{"id":2,"date":"2016-05-10T03:48:21","date_gmt":"2016-05-10T03:48:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timberline.caves.org\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2025-02-17T17:06:06","modified_gmt":"2025-02-17T17:06:06","slug":"welcome-to-the-grotto","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/timberline.caves.org\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to the Grotto"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"is-layout-flex wp-container-5 wp-block-columns\">\n<div class=\"is-layout-flow wp-block-column\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/timberline.caves.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/AlmostColumn-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-108\" srcset=\"https:\/\/timberline.caves.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/AlmostColumn-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/timberline.caves.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/AlmostColumn-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/timberline.caves.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/AlmostColumn-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/timberline.caves.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/AlmostColumn-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/timberline.caves.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/AlmostColumn-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"is-layout-flow wp-block-column\" style=\"flex-basis:55%\">\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-medium-gray-background-color has-text-color has-background\" style=\"font-size:16px\">     Timberline Grotto is based in the mountains of Western Colorado, and is dedicated to preserving the value and resources found within caves and karst systems.  The Grotto is a resource for education, exploration, and fun &#8211; focused on caves, karst areas, and the creatures that inhabit them. The Grotto is one of seven&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/caves.org\/state\/colorado\/\" target=\"_blank\">NSS Grottos<\/a>&nbsp;in the state.&nbsp; We welcome anyone that has an interest in caves and caving!   Every year the grotto holds a number of events including grotto gatherings, caving trips, and conservation &amp; safety projects at Spring Cave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"is-layout-flow wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-medium-gray-background-color has-text-color has-background\" style=\"font-size:15px\">     If you are not familiar with White Nose Syndrome (WNS) also known as Pd, then follow the links on the right to learn more.  It is imperative to protect the survival of the species.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"is-layout-flow wp-block-column has-medium-gray-background-color has-background\" style=\"flex-basis:20%\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-black-color has-text-color has-normal-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fs.usda.gov\/detailfull\/r2\/recreation\/?cid=fseprd515209&amp;width=full\">Forest Service Caving Information<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color has-normal-font-size\" style=\"color:#6fddf4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitenosesyndrome.org\/static-page\/what-is-white-nose-syndrome\">What is WNS?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color has-normal-font-size\" style=\"color:#6fddf4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitenosesyndrome.org\/where-is-wns\">Where is WNS?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color has-normal-font-size\" style=\"color:#6fddf4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/caves.org\/science\/\">Cave Science<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color has-normal-font-size\" style=\"color:#6fddf4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coloradocavesurvey.org\">Colorado Cave Survey<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-normal-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/timberline.caves.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/CO-Cave-Trip-report-2024.pdf\">Trip Report Form<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color has-normal-font-size\" style=\"color:#6fddf4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernslopegrotto.org\/home\">Western Slope Grotto<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color has-normal-font-size\" style=\"color:#6fddf4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/caves.org\/\">NSS<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Timberline Grotto is based in the mountains of Western Colorado, and is dedicated to preserving the value and resources found<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timberline.caves.org\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Welcome to the Grotto<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/timberline.caves.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/timberline.caves.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/timberline.caves.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timberline.caves.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timberline.caves.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/timberline.caves.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":227,"href":"https:\/\/timberline.caves.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions\/227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/timberline.caves.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}