[SEMCO] Bats & Bunnies: Managing Habitat - Monday 4/17 at 7:00PM

[Tompkins, Laurie (DCR)]

Bats & Bunnies: Managing Habitat for seldom Seen Mammals

Research at the Reserve Series

Monday, April 17

7:00-8:30PM

Waquoit Bay Reserve Visitor Center



[NEC_After trapped_KitBlock_USFWS_March2011.JPG]The New England cottontail, a species of conservation concern (different from the Eastern Cottontail which is very common), and Northern long-eared bats, recently listed as a threatened species, are being studied by US Fish and Wildlife biologists in the forests of Mashpee National Wildlife Refuge and Waquoit Bay Reserve.  How many of these mammals are left? Where can these species be found? What kinds of habitats do they thrive in? Management is underway to improve the health of the forests, reduce the potential for wildfires, and to improve habitat for the New England cottontails.  How should the forest be managed  to reduce potential negative impacts on the bats?   Results of the cottontail surveys and the bat surveys to date will be presented.
Eileen McGourty, Fish and Wildlife Biologist, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Laurie Tompkins
Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
P.O. Box 3092
Waquoit, MA 02536
Tel. 508-457-0495 x108
www.waquoitbayreserve.org<http://www.waquoitbayreserve.org/>
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