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--Apple-Mail-5--560265629 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed FEB. 22, 2012 - Nearly every day I make time for checking out CBC Radio's MARITIME NOON show, for in-depth news items and feedback items (letters & e-mails) on past shows and lastly the day's call-in, which used to be a separate hour but now has been reduced to about a half-hour. Today's items of interest to me were, first, mostly negative feedbacks concerning Anne Murray's input yesterday (and in today's Chronicle Herald) about the proposed wind farm close to Pugwash. Second, and most of the show, was a news item ON MARITIME BATS, and then the call-in about bats too. Don McAlpine (sp.?) of the New Brunswick Museum reported that the WHITE NOSE DISEASE, caused by the fungus Geomyces destructor, has now spread to three sites in southeastern N.B. This is a very serious disease throughout northeastern North America, killing up to 90+% of individuals in hibernacula (hibernating sites). Don recommends that we humans refrain from visiting potential overwintering sites for bats such as caves and underground mine sites, in order to minimize the human spread of the fungal spores from site to site. And anyone who sees a bat in winter, alive or dead, should phone the N.B. Museum or N.S. Museum of Nat. Hist. or N.S. Dept. of Natural Resources. The white nose disease causes premature awakenings and activity of hibernating bats, thus sapping them of energy needed for their Spring and Summer reproduction etc. Finally, then Andrew Hebda of the N.S. Museum of Nat. Hist. was the call-in guest on bats, and lots of interesting subjects were well covered. Interested people can check out www.cbc.ca/maritimenoon/ later in order to hear the entire program after the fact. Andrew also talked about the effects of wind turbines on bats. He said the research to date has been mostly in Alberta and Manitoba, and the affected bats are mostly what are called the tree bats or migrating bats, such as hoary bats, red bats, & silver-haired bats, which do migrate at the heights of industrial wind turbines and are affected by high-pressure barotrauma without necessary contact with the moving blades. Here in the Maritimes we are at the edges of the ranges of the tree bats, so that they are not common here and thus are somewhat less of concern regarding impacts of wind farms. Most of our Maritime bats are little brown bats, northern long-eared bats, and tricoloured bats or pipistrelles. Cheers and happy listening, from Jim in Wolfville. --Apple-Mail-5--560265629 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>FEB. = 22, 2012</b> - Nearly every day I make time for checking out CBC Radio's = <b>MARITIME NOON</b> show, for in-depth news items and feedback items = (letters & e-mails) on past shows and lastly the day's call-in, = which used to be a separate hour but now has been reduced to about a = half-hour. </font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal = normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: = 12.0px Helvetica">Today's items of interest to me were, first, mostly = negative feedbacks concerning <b>Anne Murray</b>'s input yesterday (and = in today's Chronicle Herald) about the <b>proposed wind farm close to = Pugwash</b>.</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal = 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: = 12.0px Helvetica">Second, and most of the show, was a news item <b>ON = MARITIME BATS</b>, and then the call-in about bats too. Don = McAlpine (sp.?) of the New Brunswick Museum reported that the <b>WHITE = NOSE DISEASE</b>, caused by the <b>fungus</b> <i>Geomyces = destructor</i>, has now spread to three sites in southeastern = N.B. This is a very serious disease throughout northeastern North = America, killing up to 90+% of individuals in hibernacula (hibernating = sites). <b> Don recommends</b> that we humans refrain from visiting = potential overwintering sites for bats such as caves and underground = mine sites, in order to minimize the human spread of the fungal spores = from site to site. <b>And anyone who sees a bat in winter,</b> = alive or dead, should phone the N.B. Museum or N.S. Museum of Nat. Hist. = or N.S. Dept. of Natural Resources. The white nose disease causes = premature awakenings and activity of hibernating bats, thus sapping them = of energy needed for their Spring and Summer reproduction = etc.</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal = 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: = 12.0px Helvetica">Finally, then Andrew Hebda of the N.S. Museum of Nat. = Hist. was the call-in guest on bats, and lots of interesting subjects = were well covered. Interested people can check out <a = href=3D"http://www.cbc.ca/maritimenoon/">www.cbc.ca/maritimenoon/</a> = later in order to hear the entire program after the = fact.</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal = 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: = 12.0px Helvetica">Andrew also talked about the effects of wind turbines = on bats. He said the research to date has been mostly in Alberta = and Manitoba, and the affected bats are mostly what are called the tree = bats or migrating bats, such as hoary bats, red bats, & = silver-haired bats, which do migrate at the heights of industrial wind = turbines and are affected by high-pressure barotrauma without necessary = contact with the moving blades. Here in the Maritimes we are at = the edges of the ranges of the tree bats, so that they are not common = here and thu