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10/27/2024 0 Comments

Florida Long Term Bat Monitoring Program

Florida’s Long-term Bat Monitoring Program (LTBMP), established in 2018, is a statewide program collecting long-term, standardized information to monitor the 13 resident bat species we have in Florida. This long-term monitoring information helps us better conserve our bats.


Currently, the LTBMP focuses on acoustic monitoring. The information we gather enables us to determine a variety of things, including:


  • What bat species are present at a given location.
  • When a bat species is present during a certain time of year.
  • How habitat type or land management influence where bats occur.


By using consistent methods to collect data, we can better understand long-term trends in bat populations and have a better idea of how our bat species are doing in Florida.

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10/19/2023 0 Comments

FLBWG at the Florida Bat Festival 2023

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​Lubee Bat Conservancy in Gainesville, FL is hosting the 19th Annual Florida Bat Festival on Saturday, October 21st! The Festival is a wonderful way to celebrate and spread bat conservation awareness while enjoying all the batty fun festivities! This is one of the few opportunities to visit the giant fruit bats at Lubee (see event details: https://www.lubee.org/event-details/fl-bat-festival-2023). The Florida Bat Working Group will again be tabling at the event this year. Contact the FLBWG Outreach and Education Committee if you are interested in assisting or have raffle items to share. Several other FLBWG members will be stationed at nearby booths. For anyone coming to Gainesville for the Festival, there will be an informal FLBWG meet-up the night before (Friday 20th) to visit the University of Florida Bat Houses at sunset, followed by dinner/drinks at a local restaurant. Please contact Shelly Johnson ([email protected]) in advance for details if you are interested.
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4/14/2022 0 Comments

Use the new FLBWG "Bat APP" to monitor roosts

https://blogs.ifas.ufl.edu/extension/2022/04/14/use-the-new-bat-app-to-monitor-bat-roosts/
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3/29/2022 0 Comments

2022 Florida Bat Working Group Meeting

The working group meeting will be held over the course of two days: Tuesday March 29th from 10:00 am - 4:00 pm (ET) and Wednesday March 30th from 9:30 am - 5:00 pm (ET). Day 1 will feature several talks and presentations on various subjects. The abstracts for our featured presentations are attached to this message. Day 2 will be comprised of our annual Working Group Business Meeting and breakout sessions for committee meetings or topic discussions. Both meeting days include an hour-long lunch and multiple breaks.   
 
Your attendance to the 2022 meeting will help partners around the state learn about current bat conservation and management efforts in Florida, support science-based conservation of Florida’s bats, promote skill-building, and assist in networking with colleagues. We hope that this second year of remote meeting format may expand our reach for the conservation of Florida’s bats and encourage you to share with others that may be interested in attending this virtual meeting.
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2/10/2021 0 Comments

Vampire Bat adoption

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1/14/2021 0 Comments

New Bat Species

New Bat Species With Orangutan Hue Discovered in West Africa
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10/1/2020 0 Comments

Bat Week

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BAT WEEK OCTOBER 24 - 31, 2020 Bat Week is an annual, international celebration of the role of bats in nature BAT WEEK IS AN ANNUAL, INTERNATIONAL CELEBRATION OF THE ROLE OF BATS IN NATURE COUNTDOWN TO BAT WEEK Day Hour Minute Second About Bat Week Bat Week is an international, annual celebration designed to...

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4/21/2020 0 Comments

National White-nose Syndrome Program, US Fish and Wildlife Service

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1/9/2020 0 Comments

Bat Talks

Jacksonville Zoo

Conservation Speaker SeriesTuesday, February 4 // 5:30 - 7:30 pmShaba Terrace and Samburu Room Featuring Cullen Geiselman, PhD Email Lucas Meers at Bats: the hummingbirds and sunbirds of the night [email protected] with any questions. More Event Info Bees, butterflies hummingbirds and...bats?! Typically seen just as a spooky Halloween theme, bats are so much more!

A 'Batty' Presentation

Learn about the world's only flying mammal at this FREE public lecture! Bats are the true night shift, taking to the dusky skies while we sleep, eating millions of insects, dispersing tropical seeds and pollinating desert flowers. Discover their benefits to the natural world with bat expert Cullen Geiselman and ask her all your 'batty' questions!

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