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    <title>Vermont Public Radio: Bat White Nose Syndrome</title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 26 May 2012 16:48:25 -0400</pubDate>
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	<title>Cavers Question Number Of White Nose Deaths</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/93230/cavers-question-number-white-nose-deaths/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
A national organization of recreational
cavers is questioning a new estimate of the number of bats killed by a
mysterious ailment.

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	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/93230/</guid>
	<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 06:06:42 -0500</pubDate>
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	<title>Hope For Decimated Bat Population</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/93172/hope-for-decimated-bat-population/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Recent developments are giving the wildlife community hope that a bat die-off from White Nose Syndrome can be thwarted. 
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	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/93172/</guid>
	<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 17:50:00 -0500</pubDate>
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    <title>White Nose Syndrome Developments</title>
		<link>http://www.vpr.net/episode/52805/white-nose-syndrome-developments/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[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.
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	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/episode/52805/</guid>
	<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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	<title>Vt. Group Sues To Stop Colorado Caving</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/91318/vt-group-sues-to-stop-colorado-caving/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[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.
]]></description>
	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/91318/</guid>
	<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2011 06:59:20 -0400</pubDate>
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	<title>Feds Will Consider Adding Bats To Endangered List</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/91256/feds-will-consider-adding-bats-to-endangered-list/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
The
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will consider protecting two species of bats that
have been threatened by &quot;white nose syndrome.&quot; That's a disease that has quickly spread through many
bat species and killed more than one million animals.

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	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/91256/</guid>
	<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 17:04:00 -0400</pubDate>
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	<title>New Plan Launched To Fight White Nose Syndrome</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/90937/new-plan-launched-to-fight-white-nose-syndrome/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[The Interior Department has just launched a new federal
plan to combat white nose syndrome, a disease that has already killed more than
a million bats. 
]]></description>
	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/90937/</guid>
	<pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2011 07:04:22 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title>Federal Government Launches Plan To Combat White Nose Syndrome</title>
		<link>http://www.vpr.net/episode/51204/federal-government-launches-plan-to-combat-white-n/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[The federal government has
launched a plan to combat white nose syndrome, the disease that has killed more
than a million bats over the past few years. And research continues into the spread of the disease, how to manage it and how to protect bats.
]]></description>
	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/episode/51204/</guid>
	<pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
	<vpr:moreLabel><![CDATA[Read&nbsp;More&nbsp;Now]]></vpr:moreLabel>	<vpr:airDate2>Mon, 23 May 2011 19:00:00 -0400</vpr:airDate2>				    <enclosure url="http://www.vpr.net/audio/programs/84/2011/05/vted-0523-2011.mp3" length="22125612" type="audio/mpeg" />
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	<title>Bats In Your Attic? Be Kind To Them, Please</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/90678/bats-in-your-attic-be-kind-to-them-please/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[State fish and wildlife officials are hoping homeowners will help insure the survival of the once-common little brown bat. Populations of the species have plummeted
in recent years due to a disease known as white-nose syndrome. 
]]></description>
	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/90678/</guid>
	<pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2011 16:04:00 -0400</pubDate>
	<vpr:moreLabel><![CDATA[Read&nbsp;More&nbsp;Now]]></vpr:moreLabel>	<vpr:airDate2>Tue, 26 Apr 2011 06:34:59 -0400</vpr:airDate2>				</item>		    					<item>
	<title>Bat Disease Spreads From Vermont To Western U.S.</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/89855/bat-disease-spreads-from-vermont-to-western-us/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Vermont conservationists are warning that a disease responsible for killing
millions of bats in the eastern United States is moving west.&nbsp;
]]></description>
	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/89855/</guid>
	<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2011 17:04:00 -0500</pubDate>
	<vpr:moreLabel><![CDATA[Read&nbsp;More&nbsp;Now]]></vpr:moreLabel>	<vpr:airDate2>Thu, 27 Jan 2011 06:34:05 -0500</vpr:airDate2>				</item>		    					<item>
	<title>Wildlife Officials Ask Public To Report On Bat Activity</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/89713/wildlife-officials-ask-public-to-report-on-bat-act/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[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.
]]></description>
	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/89713/</guid>
	<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jan 2011 17:04:00 -0500</pubDate>
	<vpr:moreLabel><![CDATA[Read&nbsp;More&nbsp;Now]]></vpr:moreLabel>	<vpr:airDate2>Wed, 12 Jan 2011 06:06:38 -0500</vpr:airDate2>				</item>		    					<item>
	<title>Researchers Work To Save Bat Population</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/88902/researchers-work-to-save-bat-population/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[VPR's Susan Keese visits an abandoned mine in Windham County with researchers working to save the bats from extinction.
]]></description>
	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/88902/</guid>
	<pubDate>Thu, 30 Sep 2010 12:50:00 -0400</pubDate>
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	<title>Researchers Identify Drugs That May Combat Bat Disease</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/88796/researchers-identify-drugs-that-may-combat-bat-dis/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Researchers
have identified several drugs that work - at least in a laboratory - against
the fungus that's destroying hibernating bat populations.
]]></description>
	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/88796/</guid>
	<pubDate>Tue, 14 Sep 2010 07:34:00 -0400</pubDate>
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	<title>White Nose Syndrome Update</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/88527/white-nose-syndrome-update/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[VPR's Jane Lindholm gets an update on the status of the bat illness White Nose Syndrome from Vermont Fish &amp; Wildlife Biologist Scott Darling.
]]></description>
	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/88527/</guid>
	<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 12:44:00 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title>Caving In Vermont</title>
		<link>http://www.vpr.net/episode/49096/caving-in-vermont/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Learn about the beauty spelunkers find in the state's 150 known caves. And, get an update on White Nose Syndrome, the fungus that has been killing the bats that live in these caves. Plus, VPR's Ross Sneyd provides analysis of the week's top political news.&nbsp; And we listen back to to the voices in the news this week.
]]></description>
	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/episode/49096/</guid>
	<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
	<vpr:moreLabel><![CDATA[Read&nbsp;More&nbsp;Now]]></vpr:moreLabel>	<vpr:airDate2>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 19:00:00 -0400</vpr:airDate2>				    <enclosure url="http://www.vpr.net/audio/programs/84/2010/07/VTED-0723-2010.mp3" length="23103428" type="audio/mpeg" />
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	<title>White Nose Syndrome Affecting NH Bats</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87724/white-nose-syndrome-affecting-nh-bats/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
Biologists say a winter survey of bats in New Hampshire shows that five of eight species have been affected
by a fatal disease that has spread to bats in at least 11 states.

