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<DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Arial color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR>Subject: RE: [Pollinator] Fwd: White Nose
in Indiana<BR>Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2011 14:19:10 -0500<BR>From: "Hayes, Jerry"
<Gerald.Hayes@freshfromflorida.com><BR>To: "Dennis Krusac"
<dkrusac@fs.fed.us>,<BR> <Ladadams@aol.com><BR>Cc:
<pollinator-bounces+dkrusac=fs.fed.us@lists.sonic.net>,<BR>
<pollinator@nappc.org><BR><BR><BR><BR>This is all kind of interesting
because if one did not see a large bat out flying around in the dead of winter
and think it was peculiar one may never even notice. The bat population would
drop and the collapse of the population would only be noticed afterward...maybe.
Kind of like honey bees and CCD isn't it? The individual honey bee is leaving at
odd times and not returning. As honey bees are small their hive exit and death
somewhere in the environment is not generally noticed. The colony
population drops to -0- over X short time period. Change the word bat to
honey bee and it is the same story. Thanks Jerry Hayes<BR><BR><BR><BR>From:
pollinator-bounces+hayesg=doacs.state.fl.us@lists.sonic.net
[mailto:pollinator-bounces+hayesg=doacs.state.fl.us@lists.sonic.net] On Behalf
Of Dennis Krusac<BR>Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2011 10:24 PM<BR>To:
Ladadams@aol.com<BR>Cc: pollinator-bounces+dkrusac=fs.fed.us@lists.sonic.net;
pollinator@nappc.org<BR>Subject: Re: [Pollinator] Fwd: White Nose in
Indianna<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>I am the current Forest Service lead for white-nose
syndrome (WNS) and this is just the tip of the iceberg. I suspect all hell
is going to break loose in the next six weeks. If the pattern from the
past 3 years holds true, we will start seeing mass mortalities reported from
mid-February until the end of March. There are already numerous reports of
bats flying during the day in the dead of winter in New England and mid-Atlantic
states. This is one of the indicators of a WNS affected hibernation
site. Two recently published studies from New England indicate a 73%
decline in summer bat activity when compared to pre WNS levels. This is
almost identical to the winter population declines documented over the past 3
winters. Some sites have lost 99.9% of the wintering bats.
<BR><BR>There is also a growing body of evidence suggesting the fungus that
causes WNS is an invasive species from Europe. European bats have been
observed with white fungus on their noses in winter for decades and their bats
are perfectly healthy. Genetics research is indicating the North American
fungal samples and European fungal samples are identical. Bats don't fly
across the Atlantic so it is highly likely this came over on a human. I've
attached the latest map of the fungus if you are interested in the spread.
We have already added 3 counties this winter. <BR><BR><BR><BR>Dennis L.
Krusac<BR>Endangered Species Specialist<BR>USDA Forest Service, Southern
Region<BR>Suite 816 North, 1720 Peachtree Road, NW<BR>Atlanta, GA
30309<BR>404-347-4338; 404-347-4154 (fax); 404-660-4377
(cell)<BR>dkrusac@fs.fed.us<BR><BR>"What is the use of a house if you haven't
got a tolerable planet to put it on?" Henry David
Thoreau<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>Ladadams@aol.com <BR>Sent by:
pollinator-bounces+dkrusac=fs.fed.us@lists.sonic.net <BR><BR>02/03/2011 05:35 PM
<BR><BR>To<BR><BR>pollinator@nappc.org <BR><BR>cc<BR><BR>
<BR>Subject<BR><BR>[Pollinator] Fwd: White Nose in
Indianna<BR><BR><BR><BR> <BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>From:
Clock-Rust.Mary@epamail.epa.gov<BR>To: lda@pollinator.org<BR>Sent: 2/2/2011
11:25:11 A.M. Pacific Standard Time<BR>Subj: White Nose in Indianna <BR>
<BR><BR>Not sure if this has been sent around
yet....<BR>.....bummer.<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>http://www.theindychannel.com/news/26696889/detail.html<BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Pollinator
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