Scott Darling, wildlife biologist with the Vermont Fish And Wildlife Department, talks with Vermont Edition about the status of White Nose Syndrome in Vermont and a test program that relocates healthy bats to a location in Maine to save them from the disease.
We hear about the new positive developments in the battle against white nose syndrome in bats and get an update on the economic advancements underway in Newport.
A Vermont-based group trying to slow the spread of a fatal bat disease
is suing a federal agency in hopes of blocking a recreational caving
expedition in Colorado.
Similar
to past winters, the Fish and Wildlife department is tracking changes in bat
behavior as a result of White Nose Syndrome, which has afflicted hibernating
bats throughout the state.
We talk with several folks who have a specific perspective on autumn colors. Also, mycologists prepare for this weekend’s "FungiBlitz" in Montpelier. And an update on bats suffering from white nose syndrome.
VPR’s Jane Lindholm joins a group of biologists at the Greely Mine in Stockbridge to place healthy bats from Wisconsin in a cave to see if they contract white nose syndrome.