WNS

"Bats play a crucial role in maintaining the balance of nature and they're dying in record numbers in several U.S. states. As Daniel Sieberg reports, it's a mystery that has biologists baffled."

CBS News report from Aeolus Cave February 2009 about White Nose Syndrome. It aired April 5, 2009.

Watch CBS Videos Online

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=4920589n

More info: http://www.batmanagement.com/wns/wns.html

and http://www.caves.org/WNS/WNS%20Info.htm

If you have any related concerns regarding a cave that you manage, please contact Stewardship Chair Bill Overton.

Bill Overton
Stewardship Chair

On February 7, 2009, the Board of the Southeastern Cave Conservancy, Inc. (SCCi) took precautionary action to protect tens of thousands of endangered bats from deadly White Nose Syndrome (WNS), by closing several SCCi-owned or managed caves in the southeastern U.S. All of the caves being closed are home to significant populations of endangered bats. The selected caves – Frenchman Knob Cave in Kentucky; Wolf River Cave, Holly Creek Cave and Rattling Cave in Tennessee; Fricks Cave in Georgia; and Anderson Cave in Alabama – will remain closed until the board determines that it is appropriate to reopen them.