News
November 22, 2010 - Federal and State Agencies Determine Some Temporary Cave Closures are Necessary to Protect Bats
November 12, 2010 - Study links WNS mortality to wing tissue damage caused by Geomyces destructans fungal infection
November 6, 2010 - Fish and Wildlife Service Awards $1.6 Million in Grants to Research and Manage the Spread of White-Nose Syndrome
October 27, 2010 - Comments sought on plan to combat deadly white-nose syndrome in bats
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