Tennessee Bat Working Group annual meeting

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The Tennessee Bat Working Group annual meeting will be held at the Region 2 TWRA office in Nashville, TN on the 12th of November. Anyone with an interest in bats is encouraged to come.

The sixth annual meeting of the Tennessee Bat Working Group (TNBWG) will be held 9:00 – 4:00 Central Time on 12 November, 2009 in Nashville at the Ellington Agriculture Center, TWRA Region 2 Office Building, Commissioner's Meeting Room. The TNBWG was formed in the summer of 2004 in recognition of the need for cooperation among various groups and individuals to help coordinate the conservation of bat species in Tennessee.

In order to insure availability of materials and space, please notify George “Richie’ Wyckoff, the current Chair of the TNBWG, by phone (931-454-4856) or email (george.wyckoff@arnold.af.mil) if you plan to attend.

Agenda
9:00 – 9:10 Welcome, Announcements, etc…
9:10 – 9:30 National White-nose Syndrome Update. Eric Britzke
9:30 – 10:10 White-nose Syndrome Cooperative Monitoring and Response Plan for Tennessee. Richard Kirk
10:10 – 10:30 White-nose Syndrome Discussion
10:30 – 10:50 Survey and Monitoring Efforts for Bats in Tennessee. George Wyckoff, Josh Campbell, Chris Simpson, Sterling Daniels, Cory Holliday
Break
11:00 – 11:20 Gary McCraken title TBD
11:20 – 11:40 Using Acoustic Transects to Monitor Bat Population Trends in the Eastern United States. Eric Britzke and Carl Herzog
11:40 – 12:05 White –nose Syndrome Decontamination Demonstration. Josh Campbell and Chris Simpson
12:05 – 1:00 Lunch
1:00 – 1:15 Indiana Bat Roost Habitat Selection in the Southern Appalachian Mountains. Joy O’keefe
1:15 – 1:30 Range-wide guidelines for the protection of the Indiana bat during coal mining operations. Craig Walker
1:30 – 1:50 Cumberland’s Habitat Conservation Plan Development. Mark Thurman
Break
2:00 – 3:00 Business Meeting