{"id":1321,"date":"2021-05-06T15:53:04","date_gmt":"2021-05-06T15:53:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/driftless.caves.org\/?page_id=1321"},"modified":"2022-01-09T21:08:45","modified_gmt":"2022-01-10T03:08:45","slug":"about-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/driftless.caves.org\/index.php\/about-2\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1321\" class=\"elementor elementor-1321\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9cbbcaa elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9cbbcaa\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bc4a569\" data-id=\"bc4a569\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ae52dd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3ae52dd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Driftless Area Karst Trail<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dbe72d7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dbe72d7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>To celebrate 2021 and 2022, the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/subjects\/caves\/nps-celebrates-2021-iyck.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> International Year of Caves and Karst<\/a>, our collaborative effort called the Driftless Area Karst Trail (DARK) was developed under the<a href=\"https:\/\/caves.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> National Speleological Society<\/a> and modeled after the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dcr.virginia.gov\/natural-heritage\/vacavetrail\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Virginia Cave and Karst Trail<\/a>. The DARK Trail highlights Discovery Areas in the driftless states\u2014Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, and Illinois\u2014that showcase the region&#8217;s dramatic landscape, including caves, springs, trails, state parks, scenic overlooks, and exhibits.<\/p>\n<p>Here on our website, you can search and explore the DARK Trail geographic Discovery Areas by state and county. You can also explore these locations with the interactive<a href=\"https:\/\/flyovercountry.io\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Flyover Country App<\/a>, developed by the<a href=\"https:\/\/twin-cities.umn.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> University of Minnesota-Twin Cities<\/a> and the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> National Science Foundation<\/a>. <span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15pt; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\"><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-877c0b1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"877c0b1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Partners &amp; Projects Behind the Driftless Area Karst Trail<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-efe61df elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"efe61df\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Thank you to all of our partners! 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