Tracing Wisconsin's Bat Trails
Frontiers In Science presents:
Tracing Wisconsin's Bat Trails From the Surface to the Subterranean
with Jennifer Redell, Conservation Biologist/Cave and Mine Specialist - WI Bat Program
Free event for NWTC students, staff, and faculty
Thursday, November 14, 2024
11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Auditorium (Room SC130), NWTC Green Bay Campus
Did you know that bats are more closely related to primates than rodents!? Earth’s 1400 bat species make up nearly a quarter of our planet’s mammal diversity!
Join Wisconsin DNR Bat Biologist and Cave and Mine Specialist, Jennifer Redell, for an engaging presentation about the importance and intrigue of local bats. Whitenose Syndrome has challenged both bats and the people who work with them, but there are some recent reasons for hope and exciting new discoveries. Learn how a community of caretakers studies, protects, and interprets the lives of Wisconsin’s eight bat species. Join in to hear how you can help these neighborhood night-fliers.
About the Presenter
Not only a dedicated Bat Biologist, Jennifer Redell is also the adventurous Cave & Mine Specialist at the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR). She can often be found crawling through muddy caves, paddling water-filled mines, or rappelling into dark crevices in search of Wisconsin’s threatened cave bat population. Redell and her colleagues work statewide to monitor and assess bat population trends through acoustic surveys, hibernacula surveys, and summer roost monitoring. Since 2009 the Wisconsin DNR’s Bat Program has collaborated with researchers across North America to wage a critical battle with White-nose Syndrome (WNS), a fungal disease devastating hibernating bat populations.