal account. To get started, please click on the yellow Donate button below and you will be transfered to our PayPal site to enter your card information similar to the example images on the right and below.	First you will be asked to enter a donation amount. If you already have a PayPal account you can click on the first button to go there. If you just want to pay with your card, then click on the second button which will take you to the top of the next PayPal page shown on the right.	The amount will show at the top of the page followed by a box where you can enter any details such as "Donate to the Science Fund" or perhaps a shipping address different from your card billing address.



PayPal Example Continues Please enter your standard card information as shown on the right.	Continue filling in your card details and your card billing address as shown above. The Study Project does NOT receive your detail card information - it is used by the Pay Pal Bank only to transfer funds	If you would like to share your email and / or your phone information with the FSCSP, please enter it in the last section of data.

Why donate to the Fort Stanton Cave Study Project?

The Fort Stanton Cave Study Project is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Your contribution is tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law. No goods or services are provided in exchange for your financial donation.

Your financial contribution is important to us and will benefit both our teams working in the Bureau of Land Management Fort Stanton Cave – Snowy River National Conservation Area (NCA) as well as future generations of cave scientists.

Many of our team members are able to donate 100's of hours of their time during the year in support of our caving and surface reconnaissance activities. They carefully plan their vacation time to coincide with our expedition dates.

Others are retired and are able to donate even more volunteer hours towards the detail planning, report writing and long range goal setting activities. In 2016 after many generous donations we published a unique book full of color photographs, area maps and a large fold-out map. We usually publish a special calendar featuring color photos of our recent discoveries, and a few are available for team members and our contributors at an economical price.

Others, who often are not even active cavers, have become enthused with the broad range of activities we enjoy - both above and below ground. They enjoy supporting the FSCSP team, and realize that their financial contributions are heavily leveraged because the FSCSP has no paid officers or employees.

Our organization feels very strongly about the future preservation of the unique Snowy River and general cave resources, and will continue to work closely with multiple scientists and their students as our volunteers continue to break new ground. This is very exciting indeed and we look forward to even more discoveries in 2022-2023 (when Snowy River stops flowing and the crystal surface hardens enough for travel).

Currently there are several ways you can designate funds
- General Fund	This is our general operating fund. Large amounts spent from this fund (as well as the other funds listed below) must have approval from the Board of Directors. Examples of past expenditures include a wireless printer and a digital computer projector.
- Research Support Fund	The Research Support and Education Fund will be used on an occasional basis to provide support for students working in the area of caves and karst studies. The FSCSP currently works closely with scientists and their students from the University of New Mexico and New Mexico Tech.
- Utility Shaft Fund	The Utility Shaft Fund will be used to study and plan for a future small "utility shaft" connecting the surface to a point in the cave near the Snowy River Passage. It could be used for data linking to sensors in the cave below as well as communications.
- Designated Item Fund	Review our "Wish List" below to view some of the items that we can't currently afford from amounts in the General Fund. Many of the items on the list were funded when donors designated their donations for particular projects.

**FSCSP Wish List & Special Projects Completed**
Your Special Project		If you have a special request for a project, you can specify the Project. An example might be the low cost design and development and prototype fabrication of an Airflow Direction Data Logger for future airflow studies of potential dig sites.
Underground Cave Radio Work		The FSCSP currently uses privately owned cave radios and would like to purchase / build our own sets so that they would be more local to the cave. We use one pair of units for communications, and another pair of units for precision survey beacon locations. We also use another set of instruments for surface resistivity work, which can help us locate underground voids. Digital communication radios would give us 2-way text messaging capability. Cost estimated $1K-6K depending on batteries and radios built. John Lyles presented a paper at the 2013 NSS Convention on this new technology and is actively designing new equipment.
Book Fund	Donation Goal Complete	The Book Fund, established in 2015, supported the design and editing of a book that was published in June 2017. "*12 Miles*" is the story of 150 years of exploration in this unique cave. Check out the result of this project HERE. And a BIG THANKS to all our donors that contributed to this fund - you should be proud to have helped produce what is one of the best "Cave Books" published in the US.
Funding for additional folding chairs	Donation Goal Complete	After the HQ Building was renovated by the State of New Mexico in mid 2012, a request for donations for additional chairs was made. ($18. each).
Cell phone booster	Donation Goal Complete	New metal walls on the HQ Building reduced reception to an unacceptable amount. Funding was required to purchase $310 of new cell phone booster hardware, and installation was completed in April, 2013.
FSCSP Quality Color Brochure	Donation Goal Complete	Funding to help publish quality color brochure for FSCSP. (Design is completed and we even won an HM in the 2013 NSS Salon.)
Photo Equipment Upgrade	Donation Goal Complete	This special funding supported the design and fabrication of a pair of unique LED Photo Lights, suitable for improved photography illumination deep within the cave. These rugged lights are much smaller and more reliable than "standard" strobes.
Design Update for Mini-LIDAR	Donation Goal Complete	During the past 2-4 years we have been testing several prototype LIDAR units suitable for 3D surveying in Fort Stanton Cave. This donation is funding the fabrication of TWO 3rd generation designs which are being used by teams focusing on 3D meshes suitable for incorporation with the CaverQuest program.
Computer for Public installation of CaverQuest	Donation Goal Complete	This was a cost-sharing installation of a special kiosk featuring the CaverQuest simulation. The first location is the U. S. Forest Service Smokey Bear District Office in Ruidoso, NM. A similar CaverQuest application can be downloaded from this website.


	Paper Donation Form

If you would like to join others that have provided financial assistance,
please consider making a tax deductible donation to the FSCSP. By providing your address we can send you a donation letter following the end of the year or on request.

Mail: FSCSP Treasurer
1 Whispering Winds Trail
Placitas, NM 87043

FSCSP Donation Form

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