|
|
|
||||
Did you know that purchasing bat stickers helps contribute to bat research? |
||||
B R E A K I N G N E W S |
|
7/28/10: 7/27/10: 7/26/10: 7/20/10: 7/19/10: 6/30/10: 6/25/10:
|
Missouri Closes Devil's Icebox, extends Cave Closure Policy to Sept. 1 USFS Closes Caves/Mines in CO, KS, NE, SD, WY: News Release & Formal order Western Cave Closure Consideration Attracts Lively Debate Virginia updates/loosens cave cleaning/decon recommendations Georgia WNS Plan Asks Cavers to Decon and Voluntarily Limit Caving. The Response Plan. |
PLEASE CLEAN AND DISINFECT YOUR CAVE GEAR!
|
|
NEW UPDATE COMING SOON! Peter Youngbaer |
WNS RESEARCH CENTER |
EDUCATION & OUTREACH |
WNS Rapid Response Fund Give to the fund here and now! Help us continue to fund priority, time-sensitive research that would otherwise not occur. Researchers Apply Here Grant application guidelines, review & award process
Pathologic Findings and Liver Elements in Hibernating Bats With WNS Published research on WNS-related wing damage (Reichard and Kunz) Published Research on Climate and Reproductive Timing on Demography Little Brown Bats and Implications of WNS on Species Viability British Journal of Animal Ecology, 2009 Scientists' letter of concern to USFWS (11/24/09) NJ Summer Bat Count Survey Report Special WNS Session at the International Congress of Speleology/NSS Convention
Special Report: WNS Scientific Research Summary and Status Albany WNS Science Strategy Conference Proceedings Second WNS Science Strategy Conference Proceedings Published Research on WNS-related Fungus Wing Damage Index for Assessing WNS-Affected Bats WNS fungus named: Geomyces destructans WNS webinar from National Institute for
Mathematical and Biological Synthesis (NIMBioS) Histopathologic criteria to confirm white-nose syndrome in bats Rapid PCR Diagnosis of WNS in Bats (Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation) |
WNS Classroom Education Poster (from Virginia) WNS: Background and Current Status The Battle for Bats! House Congressional Hearing on WNS - June 4 Includes links to NSS and all other testimony, video, photos. Senate Hearing on WNS - July 8 Map of WNS outbreaks and all known hibernacula in the East
USGS Fact Sheet
|
OTHER WNS LINKS |
Click map for larger view
|
US Fish & Wildife Service WNS Page Bat Conservation International Bat Conservation and Management WNS Page DC Grotto WNS Page Virginia Cave Board and DCR Karst Office (9/15/09)
WNS ARCHIVES Photo credits: Top photo: Nancy Heaslip, NYDEC; "Species of Concern," NSS Print Salon HM by Jansen Cardy; WNS Occurance Map by Cal Butchkoski. |