This sounds like a great project idea, Jim! Is there anything like this occurring?
Is this something the TSA could get involved in? Sounds like a great program at the Convention, huh, Diane? Mark -----Original Message----- From: Diana Tomchick [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, March 06, 2009 1:38 PM To: Jim Kennedy Cc: Bill Bentley-Webmail; [email protected] Subject: Re: [Texascavers] RE: heaters for bats > Even > in Texas I can't tell you how many bats of what species we have in our > caves, because NO ONE IS DOING THAT RESEARCH. Even for the big, > popular > freetail caves that obviously contribute to our environmental well- > being > as well as our economic health, we only have a rough idea of numbers > and > no clue about whether those populations are stable, declining, or > (unlikely) increasing. Given the relatively high number of cavers in Texas and the relatively low numbers of publicly accessible caves, wouldn't it be possible to put some of those cavers to use as volunteers for bat monitoring? I'd love to do this kind of volunteer work, but I don't know who to contact in the bat research field. Maybe someone at BCI would know? Diana * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Diana R. Tomchick Associate Professor University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Department of Biochemistry 5323 Harry Hines Blvd. Rm. ND10.214B Dallas, TX 75390-8816, U.S.A. Email: [email protected] 214-645-6383 (phone) 214-645-6353 (fax) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
