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State-Lands Bat Conservation Plan Drafted (PA)

from NorthcentralPA.com, July 23, 2020

State-Lands Bat Conservation Plan Drafted (PA) NorthcentralPA.com, July 23, 2020 As bats in Pennsylvania continue to recover from the deadly disease white-nose syndrome and other threats, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Pennsylvania Game Commission, and Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) are working together to conserve federally protected Indiana and northern long-eared bats on nearly 4 million acres of state-managed lands. Forests managed by the Game Commission and DCNR provide important habitat for bats to forage, roost, raise young, mate, and prepare for hibernation. The agencies have prepared a habitat conservation plan (HCP) outlining how they will continue to maintain at least 3.5 million acres of various aged forest while managing a portion of the remaining acres through timber harvest and prescribed fire. READ MORE

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