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1/5. #WBTC1 #Conserve3. I’m Rob Schorr @ColoradoStateU. When WNS hit eastern NAmer, #bats mortality was obvious. When WNS hit western NAmer, mortality was much less obvious. Fewer cave/mine hibernacula in the West. Where should biologists monitor 
? Maybe cliffs! 
? Maybe cliffs!
2/5. #WBTC1 #Conserve3 Climbers for Bat Conservation is a collaboration among #climbers, biologists, and land managers ( @SOGES_CSU, @accessfund, @USFWS, @petzl_fondation, @COParksWildlife, @WGFD) to understand where bats roost and where populations might be.
3/5 #WBTC1 #Conserve3 Climbers see in natural rock roosts. Currently 70 records from 12 states, UK, Bulgaria, Norway. Most are of single , but a few of 100s and 1000s of bats. We now have climbers as surveyors and ambassadors for conservation.
in natural rock roosts. Currently 70 records from 12 states, UK, Bulgaria, Norway. Most are of single , but a few of 100s and 1000s of bats. We now have climbers as surveyors and ambassadors for conservation.
4/5 #WBTC1 #Conserve3 What if you hire climbers to look for bats? 50 km W of Denver, Colorado, USA. Pre-climbing surveys and climbing surveys. 42 pre-climb surveys, 45 climbing. 2 found: Myotis evotis, Eptesicis fuscus. 1cm cracks, east-facing, 10–12m high
found: Myotis evotis, Eptesicis fuscus. 1cm cracks, east-facing, 10–12m high
5/5 #WBTC1 #Conserve3 Next steps: online data portal for data submission; visit routes where climbers have seen ; engage with climbers at festivals and show them bats; and collaborate with climbing orgs! See a while climbing, let us know! email: climbersforbats@colostate.edu
; engage with climbers at festivals and show them bats; and collaborate with climbing orgs! See a while climbing, let us know! email: climbersforbats@colostate.edu
