Newjerseynewsroom.com: Calling all New Jersey bat lovers
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WANTED: 15 progressive landowners to take part in an innovative project to protect New Jersey bats. No experience necessary, but must have suitable forest land, a desire to help an endangered species and a love of bats! All expenses paid, with possible eligibility for tax benefits under a new state law. You may not know that New Jersey is home to nine bat species, including the federally endangered Indiana bat. During the summer, Indiana bats live in forests and wooded wetlands, where they roost and raise their young hidden under the loose bark of certain trees. Their ideal roost is near water, which helps provide the bats with abundant tasty insects.
Follow these links to learn more about White-Nose Syndrome:
- Solving the mystery of the dying bats in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania
- N.Y. group asks caves nationwide to be closed due to bat deaths
- ESRI.com: Mapping the Spread of White-Nose Syndrome with GIS
- Wild New Jersey Exclusive: A night at Bat Wing Farm
- Wild New Jersey Exclusive: Senator Lautenberg calls for bat disease survey urgency
Posted by WILDNEWJERSEY at 2/26/2010 7:00 AM 
Categories: Bats
Tags: wetlands bat landowners indiana bat endangered white-nose syndrome insects
Categories: Bats
Tags: wetlands bat landowners indiana bat endangered white-nose syndrome insects
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