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From: WHEE43@aol.com<BR>To: Ladadams@aol.com<BR>Sent: 4/17/2013 11:38:55 A.M.
Pacific Daylight Time<BR>Subj: Re: [Pollinator] Fwd: FW: Ninety-eight percent of
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<DIV>I live in NW Georgia and I have not seen a bat in a decade..</DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 4/17/2013 12:36:48 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
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<DIV>From: lstritch@fs.fed.us<BR>To: kawinter@fs.fed.us, rdlopez@fs.fed.us,
hli@fs.fed.us, dcleland@fs.fed.us, csrichmond@fs.fed.us<BR>CC:
fharty@tnc.org, lda@pollinator.org<BR>Sent: 4/16/2013 9:47:15 A.M. Pacific
Daylight Time<BR>Subj: FW: Ninety-eight percent of cave-hibernating bats in
Pennsylvania have died, say biologists ; Natural news 4/15/2013<BR></DIV>
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Teresa -FS <BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, April 15, 2013 4:05 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
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Teresa -FS<BR><B>Subject:</B> FW: Ninety-eight percent of cave-hibernating
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<H1>Ninety-eight percent of cave-hibernating bats have died in
Pennsylvania, say biologists </H1>
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<P class=MsoNormal>Monday, April 15, 2013 by: Jonathan Benson,
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><BR><A
title=http:///
href="http:///">http://www.naturalnews.com/039916_bats_white-nose_syndrome_die-off.html</A><BR><BR>(NaturalNews)
They serve a critical role in pollinating crops, killing insects, and
fertilizing soil, but their presence throughout the state of Pennsylvania
is in a disastrously serious decline. According to a new report by
<I>PhillyBurbs.com</I>, 99.99 percent of bats living in Pennsylvania's
second largest bat habitat were recently discovered to be dead, and a
cohort of biologists currently studying the issue estimates that a
shocking 98 percent of bats living throughout the entire state of
Pennsylvania are now dead as well.<BR><BR>For many generations, tens of
thousands of bats have made their home at an old abandoned iron ore mine
in the Upper Bucks area of Central Pennsylvania. At least six different
bat species resided in the mine, which has long been a key hibernation
spot for bats during the cold winter months. But a recent inspection of
the mine revealed that a mere handful of the approximately 10,000 bats
that were believed to have lived there previously are now gone, and most
of the few remaining bats are ill with a disease that will likely kill
them.<BR><BR>It is known officially as white-nose syndrome, and experts
are not entirely sure how or from where it emerged. But it causes a white
fungus to form around the noses of infected bats, and eventually causes
them to lose the necessary fat they need on their bodies to survive. In
the end, white-nose syndrome causes bats to die of starvation, a
phenomenon that has been observed all across the Northeast.<BR><BR>"Going
to places where there used to be tens of thousands of <A
title=http://www.naturalnews.com/bats.html
href="http://www.naturalnews.com/bats.html">bats</A> hibernating, and then
going in and seeing only a few bats -- only a few stragglers left --
that's very difficult," said Pennsylvania Game Commission Biologist Greg
Turner to <I>PhillyBurbs.com</I>. Turner has been studying the swift
decline of bats throughout <A
title=http://www.naturalnews.com/Pennsylvania.html
href="http://www.naturalnews.com/Pennsylvania.html">Pennsylvania</A> for
several years now, and is currently working with a team of scientists to
figure out how to address it.<BR><BR>During his recent visit to the mine,
which is located in Durham, Turner found only three surviving species of
bats among 23 living bats. Eighteen of them were determined to be little
brown bats, and half of these were observed to have the strange white
fungus around their noses. Many of these same bats were also seen to be
crowding around the entrance of the mine, another indication that they are
also infected with the disease.<BR><BR>White-nose syndrome has also been
observed in a cave in Alabama, according to a recent <I>Reuters</I>
report. The Fern Cave National Wildlife Refuge near Huntsville currently
houses about 1.6 million protected gray bats, which are an endangered
species, but experts worry that because the fungus has now been detected
there, the "single most significant hibernating area in the world for the
species" may soon become decimated as well.</SPAN></P>
<H1 style="BACKGROUND: white"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: black">Loss of bats
means influx of insects</SPAN></H1>
<P style="BACKGROUND: white" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Bats
are often referred to as the "farmer's friend" because they spend much of
their time during the spring and summer months feeding on insects, many of
which harm crops. A single bat, according to <I>PhillyBurbs.com</I>, can
consume up to 900,000 insects per year, which means bats also help protect
humans against diseases like West Nile virus by eating the mosquitoes and
other insects that spread them.<BR><BR>Without bats, in other words, there
will be no predator to keep the insect population in check, which means
summers will be extremely buggy, especially in wet and wooded areas of the
country like Pennsylvania.<BR><BR>"White-nose syndrome is arguably the
most devastating wildlife disease we've faced," says Michael T. Rains,
Director of the U.S. Forest Service's Northern Research
Station.<BR><BR><B>Sources for this article include:</B><BR><BR><A
title=http://www.phillyburbs.com/my_town/palisades/all-but-of-bats-in-durham-bat-mine-have-died/article_19e44845-452b-5ffe-ba71-110122304402.html
href="http://www.phillyburbs.com/my_town/palisades/all-but-of-bats-in-durham-bat-mine-have-died/article_19e44845-452b-5ffe-ba71-110122304402.html"
target=_blank>http://www.phillyburbs.com</A><BR><BR><A
title=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/09/fern-cave-national-wildlife-refuge-al_n_3040896.html
href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/09/fern-cave-national-wildlife-refuge-al_n_3040896.html"
target=_blank>http://www.huffingtonpost.com</A><BR><BR><A
title=http://articles.philly.com/2013-04-08/news/38376470_1_geomyces-white-nose-syndrome-fungus
href="http://articles.philly.com/2013-04-08/news/38376470_1_geomyces-white-nose-syndrome-fungus"
target=_blank>http://articles.philly.com</A></SPAN></P></DIV></DIV><BR><BR><BR><BR>This
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