In late 2010, I discovered this blog and began to correspond with Ann, with the USFWS, about WNS and bats, and during early 2011 she connected me with Dr. Joy O’Keefe, with Indiana State University, so we could arrange an internship for me during the summer. This June, I traveled to the Great Smoky Mountains [...]
Archive for August, 2011
Guest blog: Student Ashley Saulsberry learns about bats, white-nose syndrome during summer internship
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged bat, bats, conservation, Field work, fish and wildlife, fish and wildlife service, fws, Great Smoky Mountains, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Indiana bat, Indiana State University, National Park Service, research, usfws, white nose syndrome, whitenosesyndrome, wildlife, wildlife disease, wns on August 25, 2011 | 1 Comment »
In the field: Townsend’s big-eared bats in Colorado
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged bat, bats, conservation, decontamination, fish and wildlife, fish and wildlife service, flickr, fws, hibernaculum, National Park Service, National Speleological Society, protocol, research, Townsend's big-eared bat, United States Forest Service, usfws, USGS NWHC, white nose syndrome, whitenosesyndrome, wildlife, wns on August 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
While presenting at the 2011 National Speleological Society (NSS) Convention in Glenwood Springs, CO a few weeks ago, I joined bat researchers from USGS, National Park Service, USDA Forest Service and Colorado Parks and Wildlife Division working with Townsend’s big-eared bats (Corynorhinus townsendii) near Marble, Colorado. The site was an abandoned mine, protected by a [...]
Guest blog: Bat researcher Joy O’Keefe invigorated by curiousity of young scientist
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Appalachian Mountains, bat, bats, conservation, Field work, fish and wildlife, fish and wildlife service, fws, Great Smoky Mountains, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Indiana bat, Indiana State University, Nantahala National Forest, research, usfws, white nose syndrome, whitenosesyndrome, wildlife, wns on August 4, 2011 | 3 Comments »
A few months ago I posted about a high school student, Frances, who had contacted me with an interest in WNS. Not long after, I started corresponding with another student, Ashley Saulsberry, in Tennessee. Ashley was also interested in WNS and what she could do to help. I connected Frances and Ashley, both of whom [...]
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