Northeast bat extinctions looming, with 1.5 Million Dead, white-nose disease to reach West by 2012

[Barrett808]

RICHMOND, Vt.- Mounting evidence that several species of bats have been all but eliminated from the Northeast due to a new disease known as white-nose syndrome prompted a conservation group to send a letter today to Sam Hamilton, the new director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, urging that action on the bat epidemic be his first priority.

In the letter, Kierán Suckling, executive director of the national, nonprofit Center for Biological Diversity, wrote: "...while we suspect you are still unpacking boxes in your new office, we feel compelled to spotlight a wildlife emergency of the highest order. This crisis, the bat epidemic known as white-nose syndrome, cannot afford any delay before receiving your focused attention." ...

http://desdemonadespair.blogspot.com/2009/08/northeast-bat-extinctions-looming-with.html

[Bonobo]

1. For what it is worth, I think I have seen a resurgence locally here.

Western Mass.

I have seen more than last year in one particular location here.

Anecdotal for what it is worth.