U.S. Fish and Wildlife: Cave closures likely key to slowing deadly white-nose syndrome spread



Little brown bat; close-up of nose with fungus.
Photo credit: FWS

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has completed a report recommending closing human access to caves and mines where bats with white-nose syndrome are hibernating in an area more than 250 miles from other WNS-affected caves and mines.  The report also recommends limiting human access to unaffected caves and mines.  These recommendations presume that WNS spreads not only from bat-to-bat, but also is spread by human activity.
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Posted by WILDNEWJERSEY at 12/8/2009 11:00 AM
Categories: Bats
Tags: caves bats fungus white nose syndrome human activity
 

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