MWBWG - 2010 Meeting
The Midwest Bat Working Group met May 6 and 7, 2010 at Indiana State University in Terre Haute, Indiana.
2010 meeting minutes (pdf file)
White-Nose Syndrome
A serious disease has been killing off bats in the United States and Canada. It was initially discovered in New York, but has now spread to many of the surrounding states and as far west as Oklahoma.
These bats have a white fungus growing on them during hibernation. This fungus is called Geomyces destructans. It is now estimated that over a million bats have died as a result of White-Nose Syndrome
Photo courtesy Al Hicks, New York Department of Environmental Conservation