Tennessee Bat Working Group meeting/WNS for Cavers

[Pippin]

All, the annual meeting for the Tennessee Bat Working Group is Friday, November 18 at Fall Creek Falls State Park. I've attended several TNBWG meetings and there are always lots of good presentations. Here's the agenda for this year's meeting. For more information contact Cory Holliday with the Nature Conservancy. The next day (Saturday) there will be a workshop called "WNS for Cavers."
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Tennessee Bat Working Group
2011 Annual Meeting

November 18, 2011
The Inn at Fall Creek Falls State Park

Agenda

9:30-9:50 Welcome and Introductions – Cory Holliday

9:50-10:10 Roosting Ecology of the Eastern Small-Footed Bat in the Southern Appalachian Mountains – Tara Thomson

10:10-10:30 Comparison of Body Temperature and Movements Among Reproductive Classes of Roosting Myotis sodalis in the Southern Appalachians – Kristina Hammond

10:30-10:50 Use of Acoustic Transects to Monitor Bat Populations – Dr. Eric Britzke

10:50-11:10 Break

11:10-11:30 An Elementary Comparison of Acoustic Bat Monitoring Methods and Equipment – Dr. Gary McCracken

11:30-11:50 An Update on GateKeeper Beam-Break System Projects, With Emphasis on 21 Months of Data From Saltpeter Cave, Carter County, KY – Dr. Michael Baker

11:50-1:00 Lunch

1:00-1:20 An Update on Indiana Bat Spring Emergence Telemetry and Tracking – Piper Roby

1:20-1:40 A USFWS Update on Indiana Bat Survey Guidance and a Tennessee Indiana Bat Conservation Fund – Mary Jennings

1:40 – 2:00 Break

2:00 – 2:20 WNS Monitoring in Tennessee 2011 - Steve Samoray

2:20 – 2:40 Modeling the Spread of White Nose Syndrome – Dr. Tom Hallam

2:40-2:50 Closing Statements and Public Meeting Adjourn
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White Nose Syndrome for Cavers

A Collaborative Workshop

November, 19th
The Inn at Fall Creek Falls State Park
9:30-2:00 Central (registration begins 8:30)

Final agenda is not yet available, but topics will include:

WNS Background and Status

Eastern Cave Bat Identification (with roosting behavior and WNS implications)

WNS and Geomyces destructans Field Signs

How Good Data Leads to Good Science

How to Respond to and Communicate Potential WNS Sightings

The Basics of Cave Gear Decontamination

Registrants will receive an eastern cave bat field guide with registration; however field guides are limited and will be given on a “first come, first served” basis.

There is no fee for the workshop, and there is no pre-registration required

Lunch will be on your own: the Inn does have a restaurant on premises

Lodging is available at the Inn, and the park offers numerous camping opportunities as well.