The Action Plan For Australian Bats - Contents Page The Action Plan for Australian bats. in the wild have been added to the previous categoriesof endangered, vulnerable and extinct for threatened species and http://bibpurl.oclc.org/web/3246
Extractions: Biodiversity Group Environment Australia, 1999 The views and opinions expressed in this report are those of the editors and contributors and do not necessarily reflect those of the Commonwealth Government, the Minister for the Environment or the Director of National Parks and Wildlife. FOREWORD Lord Howe Long-eared Bat Please Note: Under the EPBC Act new categories have been added for listed threatened species and ecological communities. Critically endangered, conservation dependant and extinct in the wild have been added to the previous categories of endangered, vulnerable and extinct for threatened species and critically endangered and vulnerable have been added to the previous category of endangered for ecological communities. Threatened Animal Species Threatened Plant Species
Batinfo What bats are endangered? The United States Department of Interior hasa list of the endangered and threatened species of bats. They are http://www.siec.k12.in.us/cannelton/batinfo.htm
Extractions: Batty Information (Bat image above is the California Leaf-Nosed Bat) What are bats? Even though bats can fly they are not related to the birds. They actually are related to primates more. Bats are mammals. They are the only true flying mammal on earth. Just like other mammals...bats have fur and bear live babies. They nurse their young and do not lay eggs. There are nearly 1000 different species of bats on earth. Some of these are endangered of becoming extinct, like the gray bat or the Indiana bat . There is a large variety of different kinds, sizes and colors. They live in many different kinds of habitats and eat many different things. What do they eat? Some bats eat fruit while others eat night flying insects and grasshoppers, and some even eat small animals and minnows. The fruit eating bats (found in tropical climates) are very good for our food crops because they are pollinators and they help spread seeds when they drop the seeds when they eat the fruit. Some of the fruits they pollinate are bananas, mangoes, and guavos. Many trees grow mainly because of the bats. Bats are not blind...and insect eating bats use something called echolocation to help them find the bugs. The echolocation is sounds that the bats make - the sounds are high frequency calls that bounce off of the insects so the bats can quickly find them. To read more about echolocation...go to
Agricultural Scientist's Research Welcomes Bats To Kentucky research to identify the factors in natural habitats that are most critical for thesurvival of bats, especially threatened and endangered species, in order to http://www.ca.uky.edu/agc/news/1998/Oct/batrsrch.htm
Extractions: WELCOMES BATS TO KENTUCKY Mike Lacki wants to put up a big "welcome home" sign for bats in Kentucky. "Bats make important contributions to many ecological systems," said Lacki, a wildlife ecologist with the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture. "Unfortunately, they have a bad reputation due to some incorrect assumptions. Bats provide many benefits to natural systems that wouldn't be possible without their presence." Fourteen species of bats make their homes in Kentucky. Although bats are found through the state, three sections have the highest species diversity the far western end of Kentucky along the Mississippi river, the Knobs region (Mammoth Cave area) in central Kentucky, and the cliff section of the Daniel Boone National Forest, according to Lacki. Department of Forestry scientists are conducting research to identify the factors in natural habitats that are most critical for the survival of bats, especially threatened and endangered species, in order to maintain or provide adequate habitats. "We're focusing on above-ground habitat needs," Lacki said. "For some species, an adequate habitat is an intact forest because they roost in large trees rather than caves or mines. Another area of research is on bat diets during the summer, including how diet is tied to habitat and what insects bats eat.
Bats Are Like Us! Find Out More During UK International Bat Week The UK has 16 species of bats of which two are endangered and nine threatened; batscontribute to a third of our mammal biodiversity. 16 August 2001 archived. http://www.woodland-trust.org.uk/whatsnew/pressfirst.asp?aid=193§ion=
Extractions: site index: select a section HOME Ask an Expert Backyard Birding Wildlife Backyard Wildlife Habitats About Create your own Gallery Resources Birding Focus Regional Birding Backyard Birding Bird-watching Bird Audio eCards Field Guides Amphibians Birds Butterflies Fishes Insects Mammals Native Plants Reptiles Seashells Seashore Creatures Spiders Trees Wildflowers Help Center Join eNature Nature Theater News Outdoor Planner Bird Habitats Habitats Parkfinder Screen Savers Shop.eNature Wildlife Lists ZipGuides LocalGuides Mammal Tracks About Us Contact Info Media Kit Newsroom About This Site Free Content Links Member Services Privacy wildlife search: Field Guides News Articles Expert Answers Photographers The Web member features - Join NOW! Wildlife Lists Backyard Habitats Nature Theater ... The Spotted Owl and the Humpback Whale are two of our more notorious endangered species, but literally hundreds of plants and animals are threatened or face extinction in their native ranges: bats, birds, butterflies... the list goes on. To learn more about Endangered and Threatened species, select a state or enter a keyword below.
