When: October 18, 2024 1:00 pm
White-nose syndrome (WNS) is the fungal disease killing bats in North America. Research indicates the fungus that causes WNS, Pseudogymnoascus destructans, is likely exotic, introduced from Europe. What started in New York in 2006 has spread to more than half of the United States and five Canadian provinces by August 2016, leaving millions of dead bats in its path. WNS causes high death rates and fast population declines in the species affected by it, and scientists predict some regional extinction of bat species. These include the once numerous little brown bat (Myotis lucifugus) and federally listed Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis) and northern long-eared bat (Myotis spetentronalis).
Please note that this webinar is taking place at 1:00 p.m. CDT.
Speakers: Jonathan Reichard and Jeremy Coleman | White-Nose Syndrome Response Team, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
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