Links for Cave Rescue, Rescue,
Caving, & Western Caving

If you're visiting our web site looking for information on caving or where to find caves, joining a rescue team is definitely not the best way to do that. Our rescue team will not provide information on cave locations and we do not provide caving trips or training to non-members of our team. You really need to contact one of the caving groups below to learn about caving!

Caving

• National Speleological Society
• The Caving Page.....(If this small list of links on our page doesn't get you what you need, look here!)
• NSS Cave Conservation and Management Page
• Cave Research Foundation

Western Caving

• Western Region of the NSS .............(Umbrella organization for all Western Region grottos)
• Southern California Grotto .............(Greater Los Angeles area)
• Desert Dog Troglodytes .............(Long Beach area)
• San Diego Grotto.............(San Diego area)
• Diablo Grotto.............(Palo Alto area)
• Willamette Valley Grotto.............(Portland, Oregon)
• San Francisco Bay Chapter.............(San Francisco area)
• Stanislaus Grotto............(Modesto area)
• Cave Research Foundation - California
• Southern Nevada Grotto...........(Las Vegas, NV area)

Cave Rescue

• National Cave Rescue Commission
• Western Region NCRC
• Pacific Northwest Region NCRC
• Southwestern Region NCRC
• South-Central Region NCRC
• Southeast Region NCRC
• Central Region NCRC
• Eastern Region NCRC
• Northeast Region NCRC
• Caribbean Region NCRC
• Cave Rescue Network of Europe
• Western Region Training Committee

Search and Rescue

All of the pages listed in this section have additional links you might be interested in...

• National Association for Search and Rescue (NASAR)
• Mountain Rescue Association
• MRA Western Region
• SAR Society of British Columbia