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Grizzly bears, black bears, wolves, coyotes, cougars/ mountain lions,bobcats, wolverines, lynx, foxes, fishers and martens are the suite of carnivores that originally inhabited North America after the Pleistocene extinctions. This site invites research, commentary, point/counterpoint on that suite of native animals (predator and prey) that inhabited The Americas circa 1500-at the initial point of European exploration and subsequent colonization. Landscape ecology, journal accounts of explorers and frontiersmen, genetic evaluations of museum animals, peer reviewed 20th and 21st century research on various aspects of our "Wild America" as well as subjective commentary from expert and layman alike. All of the above being revealed and discussed with the underlying goal of one day seeing our Continent rewilded.....Where big enough swaths of open space exist with connective corridors to other large forest, meadow, mountain, valley, prairie, desert and chaparral wildlands.....Thereby enabling all of our historic fauna, including man, to live in a sustainable and healthy environment. - Blogger Rick

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Saturday, August 7, 2010

The general public find Bats scary and horrible.........let us hope that this "Syndrome" brings some new light on the value that these winged predators bring to the Planet

From: Bat Conservation International [mailto:newsletter@batcatalog.com]
Sent:
Friday, August 06, 2010 6:34 PM
To: Meril, Rick
Subject: Bat Conservation International's Worst Fears Validated by New Study

 

 

As Bat Conservation International continues our fight against White-nose Syndrome, research being published in the journal Science today predicts the outcome we feared: regional extinctions. The study forecasts that the little brown myotis, until now one of our most common species and one that is often seen roosting in barns, old buildings and attics, could be reduced to barely 1 percent of its current population in northeastern states within two decades.

We need help from bat supporters like you!

Here are four things you can do today to help save bats:

1. Donate
This frightening report reinforces the urgent need for White-nose Syndrome research. Since the discovery of the disease, Bat Conservation International has provided rapid and critical funds for WNS research. By making a donation to BCI today, you can help in the fight against White-nose Syndrome. Please
donate to support White-nose Syndrome research and other critical bat conservation needs.

2. Tell Your Friends
Recruit your friends to receive BCI's electronic updates on bats! BCI is working to build awareness of White-nose Syndrome and other bat conservation challenges. We need your help in spreading the word about bats. Please forward this email to at least five friends and ask them to visit BCI's website to
sign up for our electronic updates.

3. Join Us On Facebook
Joining our
Facebook group and cause pages is another way to stay up-to-date on the most current bat news and an easy way to invite others to join our cause.

4. Learn
Read about the study by Boston University researcher Winifred Frick and see Bat Conservation International's press release on the news at
www.batcon.org/wns.

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