All,
Please note that Coleman et. al. continue to drastically overstate the
accepted bat mortality figures since the discovery of WNS (per Peter
Youngbaer). They refuse to proffer any information on what the Feds are
doing to impede the spread, refuse to provide any commentary (pro or con)
regarding the accepted growing resistivity of bats to the disorder, and
refuse to provide monitoring access (or even information)!
The Feds promised us semiannual WNS update meetings in NM in Jan. 2011. To
date they've held - you guessed it - none.
The Fed have been as much of a problem to the fungal spread as a solution -
and cannot even recognize it! If only the bats were to become immune to the
disorder, and the Fed biologists not... .
Evatt
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Briefing:
What?s Killing All of the Bats? And Why Should We Be Worried?
Thursday, March 22, 2012
1:30 pm
Russell Senate Office Building 328a
Senator Leahy, Senator Cardin, and Senator Lautenberg are hosting a briefing
and discussion of White-Nose Syndrome in bats, an emerging ecological and
animal welfare crisis that poses a threat to agriculture, the environment,
and economic activity that is spreading across the country.
White-Nose Syndrome (WNS) is estimated to have killed well over five million
bats since its discovery in 2006. Since then, it has caused the most
precipitous decline of North American wildlife in the past century. With the
announcement yesterday of the discovery of WNS in Alabama, a total of 17
states<
http://www.fws.gov/whitenosesyndrome/maps/WNSMAP_03-15-12_300dpi.jpg> and
four Canadian Provinces have been confirmed with the disease. This finding
in Alabama represents the southern-most occurrence of WNS in North America.
The loss of bats will likely have serious consequences, costing our nation?s
farmers billions of dollars<
http://www.fort.usgs.gov/Products/Publications/23069a/23069a.pdf>. Since
bats eat many insects, including pests that damage crops such as corn,
cotton, and potatoes, and that carry diseases such as West Nile Virus.
Mining, energy development, tourism, and other industries will be affected
if more bat species are declared threatened or endangered. And the absence
of this keystone predator may have profound impacts on the environment.
You are invited to attend this briefing to hear from leading experts who
will address these topics and more, including what can be done to stop WNS.
Speakers:
?? ? ? ? Jeremy Coleman, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - National
White-nose Syndrome Coordinator
?? ? ? ? Paul Phifer, Assistant Regional Director for Ecological Services -
USFWS Northeast Region
?? ? ? ? David Blehert, Microbiologist for the USGS National Wildlife
Health Center
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