Bats program

The Northfield Mountain Environmental Center will host a Bats! Program on April 9^th from 6 to 7:30 pm.

White-nose Syndrome (WNS) is a wildlife disease which has resulted in a dramatic decline in the number of bats present across much of the United States and Canada. In New Hampshire, the population of hibernating bats declined by nearly 100% within two years of the introduction of the disease, and similar reductions have occurred in Massachusetts.

This talk by wildlife biologist Jacques Veilleux from Franklin Pierce University, will focus on the general habitats of our local bat species, the effects of WNS, and recent research focusing on New Hampshire bats during the pre-hibernation period (September through November), and whether NH bats might be hibernating in New Hampshire, outside of the ‘typical’ hibernation sites (i.e. the historical mines that served as wintering sites for NH bats).