Cave Connection

Annie Busch, executive director of the Springfield-Greene County Library, talks with Matt Forir, lead paleontologist at Riverbluff Cave, during a Feb. 23 press conference. The event showcased the new video conferencing capabilities available at the cave, which will allow people to explore the cave’s fragile environment via the Web. More than a quarter-mile of fiber optic cable was installed in the cave, along with copper cable in the Riverbluff Field House that will allow additional computers and cameras to connect with the system.