Bats: Diversity and Conservation in Connecticut and Beyond

About this event

The McArdle Family Community Room. Bats are one of the world’s most beneficial and misunderstood animals. This diverse and charismatic group of mammals play critical roles in ecosystems and provide invaluable services for humans in the form of pest control, pollination, seed dispersal, and nutrient transport. Largely misunderstood, bats face a variety of conservation challenges, including disease, wind farm development, habitat loss, and persecution. Dr. Fraser will introduce the nine species of bats we have here in Connecticut, and discuss the methods we are using to monitor and protect these valuable members of our community.

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