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In summary, the number of Indiana bats has gone up over the last few years (Note: Trout is only counted during the odd numbered years). Here are the numbers:
1999: 19
2001: 24
2003: 25
2005: 95
2007: 158
Andy wrote:Hmmm ... An increasing bat population is the reason to gate the cave? It looks like things were getting better without the gate. It seems to me the general feeling is a cave is worthy of gating if the bat population is increaseing or bat polulation is declining or the bat population is staying the same. Bats = Gate?
tncaver wrote:Andy wrote:In summary, the number of Indiana bats has gone up over the last few years (Note: Trout is only counted during the odd numbered years). Here are the numbers:
1999: 19
2001: 24
2003: 25
2005: 95
2007: 158
Hmmm ... An increasing bat population is the reason to gate the cave? It looks like things were getting better without the gate. It seems to me the general feeling is a cave is worthy of gating if the bat population is increasing or bat population is declining or the bat population is staying the same. Bats = Gate?
It is obvious that the bat populations were increasing on their own without a gate which does make one wonder just
how necessary the gate was. It seems these days that endangered bats=gates. Key word here is endangered. At least
there is an access policy. Be glad for that.
Brian Masney wrote:The entrance is located high in the cliff face and there is really only one way to get to the cave entrance. Personally, I feel that a 30' wide chain linked fence, with razor wire on the top, could have been placed further down the hill at the start of the climb to get to the cave. This would have restricted access during the winter and it would not have destroyed one of our beautiful cave entrances in West Virginia.
Brian
tncaver wrote:Hmmm....one very hard rainfall event might do more damage than humans have done to the trail over several years.
tncaver wrote:Hmmm....one very hard rainfall event might do more damage than humans have done to the trail over several years.
tncaver wrote:Perhaps some vegetation will improve the overall appearance of the area. Although a lack of vegetation in a small area has never bothered me.
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