Maquoketa Caves: Visitors will be "screened" for WNS
Posted: Feb 25, 2012 6:48 pm
Maquoketa Caves State Park to shield its bats
Sheri Melvold | Posted: Friday, February 17, 2012 10:36 pm |
The Quad-City Times
MAQUOKETA, Iowa — Anyone who is planning to explore the caves at Maquoketa Caves State Park will have to be screened before they begin their exploring this spring.
The state Department of Natural Resources has issued a new policy that will require the screening in an attempt to prevent white nose syndrome, a fungus that affects bats.
The caves portion of the state park has been closed for two years because the DNR wanted to limit exposure of the bats to the fungus.
Applause lines: [Sen. Tod] Bowman [D-Maquoketa] said no confirmed cases of the white-nosed fungus have been found in Iowa. He said research has shown the fungus is transmitted bat-to-bat and not by human contact.
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Sheri Melvold | Posted: Friday, February 17, 2012 10:36 pm |
The Quad-City Times
MAQUOKETA, Iowa — Anyone who is planning to explore the caves at Maquoketa Caves State Park will have to be screened before they begin their exploring this spring.
The state Department of Natural Resources has issued a new policy that will require the screening in an attempt to prevent white nose syndrome, a fungus that affects bats.
The caves portion of the state park has been closed for two years because the DNR wanted to limit exposure of the bats to the fungus.
Applause lines: [Sen. Tod] Bowman [D-Maquoketa] said no confirmed cases of the white-nosed fungus have been found in Iowa. He said research has shown the fungus is transmitted bat-to-bat and not by human contact.
Read on: http://www.qctimes.com/news/local/maquo ... z1nRM7o7iu