Untitled selection, over 1,676 species are now endangered and threatened. which have specieson the endangered lists maintained bats feed off insects and help keep the http://members.tripod.com/~Wolfhawk/articles/species.html
Species Account causes of decline, and management of endangered gray bats. J. Wildl. Manage. 43(1)117.US Department of Agriculture. 1975. endangered, threatened, and unique http://orve.fws.gov/endspec/gbatsa.html
Sierra Club - Vermont Chapter - Home A large number of bats stayed behind in wintering site in NY and have not This speciesis currently proposed for down listing from endangered to threatened. http://vermont.sierraclub.org/heritage.html
Extractions: We continued to inventory and classify natural communities such as red maple swamps and 150 high quality swamps were visited over the past three years. These unique combinations of plants, animals, and their physical environments can be recognized repeatedly across the landscape, which aids planning and conservation. This conservation tool is also being applied to lands owned by the state and is an important part of state lands planning. Rare plants in general received more attention with our temporary assistant botanist visiting 56 historical sites around the state. In addition, The New England Conservation Program, which provides volunteer support to the Heritage Programs in each of the New England states under the guidance of the New England Wildflower Society, had 31 trained volunteers in Vermont in 2001. Together they visited 42 rare plants sites of which they relocated these plants at 23 of the sites.
RCEE - Lesson Plans - Brown Bats habitat. DDT use was also outlawed. Now there are about 12,000 eagles,and the bird has been downlisted from endangered to threatened. http://www.edu-source.com/RCEE/lessons/Life As A Bald Eagle.html
Extractions: LIFE OF A BALD EAGLE Lesson Plan Suggested Grade Levels: 2 nd th Helps meet Arizona State Standards for Science and Social Studies: 1SCR2, 2SCR1, 2SCF1, 2SCF2, 3SCF1, 3SCF3, 3SCE1, 4SCF2, 3SSF2, and 3SSE OBJECTIVES: Students will discover facts about bald eagle habitats and lifestyles. MATERIALS Magazine pictures of bald eagles (at least 15) laminated on poster board, using both sides. nd Grade: Space to move creatively th Grade: Slide projector "We Care About Eagles" (National Wildlife Federation, 1982) slide show INTRODUCTION: (5 min.) Tell students that they are going to imagine being teams of wildlife biologists who are doing research on bald eagles. Explain what a wildlife biologist does, and have them try to explain what it means to "observe". Explain that to learn about a wild animal, it is useful to observe its behavior in its natural habitat. Since we cannot go on a field trip today to watch real eagles, they will have to imagine they are out in the field. Show the picture cards. Tell them that their mission is to find out as much as they can about eagles in the next few minutes, and to be ready to share what they find out with other 'scientists'. EXPLORATION PHASE: (10-15 min.)
