WASHINGTON DC — Opportunities to address White-Nose Syndrome, the main force driving the imperilment of the threatened northern long-eared bat (Myotis septentrionalis), were largely ignored under a final rule for the species issued yesterday, Jan. 13, by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. “Bat Conservation International is extremely disappointed in the final 4d rule for …read more.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today announced grant awards totaling $1,276,088 to 30 states for white-nose syndrome projects. State natural resource agencies will use the funds to support research, monitor bat populations and detect and respond to white-nose syndrome, a disease that afflicts bats. The Midwestern states of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, …read more.