BCCS Calendar

Everyone on BCCS preserves, going into BCCS caves, working BCCS digs or projects, or on BCCS trips needs to have a waiver on file.

2025 PROJECT WEEKEND CALENDAR

Date	Project Weekend or Event	Coordinator
January 17-19, 2025	Caving Project Weekend #244	Paul Winter
January 21, 2025 7:00pm	BCCS Town Hall - Tuesday Evening telecon	Paul Winter
February 14-16, 2025	Caving Project Weekend #245	Paul Winter
March 14-16, 2025	Pancakes Digging Weekend	Gregg Clemmer
April 15, 2025	Bat Moratorium Ends - Caves open to science, exploration, and recreation.
April 18-20, 2025	Caving Project Weekend #246	Paul Winter
May 23-26, 2025	Spring Work, Maintenance, and Caving Weekend #247	Paul Winter President Dan Tucker, Chair, Bldg and Grounds Committee
May 26, 2025 10:00am in person	BCCS Town Hall, Homestead Porch	Paul Winter, President
July 3-6, 2025	Caving Project Weekend #248	Paul Winter
August 1-3, 2025	Caving Project Weekend #249	Paul Winter
August 29- Sept 1, 2025	Caving Project Weekend #250 (Labor Day Weekend)	Paul Winter
October 3-5, 2025	BCCS Social Weekend Lightning Talks on Saturday morning 10/4 time TBD.	Paul Winter
October 7, 2025 7:00pm	BCCS Members Meeting via Telecon.	Paul Winter
October 15, 2025	Bat Moratorium Begins - Caves open to science and exploration ONLY. Butler Cave open except for Nicholson Entrance area.
October 31-November 2, 2025	Caving Project Weekend #251	Paul Winter
December 5-7, 2025	Caving Project Weekend #252 Gift Exchange & White Elephant Holiday Party Saturday evening.	Alex Malone and Keith Wheeland

For future planning purposes, the BCCS generally schedules project weekends as below, though this is subject to change:
January - the Martin Luther King Holiday Weekend.
February - the Presidents' Holiday Weekend.
March - the second weekend of the Highland County Maple Festival (usually the 3rd full weekend in March).
April - usually the third weekend of the month to avoid WVACS/GVKS conflicts.
May - the Memorial Day Holiday Weekend.
June - often no weekend scheduled in June due to the proximity of the May and July weekends.
July - usually the weekend closest to and/or including the July 4th Holiday, but this varies.
August - usually the first weekend of the month to avoid WVACS/GVKS conflicts.
September - the Labor Day Holiday Weekend.
October - this is the BCCS Fall Social weekend, usually the first full weekend in October, but might move earlier to avoid the Columbus Day weekend.
November - usually the first weekend of the month to avoid WVACS/GVKS conflicts.
December - this varies to avoid caving conflicts and to avoid getting too close to the Christmas holiday.

2024 PROJECT WEEKEND CALENDAR

Date	Project Weekend or Event	Coordinator
January 19-21, 2024	Caving Project Weekend #235	Paul Winter
January 30, 2024 7:00pm via telecon	BCCS Town Hall - Tuesday Evening telecon	Paul Winter
February 16-19, 2024	Caving Project Weekend #236	Paul Winter
March 15-17, 2024	Pancakes Digging Weekend	Gregg Clemmer
April 15, 2024	Bat Moratorium Ends - Caves open to science, exploration, and recreation.
April 19-21, 2024	Caving Project Weekend #237	Paul Winter
May 24-27 2024	Spring Work, Maintenance, and Caving Weekend #238	Paul Winter, Acting Chair, Bldg and Grounds Committee
May 27, 2024 10:00am in person	BCCS Town Hall, Homestead Porch	Paul Winter, President
July 3 - July 7, 2024	Caving Project Weekend #239	Paul Winter
August 2-4, 2024	Caving Project Weekend #240	Paul Winter
August 17, 2024	BCCS Open House 11am-3pm. More info here.	Paul Winter
August 30- Sept 2, 2024	Caving Project Weekend #241 (Labor Day Weekend)	Rosie Behr and Bryan Crowell
October 4-6, 2024	BCCS Social Weekend and Members Meeting Lightning Talks on Saturday morning 10/5 time TBD.	Paul Winter
October 8, 2024	BCCS Members Meeting via Telecon	Paul Winter
October 15, 2024	Bat Moratorium Begins - Caves open to science and exploration ONLY. Butler Cave open except for Nicholson Entrance area.
November 1-3, 2024	Caving Project Weekend #242	Irina Tăbărană
December 6-8, 2024	Caving Project Weekend #243 Gift Exchange & White Elephant Holiday Party Saturday evening.	Alex Malone and Keith Wheeland

Project Weekend trips are project-focused and self-organized; if you just show up there may not be a trip for you. Contact the Coordinator (contact info in NSS Manual) if you have questions. Check our Project Weekend page for more information about the Project Weekens and how to get on a trip.

