| Cave Groups Working in Kentucky | ||||||
| Group Name | Group ID | Contact Name | Contact e-mail | Area of Work | Other Info | |
| 1 | Baltimore Grotto | BG | Dave West | d270@bellatlantic.net | Caves with CRF at Mammoth Cave | |
| 2 | Black Hole Grotto | BHG | Defunct | |||
| 3 | Blue Grass Grotto | BGG | Randy Paylor | caver@iglou.com | ||
| 4 | Carter Cave Survey | CCS | Joe Park | caver2@logantele.com | Carter Cave in Todd County | |
| 5 | Carter Underground Speleological Society | CUSS | Steve Duncan | cavinfool@qx.net | Carter, Elliott, Lewis | |
| 6 | Cave Research Foundation | CRF | Pat Kambesis | kambesis@bigfoot.com | Mammoth Cave National Park (and area) | |
| 7 | Center for Cave and Karst Studies (WKU) | CCKS | Dr. Nick Crawford | nickorwhit@msn.com | Research statewide | Phone (270) 745-3252 |
| 8 | Central Indiana Grotto | CIG | Dave Haun | dehcave@onet.net | South central Ky | Contact: Dave Haun, PO Box 47961, Indianapolis, Indiana 46247 Ph: 812-829-4077 |
| 9 | Central Kentucky Karst Coalition | CKKC | Jim Borden | jamesdborden@yahoo.com | Roppel Cave, other small caves outside Mammoth | |
| 10 | Central Ohio Grotto | COG | Darrell Adkins | darrell.adkins@axom.com | Rockcastle, Pulaski, Wayne counties | |
| 11 | DASS | DASS | Rockcastle and Pulaski counties (Coral Cave) | |||
| 12 | Dayton Underground Grotto | DUG1 | Kevin Toepke | ktoepke@tuningoracle.com | Rockcastle, Pulaski, Jackson Counties | |
| 13 | Detroit Urban Grotto | DUG2 | Lawrence Bean | BEANL@michigan.gov | Fisher Ridge (Hart County) | Peter Quick (pquick@pssc.com) is the contact for active cave exploration |
| 14 | Eastern States Speleological Organization | ESSO | Dave Junker | djunker@draggnet.com | North-eastern Ky | |
| 15 | Evansville Met Grotto | EMG | Ernie Payne | epcaver@sigecom.net | Todd and Christian Counties | see also Don Shafstal (spelling?) |
| 16 | Golden Pond Grotto | GPG | Gary Collins | BoDean9@bellsouth.net | Western Ky | Gary Collins, 520 York St., Clarksville, TN 37040, 931 553-823 |
| 17 | Greater Cincinnati Grotto | GCG | Rockcastle/Pulaski Co./Jackson Cp | |||
| 18 | Green River Grotto | GRG | Rick Fowler | fowler@wku.edu | Mostly southern Kentucky | Phone (270) 745-6931 |
| 19 | Hart of Kentucky Grotto | HKG | Dave Matteson | mattesondo@yahoo.com | Hart and surrounding counties | Contact: Dave Matteson, 40 Wildwood Dr., Elizabethtown, KY 42701, Ph:270-769-5806 |
| 20 | Hoffman Research Center (WKU) | HRC | Dr. Chris Groves | Research statewide | Phone: (270) 745-4169 | |
| 21 | James Cave Project | JC | Charles Bishop | horsecave@juno.com | Edmonson County | |
| 22 | Karst Environmental Education & Protection Coalition | KEEP | Hilary Lambert | hlhopper@prodigy.net | North Warren County | also, Roger Brucker |
| 23 | Kentucky River Area Cave Survey | KRACS | Tab Farthing | farthing@kih.net | Concerned with caves in the Kentucky River Basin | |
| 24 | Ky Geological Survey | KGS | Jim Currens | currens@kgs.mm.uky.edu | Statewide | |
| 25 | Ky Heritage Council/State Historic Preservation Office | KHC | Dr. Susan Neumeyer | sneumeyer@hotmail.com | Statewide | |
| 26 | Ky State Archaeologist | KSA | Dr. George Crothers | Statewide | ||
| 27 | Louisville Grotto | LG | Steve Gentry | Sgentry177@aol.com | Meede, Hardin, Breckenridge and northern Hart Cos. | 110 Beechwood Lane, Mt. Washington, KY 40047 (502) 538-7665 H (502) 551-4678 Cell |
| 28 | Miami Valley Grotto | MVG | Mark Turner | markvturner@yahoo.com | Long Hollow Cave System (Pulaski Co - Dykes quad) | Additional contact: Julie Schenck - jeschenck@hotmail.com |
| 29 | Mid-Illinois Grotto | MIG | Defunct | Crumps Cave (?) | ||
| 30 | Nashville Grotto | NG | Wayne, southern Todd, Christian, and Logan Counties | |||
| 31 | Pickney Area Grotto | PAG | Gary Casady | gcasady@ismi.net | ||
| 32 | Pine Mountain Grotto | PMG | John Taylor | jtaylor@unionky.edu | Far SE Ky, (Pine Mtn - Cumberland Gap area) | |
| 33 | Red Eye Karst Team | REKT | Brian Heckman | CaveScoob@aol.com | Pulaski and Rockcastle counties | |
| 34 | Upper Cumberland Grotto | UCG | Shawn Roark | caver47128@netscape.net | Wayne, southern Todd, Christian and Logan Counties | |
| 35 | Warren County Rabbit Holers | WCRH | Defunct | |||
| 36 | Wittenberg University Speleological Society | WUSS | Horton Hobbs | hhobbs@wittenberg.edu | Northeastern Ky (primarily Carter County) | |
| 37 | WKSS | WKSS | Preston Forsythe | pnsfor@muhlon.com | West Ky., west of Bowling Green, and Warren Co | see also: Shari Forsythe, Mike Dyas, Gary Collins |