[Pollinator] 2007 Bat Conservation International Workshops

[Jen Marks]

An announcement for the 2007 Bat Conservatin International Workshops,
forwarded from Carol Spurrier:

> I am pleased to announce the dates and locations for Bat Conservation
> International's 2007 Bat Conservation & Management workshops in Arizona,
Pennsylvania and
> Kentucky. For the fourth consecutive year, BCI will be hosting an Acoustic
Monitoring
> workshop to be held in Kentucky.
>
> I am hoping you will help us spread the word by posting information on
your
> agency's website/listserve, distributing this information to key contacts
in your
> agency, and/or telling any of your colleagues who may benefit from the
training
> offered in these workshops. Below are brief workshop descriptions. For
your
> convenience, I have attached an informational flyer and registration form
to this email.
> Additional information, registration forms, and scholarship forms can be
found on
> BCI's website: http://www.batcon.org/home/index.asp?idPage=30.
>
> Experiences at each workshop are designed to teach new techniques, refresh
> old ones and foster an interest in pro-active conservation, education, and
> research projects. Please contact me if you have questions or need more
information.
> Thank you in advance for sharing this important opportunity with others.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Kari Gaukler
> Education & Workshops Coordinator
> kgaukler at batcon.org
>
>
> Bat Conservation International
> 2007 BAT CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT WORKSHOPS
>
> Each year Bat Conservation International (BCI) offers a comprehensive
> curriculum for an introductory field workshop designed to train serious
students of
> bat conservation in the current research and management techniques for the
> study of bats. Following an intensive 6-day and 5-night agenda,  BCI
biologists
> and professional colleagues will bring workshop participants a combination
of
> lectures and discussions, field trips to view bat habitat resources, and
hands-on
> training to catch and identify bats. Learn species identification,
netting,
> radio-tracking, night-vision observation, and habitat assessment, while
working in
> extraordinary settings.
>
> An Arizona workshop in the Chiricahua Mountains emphasizes western bats.
> The Chiricahuas offer a biodiversity unequalled anywhere else in North
America.
> You can expect to see, and even to capture and handle, as many as 18 bat
> species in a single evening, and then watch endangered long-nosed bats
visit
> hummingbird feeders at your front door. Participants have also enjoyed
spotting
> ring-tailed cats, coatis, and trogans. BCI workshop veteran Janet Tyburec,
Dr. Katy
> Hinman, and Arizona Game and Fish Department biologists will share a
wealth of
> knowledge on species identification (including by echolocation calls), bat
> conservation, management, education, public health and nuisance issues,
artificial
> habitats, and much more. We will stay at the American Museum of Natural
History's
> famous Southwest Research Station, where you will enjoy superb dining with
> researchers from around the world. Two sessions: May 31-June 5 and June
5-10, 2007.
> Each session limited to 15 people. Departure city: Tucson, AZ. Cost: $1295
>
> Our Pennsylvania workshop highlights eastern bats and their habitats.
We'll
> net, trap, and release bats over trout streams and beaver ponds, observe
> endangered Indiana bats swarming at a mine entrance, watch 20,000 little
brown bats in
> a  spectacular dawn return to their roost at a restored church, and
examine
> them up close. Workshop co-leader, Cal Butchkoski of the Pennsylvania Game
> Commission, is a leading expert on surveying and radio-tracking Indiana
bats, as well
> as one of America's most successful builders of bat houses and other
> artificial roosts. He and Janet Tyburec will share a wealth of knowledge
covering all
> aspects of bat conservation, management, education, public health and
nuisance
> issues. Home cooking is but one of many unexpected treats at historic
Greene Hills
> Lodge, our workshop headquarters. One session: August 26-31, 2007. Limited
to 20
> people.
> Departure city: Harrisburg, PA. Cost: $1295
>
> ACOUSTIC MONITORING WORKSHOP
>
> In response to many requests, BCI is offering an acoustic monitoring
> workshop session in Mammoth Cave, Kentucky. The workshop will cover
hardware and
> software including Anabat, Pettersson and SonoBat, teach call
identifications and
> how to develop a monitoring program. Joining BCI's Janet Tyburec will be
> acoustic software developers Chris Corben and Joe Szewczak along with
acoustic
> experts Sybill Amelon and Ted Weller. The session format will be similar
to BCI's
> Bat Conservation and Management workshops combining current research
discussion
> with hands-on demonstrations and field work. Each night we will be
capturing
> bats and developing call libraries so participants can return to their
home
> study areas and begin their own projects armed with knowledge and
experience. BCI
> will have equipment on hand but participants are encouraged to bring there
own
> systems as well. The Acoustic Monitoring Workshop is an advanced workshop
designed
> for graduates of previous BCI workshops and/or experienced bat workers.

One session: September 11-16, 2007. Limited to 20 people. Departure city:
Nashville, TN.
> Cost: $1495
>
> For additional information, registration forms and scholarship
> applications, visit www.batcon.org or contact Kari Gaukler, BCI, PO Box
162603, Austin,
> TX  78716; 512-327-9721; kgaukler at batcon.org
>
>
> (See attached file: bcm07_ad.pdf)(See attached file: registration07.pdf)
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