[NatureNS] Bat sighting hotline closes Thursday

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>> Bat sighting hotline closes Thursday
>> TheChronicleHerald.ca - 1 day ago
>> The bat sighting website and telephone hotline established by the =20
>> Mersey Tobeatic Research Institute and the provincial Department =20
>> of Natural ...
>> ------------------------
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>> http://thechronicleherald.ca/novascotia/1163693-bat-sighting-=20
>> hotline-closes-thursday
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>> Bat sighting hotline closes Thursday
>> October 29, 2013 - 4:42pm
>>
>> Thursday is the last day to report bat sightings in Nova Scotia =97 =20=

>> and we=92re not talking the Halloween kind.
>>
>> The bat sighting website and telephone hotline established by the =20
>> Mersey Tobeatic Research Institute and the provincial Department =20
>> of Natural Resources is closing up until spring as bats migrate =20
>> south or roost for the winter.
>>
>> The database was set up this summer after 95 per cent of the bats =20
>> at five mainland hibernation sites became infected with white-nose =20=

>> syndrome and died last winter, the province said in a news release =20=

>> issued Tuesday.
>>
>> Three bat species were listed as endangered after the outbreak.
>>
>> More than 1,000 sightings have been reported since the website and =20=

>> hotline started in August.
>>
>> =93We were pleased and amazed by Nova Scotians=92 commitment to bat =20=

>> conservation,=94 institute biologist Brad Toms said in the news =20
>> release. =93And it=92s not all bad news, either. The data tells us =20=

>> that, so far, bats on Cape Breton Island have not been affected by =20=

>> the disease.=94
>>
>> A summary and map of the sightings will be available at =20
>> www.batconservation.ca on Friday.
>>
>> The bat conservation website and hotline will return next spring. =20
>> Any sightings of bats flying during the day between November and =20
>> May should be reported to the nearest Natural Resources regional =20
>> office, novascotia.ca/natr.
>>
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size=3D"4" color=3D"#333333" style=3D"font: 14.0px Helvetica; color: =
#333333">Thursday is the last day to report bat sightings in Nova Scotia =
=97 and we=92re not talking the Halloween kind.</font></p><p =
style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 15.0px 0.0px; line-height: 24.0px; =
background-color: #eeeeee"><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"4" =
color=3D"#333333" style=3D"font: 14.0px Helvetica; color: #333333">The =
bat sighting website and telephone hotline established by the Mersey =
Tobeatic Research Institute and the provincial Department of Natural =
Resources is closing up until spring as bats migrate south or roost for =
the winter.</font></p><p style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 15.0px 0.0px; =
line-height: 24.0px; background-color: #eeeeee"><font face=3D"Helvetica" =
size=3D"4" color=3D"#333333" style=3D"font: 14.0px Helvetica; color: =
#333333">The database was set up this summer after 95 per cent of the =
bats at five mainland hibernation sites became infected with white-nose =
syndrome and died last winter, the province said in a news release =
issued Tuesday.</font></p><p style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 15.0px 0.0px; =
line-height: 24.0px; background-color: #eeeeee"><font face=3D"Helvetica" =
size=3D"4" color=3D"#333333" style=3D"font: 14.0px Helvetica; color: =
#333333">Three bat species were listed as endangered after the =
outbreak.</font></p><p style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 15.0px 0.0px; =
line-height: 24.0px; background-color: #eeeeee"><font face=3D"Helvetica" =
size=3D"4" color=3D"#333333" style=3D"font: 14.0px Helvetica; color: =
#333333">More than 1,000 sightings have been reported since the website =
and hotline started in August.</font></p><p style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px =
15.0px 0.0px; line-height: 24.0px; background-color: #eeeeee"><font =
face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"4" color=3D"#333333" style=3D"font: 14.0px =
Helvetica; color: #333333">=93We were pleased and amazed by Nova =
Scotians=92 commitment to bat conservation,=94 institute biologist Brad =
Toms said in the news release. =93And it=92s not all bad news, either. =
The data tells us that, so far, bats on Cape Breton Island have not been =
affected by the disease.=94</font></p><p style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px =
15.0px 0.0px; line-height: 24.0px; background-color: #eeeeee"><font =
face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"4" color=3D"#333333" style=3D"font: 14.0px =
Helvetica; color: #333333">A summary and map of the sightings will be =
available at <a href=3D"http://www.batconservation.ca/"><font =
color=3D"#b82830" style=3D"color: =
#b82830">www.batconservation.ca</font></a> on Friday.</font></p><p =
style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 15.0px 0.0px; line-height: 24.0px; =
background-color: #eeeeee"><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"4" =
color=3D"#333333" style=3D"font: 14.0px Helvetica; color: #333333">The =
bat conservation website and hotline will return next spring. Any =
sightings of bats flying during the day between November and May should =
be reported to the nearest Natural Resources regional office, <a =
href=3D"http://novascotia.ca/natr"><font color=3D"#b82830" style=3D"color:=
 #b82830">novascotia.ca/natr</font></a>.</font></p></div><div =
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