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Calendar No. 278
118TH CONGRESS REPORT
1st Session SENATE 118-134
MAMMOTH CAVE NATIONAL PARK BOUNDARY
ADJUSTMENT ACT
DECEMBER 12, 2023.-Ordered to be printed
Mr. MANCHIN, from the Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources, submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany S. 1277]
The Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, to which was
referred the bill (S. 1277) to modify the boundary of the Mammoth
Cave National Park in the State of Kentucky, and for other pur-
poses, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon with-
out amendment and recommends that the bill do pass.
PURPOSE
The purpose of S. 1277 is to modify the boundary of the Mam-
moth Cave National Park in the State of Kentucky to include ap-
proximately 980 additional acres of land.
BACKGROUND AND NEED
S. 1277 authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire ap-
proximately 980 acres for addition to Mammoth Cave National
Park in Kentucky. The Nature Conservancy owns approximately
550 acres in Edmonson County known as The Fortress Group tract,
which includes the James Cave and the Coach Cave. The caves and
surrounding forested habitat are important for the conservation
and recovery of three federally listed bat species: the endangered
Indiana and gray bats, and the threatened northern long-eared bat.
Cultural resources include archeological materials and rock art,
with radiocarbon analyzed prehistoric materials that date to the
Early Woodland period in these caves. Historic saltpeter mining is
also evident from the extensive borrow pits in the caves.
In addition to the cave resources, this watershed is home to 150
fish species and 73 mussel species. The Coach/James Cave property
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