Organization
The organization is currently divided into 12 regions:
- Arizona Region (sometimes included in the Southwestern Region)
- Mid-Appalachian Region (MAR)
- Mississippi Valley-Ozark Region (MVOR)
- Northeast Regional Organization (NRO)
- Northwest Regional Organization and the Northwest Caving Association (NCA)
- Ohio Valley Region
- Rocky Mountain Region
- Southeastern Regional Association
- Southwestern Region
- Texas Speleological Association
- Virginia Region (VAR)
- Western Region.
Within these regions are local chapters known as grottos. The grottos carry out the local level recreational and conservation-related business of the NSS.
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