Training

• 17-22 May 2026 – Bowling Green, Kentucky

  Other Training

  Karst Hydrogeology @ Western Kentucky University, USA

  Applied Practice of Karst Hydrogeology. Karst Hydrogeology is a field course that introduces the basics of karst landscape/aquifer systems with an emphasis on methods and techniques relevant to addressing environmental problems as well as general research applications. Topics covered in daily presentations and discussion will include hydrogeology of the South-Central Kentucky Karst region, groundwater tracing and monitoring methods, carbonate geochemistry, and applications of these methods to karst groundwater problems. Field exercises will include surface and cave trips with a particular focus on ‘hands-on’ participation in groundwater tracing and monitoring using both discrete sampling methods and a variety of data loggers. This course will be held in Bowling Green, Kentucky on the main campus of Western Kentucky University with field trips in the Lost River Basin, Mammoth Cave National Park, and Hidden River Cave. This course is available as a workshop or for credit (undergraduate or graduate). Participants must be in good physical condition to negotiate surface hikes, cave passages, and wade small streams which are a major component of this course. Students who take the course for credit will develop an independent research project in consultation with the instructors (Dr. Chris Groves and Lee Anne Bledsoe, MS) during the week, which must be completed by August 1, 2026.

  Price: $600 USD

  Organised by Crawford Hydrology Laboratory @WKU.

   http://https://www.karstfieldstudies.com/hydrogeology     lee.bledsoe@wku.edu