RESIDENTS ENCOURAGED TO PARTICIPATE IN APPALACHIAN BAT SURVEY
Pennsylvania Game Commission biologists and the White-Nose Syndrome (WNS) Maternity Colony Monitoring Task Group are seeking assistance from residents in a national monitoring effort to collect bat maternity colony data this summer.
"The true impact of WNS on bat populations cannot be determined using estimates from winter hibernacula alone," said Lisa Williams, Game Commission wildlife biologist and WNS task group member. "Now is the public's chance assist us in our monitoring effort by hosting a bat count this summer."
To obtain applications and information on how to participate, visit the Game Commission's website (
www.pgc.state.pa.us) and click on "Appalachian Bat Count" icon in the center of the homepage.
For more information, please visit the Pennsylvania Game Commission - State Wildlife Management Agency website:
http://www.pgc.state.pa.us/pgc/cwp/view.asp?a=11&Q=176683
