[Pollinator] Fwd: FW: Fwd: White Nose in Indiana

[Ladadams at aol.com]

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Subject: RE: [Pollinator] Fwd: White Nose  in Indiana
Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2011 14:19:10 -0500
From: "Hayes, Jerry"  <Gerald.Hayes at freshfromflorida.com>
To: "Dennis Krusac"  <dkrusac at fs.fed.us>,
<Ladadams at aol.com>
Cc:  <pollinator-bounces+dkrusac=fs.fed.us at lists.sonic.net>,
<pollinator at nappc.org>



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



From:  pollinator-bounces+hayesg=doacs.state.fl.us at lists.sonic.net  
[mailto:pollinator-bounces+hayesg=doacs.state.fl.us at lists.sonic.net] On Behalf  Of 
Dennis Krusac
Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2011 10:24 PM
To:  Ladadams at aol.com
Cc: pollinator-bounces+dkrusac=fs.fed.us at lists.sonic.net;  
pollinator at nappc.org
Subject: Re: [Pollinator] Fwd: White Nose in  Indianna




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.    

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. 



Dennis L.  Krusac
Endangered Species Specialist
USDA Forest Service, Southern  Region
Suite 816 North, 1720 Peachtree Road, NW
Atlanta, GA   30309
404-347-4338;  404-347-4154 (fax); 404-660-4377  (cell)
dkrusac at fs.fed.us

"What is the use of a house if you haven't  got a tolerable planet to put 
it on?"   Henry David  Thoreau





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From:  Clock-Rust.Mary at epamail.epa.gov
To: lda at pollinator.org
Sent: 2/2/2011  11:25:11 A.M. Pacific Standard Time
Subj: White Nose in Indianna 


Not sure if this has been sent around  yet....
.....bummer.




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