Bat Count Press Release

Public help needed to find bat roosts and count bats

BC Annual Bat Count contributes to monitoring for impacts of white-nose syndrome across the province

Click here to find our Local Bat Count press release.

Photos and credits: 

The Little Brown Myotis occurs across BC but is threatened by white-nose syndrome, a bat disease. Photo: B Paterson. 

KCBP Bat count 2020: Bat counting involves relaxing at dusk watching bats emerge from a roost site.  Photo: Kootenay Community Bat Project.  

Bat emerging from a bat box. Photo: J Saremba, BMN. 

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WNSSpreadMap_2021-05-03: Current map of WNS in North America. https://www.whitenosesyndrome.org/where-is-wns