New Hampshire Seeks Volunteers For Counting Bats
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire wildlife biologists are looking for help keeping track of the state's bat population this summer.
Fish and Game officials are leading an online training session Thursday including an overview of bats in New Hampshire, how to identify different species and how to participate in the New Hampshire Bat Counts Project.
The project involves citizen volunteers who keep track of bats they spot outside barns or elsewhere on their property.
Learn how to be a citizen scientist and count #bats in an online training. Fish and Game and UNH Cooperative Extension have teamed up for the #NewHampshire Bat Counts Project. https://t.co/xfqySHIgU4 pic.twitter.com/3zPYFuxmQw
— NHfishandgame (@NHfishandgame) May 20, 2020
Officials say monitoring female bats and their young is particularly important in the face of white-nose syndrome, which has caused significant declines in bat populations throughout the Northeast.
(© Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)