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Article: Bat Hibernating Sites in Fayette & Westmoreland Counties Remain Closed to Visitors.
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- Ecology, Environment & Conservation
- Article date:
- May 15, 2009
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To protect Pennsylvania's varied and valuable bat populations from the deadly white-nose syndrome, the state Bureau of Forestry will continue barring public access to three caves on state forestland in Fayette and Westmoreland counties where bats hibernate in large numbers.
The caves, harboring some of the largest and most vulnerable bat populations in the state, will remain off-limits to all visitors until further notice. Specially constructed gates will remain locked at Coon and Lemon Hole caves, southeast of Blairsville, Westmoreland County, and Barton Cave, near Uniontown, Fayette County.
"We have been closing the caves each fall and winter as a ...