Members of the Mid-Atlantic Karst Conservancy (MAKC), a Pennsylvania non-profit organization that promotes the study of caves and karst, and which owns and manages caves, will be holding a small gathering in McClure Borough July 22-23. Several events during the weekend are free and open to the public, including a talk by Lewistown resident Rick Smith, who serves on the board of MAKC.

Smith will give a talk at 6 p.m. Saturday, July 22 on the cleanup of McClure Cave, Snyder County, which the MAKC purchased in the winter of 2022. The cave had been secured with an entrance gate several years ago at the request of the previous owner due to extensive vandalism of the cave formations and spray paint graffiti. Smith will speak about the work cavers did to restore the cave, and, if time permits, speak about his participation in efforts to create a new map of…