WNS hits Delaware

[PYoungbaer]

Delaware's Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) issued this press release today:

http://www.dnrec.delaware.gov/News/Pages/Fungus_associated_with_White-nose_Syndrome_detected_in_Delaware_bats.aspx

[Phil Winkler]

There was an earlier article in the local paper about DNREC beginning to monitor bat hangouts (sorry).

Delaware's one cave, http://geology.about.com/gi/o.htm?zi=1/ ... ve_DE.html , is unlikely to be a source of WNS as it is really just a tad more then a shelter.

It is famous for having been featured in the movie, The Dead Poet's Society, and for being, perhaps, the most mapped cave in the country. Mapping it (yes, I did it once) takes about 15 minutes.