The Kungur laboratory is the oldest institution of the Academy of Sciences in the Western Urals. Throughout its history, its employees have always attached great importance to conservation issues. Numerous documents stored today in the Museum of karst and speleology of the MI UB RAS testify to their environmental activities. These are letters, official documents (acts of surveys, minutes of meetings, certificates), photographs. The main attention was paid to the protection and improvement of the Kungur Ice Cave and Ice Mountain. Repeated attempts have been made to improve the nature protection status of this territory. Unfortunately, the situation with the real protection of the historical and natural complex «Ice Mountain and the Kungur Ice Cave» is still far from the optimal solution.