7/26/10: |
Western Cave Closure Consideration Attracts Lively Debate |
7/20/10: |
Virginia updates/loosens cave cleaning/decon recommendations |
7/19/10: |
Georgia WNS Plan Asks Cavers to Decon and Voluntarily Limit Caving
The Response Plan |
6/30/10: |
WNS Fungus found on Southeastern Myotis bat in Virginia |
6/25/10: |
Alabama Releases WNS Plan |
6/23/10: |
CBD files intent to sue for inaction on bat listings |
6/15/10: |
TN Cave Closure Extended to Protect Bats |
6/11/10: |
States issue RFP for WNS transmission, treatment studies |
6/7/10: |
USFS Issues WNS Grants Including for Endangered Species Listing |
5/19/10: |
USFS Issues Closure Order for Michigan's Ottawa National Forest |
5/19/10: |
USFS Closes Ohio's Wayne National Forest Caves and Mines |
5/19/10: |
Geomyces destructans found on Oklahoma Cave Myotis. Official Press Release. |
5/15/10: |
Alberta closes Cadomin Cave |
5/14/10: |
Organizations/Researchers Ask US Senate for $5 Million for WNS |
5/14/10: |
WNS hits endangered grey bats in Missouri -Ozark NSR closes caves |
5/7/10:
5/19/10: |
USFWS announces $2 million research RFP. Full RFP attached.
(Update: Application deadline extended until 6/14) |
5/6/10: |
CBD calls for Western states to take action |
5/5/10: |
USFWS awards $450,000 to 23 states |
4/30/10: |
WNS in Delaware |
4/27/10: |
USGS issues new WNS detection categories - suspected? presumed? confirmed? |
4/26/10: |
Illinois now closing its caves |
4/24/10: |
Monongahela National Forest extends cave closure order until 2012 |
4/19/10: |
WNS found in Missouri -- Full Response Plan here |
4/19/10: |
WNS Now In Great Smoky Mountains National Park |
4/12/10: |
WNS confirmed in Québec - See map below |
3/24/10: |
Tennessee Closes Dunbar Cave SP due to WNS -- but WNS bat may be migrant... |
3/22/10: |
Maryland confirms WNS |
3/19/10: |
NSS Joins BCI, Others, Asks Congress for $5M for WNS |
3/19/10: |
First WNS Confirmed in Ontario, Canada |
3/11/10: |
Captive Endangered Bat Project Runs Into Trouble:
Group files to revoke permit | National Zoo Press Release | Consultant's Report |
3/9/10: |
Sen. Leahy urges Interior to Increase WNS Funding |
3/1/10: |
NSS Calls for Public/Private Partnership to Combat WNS |
2/23/10: |
$450K of $1.9M available for state grants - March 30th Closing Date |
2/20/10: |
Hellhole Cave Survey Preliminary Results |
2/16/10: |
First Cases of WNS Confirmed in Tennessee |
2/16/10: |
Missouri tightens caves visitation, plans for closures, asks for help |
2/13/10: |
Tom Aley's Feb. 2010 NSS News article on WNS Management Strategies |
1/26/10: |
West Virginia asks for WNS Monitoring Assistance. |
1/21/10: |
CBD petitions to close all federal caves and mines. |
1/12/10: |
PA Game Commission Release Includes Fungicide Experiment. |
12/30/09: |
WNS Confirmed in France. |
12/16/09: |
Georgia Calls WNS Meeting for Jan. 21, 2010. |
12/16/09: |
USGS Issues Fall WNS Bulletin. First fall 2009 confirmation of WNS in Virginia. |
12/4/09: |
New USFWS Report on WNS Management - Cave Closures Will Play Primary Role. |
11/24/09: |
Buffalo National River, Arkansas, closes most, but not all caves. |
11/10/09: |
TVA Asks Public to Avoid Caves on TVA-managed Land. |
10/30/09: |
Congress Approves $1.9 Million for WNS!! |
10/23/09: |
USFWS announces grant awards from summer RFP.
$800,000 awarded - almost $5 million in proposals submitted. |
10/6/09: |
Congress Needs to Hear Us NOW on WNS Funding! |
9/27/09: |
USFWS Releases Draft National WNS Plan. |
9/25/09: |
NSS and NCC close caves again on October 1. |
9/15/09: |
Virginia issues new caving guidelines. |
7/14/09: |
USFWS extends grant deadline to 7/31 for $800,000 for WNS research: Read the full proposal here. |
7/8/09: |
Joint Senate Subcommittee Hearing on WNS -- Video & transcripts of the presentations. |
7/7/09: |
Tennessee and TNC close all owned caves for a year. |
6/15/09: |
WNS fungus named: Geomyces destructans |
6/11/09: |
Sen. Lautenberg (D/NJ) proposes Senate hearings on WNS. |
6/4/09: |
Joint House Subcommittee Hearing on WNS -- Video & transcripts of the presentations. |
6/2/09: |
New WNS Video: The Battle for Bats! Share it widely! |
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USFS Closes Caves and Mines in Region 8 to Protect Bats in Southeast. |
5/15/09: |
25 Congressmen urge emergency WNS research funding from Interior Dept. |
5/5/09: |
NCC and NSS carefully open NY caves - read the full statement here. |
4/30/09: |
25 Congressmen urge emergency WNS research funding from Interior Dept. |
4/24/09: |
Indiana DNR Closes all caves, mines, and sinkholes in the state. |
4/14/09: |
Int'l Congress/NSS Convention Issues WNS Policy, cancels many trips. |
3/26/09: |
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