H. Dwight Weaver , (text author for The Wilderness Underground ), is a public information specialist for the Missouri Department of Natural Resources in Jefferson City, Missouri. Author of Missouri, the Cave State , Weaver is co-founder of Missouri Speleogy and has been exploring caves for thirty-five years. James N. Huckins , (photo editor for The Wilderness Underground ), a caver for twenty-five years, is a research environmental chemist for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Columbia, Missouri. He has served as a judge for the annual photography contest of the National Association for Conservation Information.

Rickard L. Walk , (photo editor for The Wilderness Underground ), is a certified registered nurse anestetist in Columbia, Missouri. He is an avid outdoor photographer whose work appears in Colorful Missouri . He has been a caver for ten years.