White Nose Syndrome
Thousands of bats are mysteriously dieing at hibernacula in the NE U.S. Because a a white fungus has been found on some of the dying or dead bats, the phenomonon has been named "white nose syndrome" (WNS).
May 14, 2008: WBWG Group Rationale for Recommendations for Addressing WNS in Western North America (.pdf document).
E-mails received by the WBWG from Alan Hicks.
January 14, 2008
January 28, 2008
Environmental Solutions and Innovations, INC - Info on WNS/Proposal(.pdf)
Links:
National Speleological Society - White Nose Syndrome Page (added 4/29/08, great resources!)
US Fish and Wildlife Service (Ecological Services - Region 3)
US Fish and Wildlife Service (Northeast Region)
03/20/08 - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service endangered species biologist Susi von Oettingen talks about white-nose syndrome in bats and investigates a hibernaculum in an abandoned mine and the area around it.Click for the video here.
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Press Release (01/30/2008)
Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department Press Release
CBS
News Report(01/30/2008)