Mammals - Resources - Links biodiversity/threatened/ plans/action/bats/6.html; Biodiversity Unit EnvironmentAustralia - endangered Species Program www.ea.gov.au/biodiversity/threatened/; http://www.amonline.net.au/mammals/resources/links.htm
Other Services NSS) Philadelphia Inquirer Newspaper Article on bats Rainforest Action inventoriesof primate behavioral patterns endangered and threatened Primates HUMBIO http://public.srce.hr/botanic/cisb/Edoc/fauna/sisavci/sisdrugi.htm
Extractions: Mammalia African Small Mammal Newsletter Assessment of body condition and dietary history in wild mammals OU research project Bishop Museum Vertebrate Zoology Collection types database CAUZ Members with an Interest in Mammals list arranged by taxonomic interest groupings Census of Australian Vertebrate Species (CAVS) mammal list Class Mammalia UMMZ Animal Diversity Web Convention on the conservation of migratory species of wild animals, Bonn species list Cornell mammalogy page Danish Zoological Museum Mammal Section Endangered Mammal Research at JCU James Cook University of North Queensland Endangered species found on units of National Wildlife Refuge System US Fish Wildl Service Facts on File Book Catalogue browse mammals section via Inforonics Server Faunmap Illinois State Museum database on late Quaternery distribution of mammals in US FAUNMAP-L Faunmap discussion list Florida Museum of Natural History Mammalogy Department Institute of Arctic Biology University of Alaska, incl Large Animal Research Station Ivory identification scheme US National Fish and Wildlife Forensics Laboratory Journey North global study of wildlife migration - incl mammals KUNHM Division of Mammals Kansas University Natural History Museum Mammal exhibits at UC Museum of Paleontology Berkeley
News Release #38-01 To learn more about Indiana bats, visit the endangered and threatened Species section of the Game Commission's website at www.pgc.state.pa.us. http://sites.state.pa.us/PA_Exec/PGC/newsroom/2001news/nr38-01.htm
Extractions: 2001 Elmerton Avenue Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17110-9797 Release #38-01 May 17, 2001 GAME COMMISSION'S INDIANA BAT RESEARCH DRAWS NATIONAL ATTENTION By Joe Kosack, Information Specialist HARRISBURG Pennsylvania Game Commission researchers have uncovered new information about a longstanding endangered species of bat that has become a direct beneficiary of intensive conservation efforts at Canoe Creek State Park in Blair County. Indiana bats have maintained a fragile existence in Pennsylvania for decades. They were one of the state and nation's first designated endangered species, and have been perennial ringers to remain on the federal endangered species list for more than 30 years. Editor's Download So in 1997, when Cal Butchkoski, Game Commission wildlife technician, first noticed Indianas taking advantage of specially designed and managed bat structures at Canoe Creek State Park, it drew considerable attention among the Commonwealth's bat managers. The discovery begged the question: Were Indianas using buildings as sites for maternity colonies? "Up until that point in time, Indiana bats had never been documented using a manmade structure as a maternity roost," said Jerry Hassinger, Wildlife Diversity supervisor for the agency's Bureau of Wildlife Management. "They had historically been observed using only trees for roosting. It was quite a find. But it sparked plenty of questions. To answer them, we needed to substantiate and measure the use. We wanted to know if Butchkoski's observation was a chance occurrence, or if Indiana bats were showing us something new."
Batline Re BATLINE Endangered Species Status Vs. Publi of the issue, killing an endangered or threatened species is a violation of the endangeredSpecies Act I think the backlash would result in more bats of all http://lads.com/BATLINE/hypermail/200109/0020.html
Australian Bat TP Roll Craft bats account for a third of the continent's native mammal species. Nearlyhalf of these bats are on the endangered or threatened species list. http://www.dltk-kids.com/animals/maustralia_bat.htm
Extractions: Search DLTK's There are over 85 species of bats native to Australia. Bats account for a third of the continent's native mammal species. Nearly half of these bats are on the endangered or threatened species list. The Greater Wart-nosed Horseshoe-bat and the Greater Large-eared Horseshoe Bat are endangered species. The Grey Headed Flying Fox is now on the vulnerable species list all flying foxes are fruit eating bats. Other Australian bats (many of them threatened species) include the Little Red Flying Fox, the Large Eared Flying Fox, the Spectacled Flying Fox, the Large-eared Pied Bat, the Eastern Long-eared Bat, the Pilbara Leaf-nosed Bat and the Southern Bent-wing Bat. Materials you will need for the bat are a tp roll, printer, glue, scissors, something to colour with and a piece of paper (I prefer construction paper).
Utah Division Of Wildlife Resources Federal threatened and endangered Species List; Federal threatened and endangeredList by County; Sensitive Vertebrate and Invertebrate Report; The bats of Utah; http://www.wildlife.utah.gov/habitat/utahinfo.htm
Extractions: Utah Plant and Animal Information Utah Conservation Data Center State and Federal threatened and Endangered Species and Utah Sensitive Species Vertebrates and Invertebrates Threatened and Endangered and State Sensitive Plants Endemic and Rare Plants of Utah Federal Threatened and Endangered Species List Federal Threatened and Endangered List by County Threatened and Endangered Species of Utah (USU publication - PDF file)
Illinois Conservation Foundation (ICF) Press Releases They've learned about and raised money for threatened or endangered otters,mud turtles, bats, rattlesnakes, barn owls and now mussels. . http://www.ilcf.org/PRRiverMussels.htm
Extractions: http://dnr.state.il.us CENTRAL ILLINOIS STUDENTS RAISE FUNDS TO HELP ENDANGERED RIVER MUSSELS SPRINGFIELD, ILL. Students at Rogers Elementary School in the Tazewell County community of Marquette Heights are combining classroom lessons with real-world environmental activism by raising funds for endangered river mussels in Illinois. "Each year the students at Rogers Elementary School pitch in to help a species in trouble," said John Schmitt, Executive Director of the Illinois Conservation Foundation. "Guided by their teacher, Patty Massaglia, the students blend their science studies with a project to improve the natural resources in Illinois. They've learned about and raised money for threatened or endangered otters, mud turtles, bats, rattlesnakes, barn owls and now mussels." Students at Rogers raised $1,400 this year for management and recovery efforts of endangered mussel species in the Mississippi River. Funds will pay for surveys and inventories of historic and recently discovered mussel beds in the river as well as possible relocations to more pristine portions of the river. Students presented a check to the Foundation on Friday.
