by WRN Contributor | Jan 18, 2016
While the process is likely far from over, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has posted final rules to help preserve the nation’s long-eared bat population. Under the final rule, intentionally harming, harassing or killing the northern long-eared bat is prohibited...
by WRN Contributor | Jun 27, 2014
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will delay its decision on whether to list the northern long-eared bat as endangered. The decision was set to come in October, but the agency will wait six more months before deciding. Natural resource departments in Wisconsin and...
by Bob Hague | Jun 21, 2012
A deadly bat disease is moving closer to Wisconsin. Experts had hoped for a reprieve for the state’s bats. “It’s not that big of a surprise, but it’s not something you want to see at your doorstep,” says Department of Natural Resources...
by Bob Hague | Apr 13, 2012
They are amazing, beneficial, and little understood, but Wisconsin bats are in dire danger, from a disease which is decimating bats across North America. Department of Natural Resources bat ecologist Dave Redell said White-Nose Syndrome, found in New York in 2007, has...