You can check our Pancakes page for more information on our annual Spring digging weekend coincident with the Highland County Maple Festival.

Also visit our page about staying at the homestead. A completed signed waiver is required to participate in any BCCS activities or to use BCCS owned or managed facilities, property, or caves.

Our Google Calendar contains the project weekends along with other BCCS activities.

-----PRIOR YEARS-----

2023 PROJECT WEEKEND CALENDAR

Date	Project Weekend or Event	Coordinator
January 20-22, 2023	Caving Project Weekend #226	Kelly McCarthy, Butler Cave Project Leader
January 24, 2023 7:00pm via telecon	BCCS Town Hall	Paul Winter, President
February 17-19, 2023	Caving Project Weekend #227	Paul Winter, President
March 17-19, 2023	Pancakes Digging Weekend	Gregg Clemmer
April 21-23, 2023	Caving Project Weekend #228	Kelly McCarthy, Butler Cave Project Leader
May 26-29, 2023	Spring Work, Maintenance, and Caving Weekend #229	Paul Winter, Acting Chair, Bldg and Grounds Committee
May 29, 2023 10:00am in person	BCCS Town Hall, Homestead Porch	Paul Winter, President
June 30 - July 4, 2023	Caving Project Weekend #230 NSS Post-Convention Camp	Paul Winter, President
August 4-6, 2023	Caving Project Weekend #231	Scott Walquist
September 1-4, 2023	Caving Project Weekend #232	Rosie Behr & Bryan Crowell
September 29 to October 1, 2023	BCCS Social Weekend and Members Meeting Format and date of the meeting pending members poll	Paul Winter, President
November 3-5, 2023	Caving Project Weekend #233	Casey Tucker
December 15-17, 2023	Caving Project Weekend #234 Gift Exchange & White Elephant Holiday Party	Alex Malone

2022 PROJECT WEEKEND CALENDAR

BCCS Caving Project Weekends are back! The Board has authorized the resumption of open BCCS Project Weekends beginning with the Memorial Day May 28-30, 2022 BCCS Project Weekend!

Date	Project Weekend or Event	Coordinator
January 6-9, 2022	Social Distancing and RSVP Only Preserve Surveying Weekend Project Weekend #217	Tony Canike
March 16-20, 2022	Social Distancing and RSVP Only Unofficial Pancake Digging Weekend Preserve Surveying Weekend Project Weekend #218	Gregg Clemmer Tony Canike
May 25-27, 2022	Pre-weekend Preserve Surveying and Management Projects	Tony Canike
May 28-30, 2022	Annual Work, Maintenance, and Caving Weekend Project Weekend #219	Paul Winter, Acting Chair, Bldg and Grounds Committee
July 1-4, 2022	Caving Project Weekend #220	TBD
August 5-7, 2022	Caving Project Weekend #221	TBD
September 2-5, 2022	Caving Project Weekend #222	TBD
September 30 to October 2, 2022.	BCCS Social Weekend and Celebration of Life for Nevin W. Davis and Mark Hodge Caving Project Weekend #223	Paul Winter, President
Oct 4th, 2022 7PM	BCCS Annual Business Meeting via Telecon	Paul Winter, President
November 5, 2022	Preserve Management Surveying, Building Maintenance, and Digging Weekend (Project Weekend #224)	Tony Canike
December 13-16, 2022	Preserve Management Surveying	Tony Canike
December 16-18, 2022	Caving Project Weekend #225 Gift Exchange & White Elephant Holiday Party at the Roost 7:30pm Saturday.	TBD, caving project coordinator Alex Malone, Gift Exchange coordinator