SchoolWorld Endangered Species Project: Ghostbat They are threatened by the destruction of limestone mining it is considered that theGhost bats are small be another reason to why it is endangered in Australia http://www.schoolworld.asn.au/species/ghostbat.html
Extractions: Original artwork by Nick Nikolovski The Ghost bat is quite large in size, it is 100 -130mm long and had a forearm length of 102-112mm. The ghost bats weight varies between 140 and 165 grams. The Ghost bat is quite pale in appearance with pale grey black fur. It has very large ears which stand directly above the face. The ghost bat has large eyes and no visible tail. Ghost bats are sometimes called false vampires as it was thought that they sucked blood like the south American Vampires bats, though the ghost bats are not in fact vampires. The Ghost bat has no real predators as it is more accurately described as being the predator rather than the attacker of small creatures. The Ghost bat is a cannibal, therefore it eats all different animals. They eat birds, other bats, and small insects. Much of the prey is caught on a vertical surface, and during feeding periods it is said that the Ghost bat makes loud bird like sounds. The Ghost Bat only takes a few seconds to kill and drag the innocent prey into shelter. The Ghost bat is nocturnal, thus during broad daylight the ghost bat stays in a cave or in large cracks of rocks. It is a shy animal and therefore it is rarely seen by others.
Extractions: Krichbaum Critique of Proposed Monongahela Forest Plan Regarding Threatened and Endangered Species To: US Forest Service Monongahela National Forest, Supervisor Charles Myers and Daniel Arling Comments on Proposal to Amend the 1986 Monongahela NF Plan Regarding Threatened and Endangered Species These comments pertain to the Feb. 1, 2001 letter, the November 2000 Biological Assessment (BA), and the 1986 Plan. I thoroughly object to the short time period I have had to comment on this proposal. I just got the BA (~140 pages) and have only had a week to review it. This is a significant, complex, and Forest-wide proposal. I formally request that the comment period on your scoping letter be extended another 30 days. The Monongahela National Forest [MNF] is in the midst of rewriting its management plan for threatened and endangered species on the forest. The plan outlines an increase in logging of 10 million board feet more (from 15 to 25 MMBF, almost double what it is now) and 100 acres of herbicide application a year. The plan also projects development of 68 gas well sites serviced by 19 miles of new roads and 82 miles of gas pipelines in the next 10 years. It is not clear how many acres you will spray with insecticides (e.g., for gypsy moth "control"). And this Forest has been fragmenting forestland with an average of
Extractions: Human disturbance of hibernating Indiana bats by cavers, researchers, and vandals account for most of the species' decline, although deforestation and stream channelization are also factors. The role of contaminants is unclear for the Indiana bat; however, pesticides have been shown to decrease the number of many insectivorous North American bats. Natural threats to this bat include flooding of hibernacula (caves), collapse of hibernacula ceilings, and hypothermia induced by severe winters. Since the 1990 recovery report, the Indiana population of Indiana bats has increased 18 percent. Activities such as educational posting at cave entrances and cave gating have contributed to this population increase. Two formal section 7 interagency consultations have been carried out, one with the Federal Aviation Administration on a major airport expansion project and one with the Soil Conservation Service on a flood control/stream channelization project. Both consultations resulted in no-jeopardy biological opinions, and reasonable and prudent measures suggested by the Fish and Wildlife Service to minimize incidental take were adopted. Recovery needs include protecting hibernacula, protecting and restoring summer nursery habitat, monitoring population trends, educating the public, and continuing research on Indiana bat ecology and biology.
