The United States Deep Caving Team, in a unanimous decision of the board of directors, has endorsed the long awaited return of the Huautla Project, now known as the Proyecto Espeleologico Sistema Huautla and involving a significant contribution from cave explorers from both Mexico and the United States, in addition to other talented international explorers.

The new project is being organized and led by veteran expeditionary explorers Bill Steele and Tommy Shifflett. Annual expeditions are planned to continue exploration and mapping of the vast, and still largely unexplored, Huautla cave system.