How #Colorado residents can help protect state’s #bat populations from deadly fungus
Story by Bruce Finley, The Denver Post, April 17, 2023

"Wildlife groups and government agencies are trying to mobilize sharp-eyed humans for #ColoradoBatWatch, a campaign launched Monday to help biologists find bat roosting sites fast enough to save bats from proliferating perils, including the deadly white-nose fungus.

"The idea is to be able to vaccinate bats while they’re hanging about during the daytime as soon as possible.

"This emerging mission requires statewide public participation because bat roosts can be so hard to spot, overwhelming scientific capacities, according to the coordinators of the Bat Watch, among the first in the West as the fungus spreads.

"Training online at www.coloradobatwatch.org takes about 15 minutes for participants to identify bat roosting sites in buildings, caves, abandoned mine shafts, under talus on mountainsides, under bridges, in culverts. About 100 people have signed up as of Monday morning."
#Bats #WNS #WhiteNoseSyndrome #BatAppreciationDay

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