The Southeastern Cave Conservancy (SCCi) is a United States not-for-profit corporation dedicated to cave conservation, caver education, and cave management. It was formed in 1991 by a group of southeastern United States cavers. The SCCi is an institutional member of the National Speleological Society.
According to its Articles of Incorporation, the organization's purpose is "to acquire and manage caves for scientific study, education of those persons interested in speleology, and conservation of these resources".
Caves and preserves
The organization owns or leases 1,216 acres (4.92 km2) of land in six states, 63 caves, 27 cave preserves, and over $1.5 million in land assets. The SCCi is particularly interested in caves that are threatened with closure or destruction or those that provide a habitat for endangered species such as the gray bat, Tennessee cave salamander, and Hart's-tongue fern.
Caves and preserves owned or leased by the organization are listed below.
Anderson Cave (one major cave and four smaller caves), Shelby CountyFern Cave (Surprise Pit entrance), Jackson CountyGlove Pit, Madison CountyHorse Skull and Jack's Hole, Jackson CountyKennamer Cave (two caves), Jackson CountyJacobs Mountain Preserve, Jackson CountyLimrock Blowing Cave Preserve, Jackson CountyNeversink Cave, Jackson CountySteward Spring Cave, DeKalb CountyStephens Gap Callahan Cave Preserve (five caves), Jackson CountyTumbling Rock Cave, Jackson CountyValhalla Cave (one major cave and three smaller ones), Jackson CountyHollow Ridge, Jackson CountyJennings Cave, Marion CountyFox Mountain (at least seven caves), Dade CountyFrick's Cave, Walker CountyCharles B. Henson Cave Preserve at Johnsons Crook (at least 34 caves, Dade CountyHoward's Waterfall Cave, Dade CountyFrenchman Knob Cave, Hart CountyLogsdon Cave (William R. Halliday Cave Preserve), Hart CountyGourdneck Cave, Marion CountyHolly Creek Cave, Wayne CountyRattling Cave, Cocke CountyRun To The Mill Cave Preserve, Cumberland CountySinking Cove (includes five major caves and five smaller ones), Franklin CountySnail Shell Cave, Rutherford CountySouth Pittsburg Pit, Marion CountyWolf River Cave, Fentress CountyLobelia Saltpeter Cave, Pocahontas County