]]></description>
	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87724/</guid>
	<pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 06:06:48 -0400</pubDate>
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	<title>White Nose Syndrome May Sweep Country</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87437/white-nose-syndrome-may-sweep-country/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
A
mysterious bat disease that was first detected in upstate New York and quickly spread to caves in Vermont may be on
the verge of sweeping across the country. 

]]></description>
	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87437/</guid>
	<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:06:04 -0500</pubDate>
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	<title>Bats Gven Anti-Fungal Treatments For White-Nose</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87168/bats-gven-anti-fungal-treatments-for-white-nose/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
Researchers trying to slow the spread of a
disease that has killed more than a million bats are testing anti-fungal
solutions in a hard-hit hibernation cave.

]]></description>
	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87168/</guid>
	<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 06:06:40 -0500</pubDate>
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	<title>Fish and Wildlife Wants To Hear Of Winter Bats</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87078/fish-wildlife-wants-to-hear-winter-bats/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
The Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife
wants to hear from people who spot bats outside this winter.

]]></description>
	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87078/</guid>
	<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 06:06:13 -0500</pubDate>
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	<title>Group Wants To Close Caves Nationwide To Protect Bats</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/86975/group-wants-to-close-caves-nationwide-protect-bats/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
An advocacy group alarmed over the mass
die-off of bats with white-nose syndrome has asked the Department of Interior
to close all bat caves and mines on federal land nationwide.

]]></description>
	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/86975/</guid>
	<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 06:06:30 -0500</pubDate>
	<vpr:moreLabel><![CDATA[Read&nbsp;More&nbsp;Now]]></vpr:moreLabel>					</item>		    					<item>
	<title>VT Edition: White Nose Syndrome Research</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/86275/vt-edition-white-nose-syndrome-research/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[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.
]]></description>
	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/86275/</guid>
	<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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