BATS, HIBERNATION, AND WHITE-NOSE SYNDROME

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2022-10-16 14:00 - 15:00

BATS, HIBERNATION, AND WHITE-NOSE SYNDROME

Eddy Discovery Center
Address: 17030 Bush Rd, Chelsea, MI 48118, USA

BATS, HIBERNATION, AND WHITE-NOSE SYNDROME: 2:00 – 3:00 p.m., Sunday, October 16.  In this informative program, you will learn about hibernation, why bats do it, and where in the state hibernating bats are found.  Dr. Allen Kurta, an expert in bat behavior, will discuss how Michigan’s nine species of bats spend their winters, especially those that hibernate underground in mines and caves.  The presentation will conclude with an introduction to white-nose syndrome, a fungal disease that has decimated our bat population.  Cost: $2/person or $5/family.  Eddy Discovery Center, 17030 Bush Rd. in the Waterloo Recreation Area near Chelsea.  Program limited to 50 people.  Call to reserve a space at 737-475-3170.

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