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Article: Lockout for bats. (cave-gating techniques to preserve endangered bat species) (Wildlife)
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- American Forests
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- March 1, 1994
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Cave-gating is the latest tactic in the struggle to halt declines in the numbers of two endangered "flying mice.
A DIFFICULT PROBLEM needs "fairly drastic action," and Daniel Boone National Forest's John MacGregor is faced with one: Protecting the privacy of resident bats. For two species of these "flying mice," this action preserves more than just beauty sleep: It can mean the difference between life and death.
"The problem here is that we're looking at the extinction of at least one bat species--the Virginia big-ear--within the next 10 or 15 years if something isn't done to save the only two major remaining populations," says MacGregor, endangered-species ...