2021 PROJECT WEEKEND CALENDAR

Date

Project Weekend

Leader

VIA ZOOM

October 2, 2020

10/3 Members Meeting Noon

Tony Canike

November 19-21, 2020

Preserve Surface Surveying
Social Distancing and RSVP Only
Project Weekend #216

Tony Canike, Chair of the Preserve Management Committee

2020 PROJECT WEEKEND CALENDAR

Date	Project Weekend	Leader
January 18-19 2020	BCCS Project Weekend #214	Paul WInter
February 15- 17, 2020	BCCS Project Weekend #215	Paul Winter
CANCELLED DUE TO COVID March 21- 22, 2020	Annual Pancakes Digging Weekend!	Gregg Clemmer
CANCELLED April 18 - 19, 2020	BCCS Project Weekend	TBA
CANCELLED May 23 - 25, 2020	BCCS Project Weekend Saturday 5/23 Homestead Work Day Monday 5/26 Board Meeting 9am	Michael Kistler
CANCELLED June 20 - 21, 2020	BCCS Project Weekend	Brian Mayfield
CANCELLED July 3 - 5, 2020	BCCS Project Weekend	Could be You!
CANCELLEDSeptember 5 - 7, 2020	BCCS Project Weekend	Could be You!
VIA ZOOM October 3 - 4, 2020	10/3 Board Meeting 9:30am 10/3 Members Meeting Noon 10/3 Annual Cookout 5pm	Tony Canike
CANCELLEDNovember 7 - 8, 2020	BCCS Project Weekend	Could be You!
CANCELLEDDecember 12 - 13, 2020*	BCCS Project Weekend and White Elephant Gift Exchange	Alex Malone

2019 PROJECT WEEKEND CALENDAR

2019 PROJECT WEEKENDS
Date	Project Weekend	Host
January 19-20-21, 2019	BCCS Project Weekend #205	Paul Winter
February 16-17-18, 2019	BCCS Project Weekend #206	Paul Winter
March 16 - 17, 2019	Pancakes and surface digs!	Gregg Clemmer
April 6, 2019	Steamer Hole Cleanout Project Weekend 207	Hope Brooks
April 20 - 21, 2019	BCCS Project Weekend #208	TBD
May 25 - 27, 2019	BCCS Project Weekend #209 Saturday 5/25 Homestead Work Day Monday 5/27 Board Meeting 9am	Tony Canike and Mike Kistler
June 28-30, 2019	Homestead and Butler Cave closed for NCRC OCR Course	Mark Hodge
July 4 - 7, 2019	BCCS Project Weekend #210	TBD
August 31 - September 2, 2019	BCCS Project Weekend #211	TBD
October 5 - 6, 2019	BCCS Annual Meeting 10/5 Board Meeting 9:30am 10/5 Members Meeting Noon 10/5 Annual Cookout 5pm	Tony Canike
November 2 - 3, 2019	BCCS Project Weekend #212	Yvonne Droms and Mark Minton
December 14 -15 2019	BCCS Project Weekend #213 and White Elephant Gift Exchange	Alex Malone and Keith Wheeland

2018 CALENDAR
January 20-21, 2018	BCCS Project Weekend #197	Paul Winter
February 17-18, 2018	Butler Project Weekend #198	Paul Winter
March 17-18, 2018	Pancakes - come eat pancakes and then dig with us!	Gregg Clemmer
March 31-April 1, 2018	BCCS 50/60 Preparation Work Weekend	Jean Vargas and Scott Olson
April 21-22, 2018	BCCS Project Weekend #199 and 50/60 Prep Work Weekend	Jean Vargas and Scott Olson
May 12-13, 2018	BCCS 50/60 Preparation Work Weekend	Jean Vargas and Scott Olson
May 26-28, 2018	BCCS 50/60 Celebration! BCCS Project Weekend #200 Saturday 5/26 50/60 Celebration Sunday 5/27 Caving Project Day Monday 5/28 Board Meeting 9am	Jean Vargas and Scott Olson
July 7/4-7/8, 2018 (Wednesday-Sunday)	BCCS Project Weekend #201	Tony Canike
September 1-3, 2018	BCCS Project Weekend #202	TBD
October 6, 2018	BCCS Annual Business meeting Board Meeting 10am Members Meeting Noon	TBD
November 3-4, 2018	BCCS Project Weekend #203	TBD
December 15-16, 2018	BCCS Project Weekend #204 and White Elephant Gift Exchange	Nathan Farrar

2017
January 21, 2017	BCCS Project Weekend #189	Paul Winter
February 18-19	Butler Project Weekend #190	Paul Winter
March 18	Pancakes - come eat pancakes and then dig with us!	Gregg Clemmer
April 15-16	BCCS Project Weekend #191 and BCCS Conservation Project.	Nathan Farrar
May 27-29	BCCS Project Weekend #192 Saturday 5/27 Homestead Project Day Sunday 5/28 Caving Project Day Monday 5/29 Board Meeting 9am	Mike Kistler
July 1-2-3-4 Tues 7/4	BCCS Project Weekend #193 Long Range Plan Town Hall 9-11am at the Butler Homestead	Tony Canike
August 7	BCCS Long Range Plan telecon - contact Tony for details	Tony Canike
September 2-4 Monday 9/4	BCCS Project Weekend #194 Long Range Plan Town Hall 9-11am at the Butler Homestead	TBD
October 7	BCCS Annual Business meeting Board Meeting 10am Members Meeting Noon	Tony Canike
November 4	BCCS Project Weekend #195	TBD
December 16-17	BCCS Project Weekend #196 and White Elephant Gift Exchange	Nathan Farrar

