The Ozark Underground Laboratory: 35 Years as an Educational Resource in Speleology. (Speleology Section).Aley, T. (1), C. Aley (1) and D. Ashley (2). (1) The Ozark Underground Laboratory and (2) Department of Biology, Missouri Western State College. THE OZARK UNDERGROUND LABORATORY: 35 YEARS AS AN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE IN SPELEOLOGY speleology (spēlēŏl`əjē), systematic exploration of caves, popularly called spelunking. It includes the measuring and mapping of caves and reporting on the flora and fauna found in them. . The Ozark Underground Laboratory (OUL) consists of 600 acres of Ozark upland overlying overlying suffocation of piglets by the sow. The piglets may be weak from illness or malnutrition, the sow may be clumsy or ill, the pen may be inadequate in size or poorly designed so that piglets cannot escape. Tumbling Creek Cave, a unique resource designated a National Natural Landmark The National Natural Landmark (NNL) program recognizes and encourages the conservation of outstanding examples of the United States' natural history. It is the only natural areas program of national scope that identifies and recognizes the best examples of biological and . The purposes of the OUL are to encourage education, resource use, and research in the cave regions of the United States. The Laboratory conducts educational field trips, is available for extended field studies, provides research facilities and assistance and does consulting work and contract investigations on water and land use problems in cave regions. A variety of typical Ozark habitats are easily accessible from the OUL. These include caves and other karst Karst (kärst), Ital. Carso, Slovenian Kras, limestone plateau, W Slovenia, N of Istria and extending c.50 mi (80 km) SE from the lower Isonzo (Soča) valley between the Bay of Trieste and the Julian Alps. features, Ozark upland forests and glades, and clear Ozark streams. Personnel of the OUL provide educational field trips relating to karst resources and also presen t technical training workshops in karst hydrology hydrology, study of water and its properties, including its distribution and movement in and through the land areas of the earth. The hydrologic cycle consists of the passage of water from the oceans into the atmosphere by evaporation and transpiration (or . |
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