WNS in WV

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Doug Viner

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May 20, 2015, 2:00:23 PM5/20/15

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Attached please find a summary of the status of bat populations in West Virginia. White Nose Syndrome has greatly impacted some species which before White Nose Syndrome arrived were extremely common and now these species are quite rare. Little brown bats declined about 97% since 2009!

Please feel free to distribute this to other who may be interested in how this disease is impacting our cave bat populations.

One bit of good news is that the endangered Virginia big-eared bat (WV has most of the global population of this bat) is not affected and the number of Virginia big-eared bats has increased in recent years. We are currently working with several researchers trying to figure out why this bat is doing well when others in the same cave are dying.

Craig

WV-WNSUpdate-May2015.pdf

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