2016
January 16-18, 2016	Project Weekend #181	Paul Winter
February 20	Project Weekend #182	Paul Winter
March 19	Pancakes - come eat pancakes and then dig with us!	Gregg Clemmer
April 23-24	Project Weekend #183 and Earth Day BCCS Conservation Project.	Nathan Farrar
May 28 (Saturday)	Homestead Project Day, Project Weekend #184	Mike Kistler
May 29 (Sunday)	Caving Project Day, Project Weekend #184	Tony Canike
May 29 (Sunday)	Board Meeting 8:30am at Bill and Priscilla's (Note Sunday date&time)	Tony Canike
May 30 (Monday)	Caving trips and closing up.	Tony Canike
July 2-4	Project Weekend #185	Tony Canike
September 3-5	Project Weekend #186	TBD
October 1	Board Meeting 10am Annual Business Meeting 12 noon	Tony Canike
November 12	Project Weekend #187	Mark Hodge
December 10	Project Weekend #188 and White Elephant Gift Exchange	Nathan Farrar

2015
17-18 Jan 2015	Project Weekend #172. Led by Paul Winter.
21-22 Feb 2015	Project Weekend #173 Led by Paul Winter.
21-22 Mar 2015	Pancakes Weekend - come dig with us! Led by Gregg Clemmer.
18-19 Apr 2015	Project Weekend #174 and Earth Day Celebration. Led by Nathan Farrar.
23 May 2015	Project Weekend #175, Homestead Project Day. Led by Tony Canike.
24 May 2015	Project Weekend #175, Caving Project Day. Led by Tony Canike.
25 May 2015	Board of Directors Meeting (Memorial Day) 9:30am at the Homestead
3 Jul - 5 Jul 2015	Project Weekend #176. Led by Tony Canike.
5 Sep - 7 Sep 2015	Project Weekend #177. Led by Scott Olson.
3 Oct 2015	Board of Directors Meeting 10am
3 Oct 2015	Annual Membership Meeting 12pm
7 Nov 2015	Project Weekend #178. Led by Mark Hodge.
14 Nov 2015	VPI/Nittany Project Weekend #179 Led by Tony Canike
12-13 Dec 2015	Project Weekend #180 and the 3rd Annual White Elephant gift exchange. Led by Nathan Farrar.

2014
18 Jan 2014	Expedition #164. Led by Paul Winter.
22 Feb 2014	Expedition #165. Led by Brad Cooper.
15 Mar 2014	Pancakes Weekend - come dig with us! Led by Gregg Clemmer.
19 Apr 2014	Expedition #166 and Earth Day Celebration. Led by Nathan Farrar.
24 May 2014	Expedition #167, Homestead Project Day. Led by Tony Canike.
25 May 2014	Expedition #167, Caving Project Day. Led by Tony Canike.
26 May 2013	Board of Directors Meeting (Memorial Day) 9:30am at the Homestead
4 Jul - 7 Jul 2014	Expedition #168. Led by Tony Canike.
30 Aug - 1 Sep 2014	Expedition #169. Led by Tony Canike.
4 Oct 2014	Board of Directors Meeting 10am
4 Oct 2014	Annual Membership Meeting 12pm
22 Nov 2014	Expedition #170. Led by Yvonne Droms and Mark Minton.
13 Dec 2014	Expedition #171 and the 2nd Annual White Elephant gift exchange. Led by Nathan Farrar.

2013
16 Mar 2013	Pancakes Weekend - come dig with us!
20 Apr 2013	BCCS Expedition #158 (revised date)
25 May 2013	BCCS Expedition #159, Homestead Project Day
26 May 2013	BCCS Expedition #159, Caving Project Day
27 May 2013	Board of Directors Meeting (Memorial Day) 9:30am at the homestead
4 Jul -7 Jul 2013	BCCS Expedition #160
31 Aug - 2 Sep 2013	BCCS Expedition #161
5 Oct 2013	Board of Directors Meeting
5 Oct 2013	BCCS Annual Membership Meeting
16 Nov 2013	BCCS Expedition #162, led by Paul Winter
14 Dec 2013	BCCS Expedition #163 and gift exchange, led by Nathan Farrar