An easy way to help bats is by bldg bat houses. Learn more ways to support bats, WHC Bats Project Guidance https://t.co/59RJQJzn7i #BatWeek pic.twitter.com/KzrbDIhjwI
— Wildlife Habitat (@WildlifeHC) October 25, 2016
North Carolina is no stranger to the devastating effects of White Nose Syndrome (WNS). Wildlife biologists at Great Smoky Mountains National Park have estimated an 80 percent decline in bat populations since the disease was first confirmed in the park in 2010.
It seemed that WNS was confined to the mountains in the western-most reaches of our state, but last year a case...