"Bat Conservation International is partnering with Christopher Newport University and the University of New Mexico to produce a new publication so that land managers, from federal and state agencies to industry and private landowners, will have the most up-to-date information to guide their decisions about abandoned mine lands and bat conservation. Specifically, the Handbook for the Effective Management of Bats and Mines is an educational tool to provide mine managers and owners with tested guidelines for supporting the bat populations that have come to use mines as a primary habitat. It will include not only protocols that these conservation partners can use for inventorying and monitoring bat colonies, but also suggestions for conducting research and implementing conservation measures such as bat-friendly gates and interpretive signage.

"Dr. Rick Sherwin and Dr. J. Scott Altenbach will author the new publication, with input from the science and education staff at Bat Conservation International. Dr. Rick Sherwin is a professor at Christopher Newport University in Virginia. His doctoral research focused on the habitat and roosting requirements of western species of cavern-dwelling."

See:  Bat Conservation International