Bats and White Nose Syndrome...

File this under FYI:

Wildlife biologists and land managers are alarmed by what many are saying is the most serious threat facing bat populations in human history: Tens of thousands of bats are dying in hibernacula in the northeastern United States and no one knows why. The mysterious affliction, reported from New Hampshire to Tennessee, is dubbed “white-nose syndrome” because many affected bats develop prominent halos of white fungus surrounding their faces.

Read the rest of the story here: http://www.batmanagement.com/wns/wns.html

This spring, here at CCEEC , we've taken literally hundreds of calls from both the public and county officials about dead or dying bats found on the ground. It is presumed that nearly all have succumbed to WNS.