Serving as an ambassador to enhance the visitors’
experience through enjoyment of Mammoth Cave National Park
by encouraging multi-activity experiences to gain a well-rounded understanding and appreciation for all facets of the park.

• $9,500 to develop an “eHike” for one of the park’s cave tours.  This program would be placed on the park web site so that visitors could view pictures, videos, and 360-degree panoramas along with short ranger talks.  This eHike would program for Mammoth Cave National Park would be modeled after two award-winning eHike programs that were established for Glacier National Park (see http://home.nps.gov/glac/photosmultimedia/ehikes.htm).

• $3,000 to prepare a revision to the 1995 book: “Guide to the Surface Trails of Mammoth Cave National Park.”  The copyright for this book is owned by Stan Sides and any revision would need his approval.  If he were to sell the copyright, Eastern National could then print the revised edition.  

• $3,200 to prepare a short book on short hikes and interesting places to visit within Mammoth Cave National Park, and then have Eastern National sell in book store. 

• $15,000 for two Western Kentucky University interns to work at Mammoth Cave National Park for 3-4 months performing trail management work (stream crossings, erosion control, brush trimming, re-route work, etc.)

• $5,000 to purchase Mammoth Cave National Park rack cards and additional copies of the Mammoth Cave Explorer for Kentucky Welcome Centers (particularly for the Bullitt County and Simpson County Welcome Centers and the Hart County Rest Area).  Providing this information to visitors at Kentucky welcome centers and selected rest areas would enhance public interest and provide necessary trip-planning information.  Distributing the Mammoth Cave National Park rack card further out into Ohio, Indiana, and Tennessee would be even more beneficial.

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