{"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=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" 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=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:55%\">\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-medium-gray-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\" 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=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-medium-gray-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\" 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=\"wp-block-column has-medium-gray-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:20%\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-black-color has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><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 wp-block-paragraph\" 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 wp-block-paragraph\" 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 wp-block-paragraph\" 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 wp-block-paragraph\" 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 wp-block-paragraph\"><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 wp-block-paragraph\" 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 wp-block-paragraph\" 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":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/timberline.caves.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"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}]}}