North American Bat Monitoring Program (NABat)

From the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS):

USGS scientists and their partners with the North American Bat Monitoring Program (NABat) have receive the U.S. forest Service Wings Across the Americas award for their efforts in bat research and monitoring.http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=4145#.VP24n_zF81I

Wings Across the Americas is an international program of the U.S. Forest Service that works with a wide range of partners here in the United States and overseas to conserve habitats and populations of birds, bats, butterflies and dragonflies.

Bats are vital to our ecosystems and extremely important for pest control and pollination of native and agricultural plants. In the image below insect-eating Brazilian Free-Tailed bats provide a great pest-control service to agriculture and natural ecosystems. Image courtesy of Paul Cryan, USGS.

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