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NZcaver wrote:I was caving in upstate NY a couple of days ago, in a cave which is open for visitation (obviously) and is also known to harbor a small bat population.
Clearly this is proof that cavers continuing to cave responsibly are helping the bat population recover.
BrianC wrote:NZcaver wrote:I was caving in upstate NY a couple of days ago, in a cave which is open for visitation (obviously) and is also known to harbor a small bat population.
Clearly this is proof that cavers continuing to cave responsibly are helping the bat population recover.
Can you elaborate on this statement? It appears that you are speaking about staying out of caves or Decon?
P.S. Your NSS WNS Rapid Response Fund is covering the Czech Republic portion of the research project described in the article.
Cheryl Jones wrote:P.S. Your NSS WNS Rapid Response Fund is covering the Czech Republic portion of the research project described in the article.
Donate here: http://caves.org/WNS/Rapid_Response.shtml
BrianC wrote:Cheryl Jones wrote:P.S. Your NSS WNS Rapid Response Fund is covering the Czech Republic portion of the research project described in the article.
Donate here: http://caves.org/WNS/Rapid_Response.shtml
It does appear that our bats are forming a similar resistance as have our European counterparts. This brings me back to what I have stated numerous times before,("leave the bats alone, mother Nature will take care of itself") I am for no research funding aiming at killing the fungus in caves period,because of the vast numbers of other inhabitants in the cave ecosystem. I do how ever see an understanding of what the fungus is (which we do now know) was understandable for learning. We need no further research that would require federal funding.
wyandottecaver wrote:Not to rain on anyones parade, but while this is feel-good news, it does NOT show a recovering bat population (note the statewide decline was still around 90%). There is no way that cave gained 1000 new bats just from natural recovery. Most likely those were "nice" caves to begin with and now they have room for bats from elsewhere to trade up in accomodations. It is encouraging that they seem to have better wing damage scores...but remember this was a very mild winter for much of the country. So yes, it is nice news, but hardly evidence of either recovery or resistance.
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