As many of you know, we planted more than 775 trees the weekend of April 1, 2004. What we haven't done is give you an update on those trees. Some are doing great, at over six feet in height, while others are still less than one-foot tall. Why, you ask?  Two different species. The white pines that were planted are a faster growing tree than the spruce we planted. Also, we never thanked publicly the people who donated money to our tree planting efforts. We received money from as far away as California. Therefore, I would like to thank the following people for their generous donations:

• Gale Beach
• Barb Bentzin
• Tim Bleech
• West Virginia Cave Conservancy The Open Cave
• Ed Saugstad and Carroll Bassett chat before the WVCC Banquet as Larry
• Smith and others look on. (Photograph by David Socky)
• Logan Birkhimer
• Morgana Birkhimer
• Jeff Bray
• Bubble Cave LLC
• Ellie Florance
• Dr. Jennifer Gong
• A.J. Goslin
• In Memory of Phillip Hall
• Bob Handley
• Jeff Jahn (3)
• Meredith Hall Johnson
• Mindie Kaplan
• Beth Little
• Kristen Matak
• Chad Maus
• Charles Maus
• Esther Maus
• Nancy Maus
• Roy Merin
• Tom and Kim Metzgar
• Bob Montgomery
• John Pearson
• Diane Reichert
• Gale Schultz
• Susan Stanley
• Tri-State Grotto (5)
• Ruth and Charlie Williams

If I have left anyone off this list, please contact me. The information is on the second page of this newsletter.