MAMMOTH CAVE NATIONAL PARK……WHICH WAS ESTABLISHED ON JULY-FIRST 1944….IS CELEBRATING ITS 85TH ANNIVERSARY THIS WEEK…..CELEBRATING NOT
ONLY ITS LEGACY AS THE WORLD’S LONGEST KNOWN CAVE SYSTEM…..BUT ALSO THE GENERATIONS OF EXPLORATON, PRESERVATON AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT
THAT HAVE SHAPED ITS HISTORY…..
TODAY THE PARK SPANS OVER 53-THOUSAND ACRES IN BARREN EDMONSON AND HART COUNTIES AND DRAWS HUNDREDS-OF-THOUSANDS OF VISITORS
EACH YEAR….
EXPLORERS CONTINUE MAPPING NEW PASSAGES….EXPANDING THE KNOWN CAVE SYSTEM TO MORE THAN 430 MILES…..
THE PARK WAS NAMED A “UNESCO WORLD HERIGATE CENTRE-WORLD HERITAGE SITE IN 1981”…..AND LATER BECAME AN “INTERNATIONAL BIOSPHERE RESERVE IN
1990”…….