PA Bat Conservation and Management Workshop / Bat Working Group, April 2-3
PA Bat Conservation and Management Workshop / Bat Working Group, April 2-3
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Step 1: there is no charge to attend this meeting. Please checkout each person separately to secure your seat. No payment is needed.
Step 2: Each attendee -must- complete the pre-meeting survey. This will help plan and steer special segments of the meeting.
CLICK HERE to complete the pre-meeting survey.
Each attendee should complete the pre-meeting survey. This will help steer special segments of the meeting. Your name tags will be generated from this form. Special dietary needs should be listed here, but consider bringing your own snacks as we cannot accommodate all requests.
CLICK HERE to send in your presentation summary/reserve a speaking slot!
You must be present to be eligible to present. Consider if your presentation will be a standard 15 minute block, a 5 minute lightning talk, or something different.
You will need a title, names of authors, address of authors, and organization on separate lines. Underline the name of the presenter. Summarize your talk in 300 words.
Use this form to send in your presentation summary, we will confirm your talk when we verify a time slot.
This Bat Conservation Workshop is an effort to bring together agencies, organizations and individuals passionate about bat research, conservation and management from across Pennsylvania and adjoining states.
The mission is to facilitate communication between all responsible individuals, agencies, interest groups, and businesses who will work cooperatively for bat conservation. We provide a mechanism by which current information regarding local bat ecology, distribution, and research techniques can be readily accessed, and develop a forum in which conservation strategies can be discussed, technical assistance provided, and education programs encouraged.
GOALS
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to increase efficiency of bat management and conservation by facilitating better communication among responsible and interested parties;
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to encourage continuity and standardization in survey techniques, data collection and storage, monitoring, and State permit requirements;
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to encourage management and research efficiency by recommending effective techniques and minimizing duplicate efforts;
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to encourage land management practices that benefit bat populations, support practices that minimize unavoidable impacts, and recommend mitigation as needed;
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to facilitate the inventory, monitoring, and assessment of bat species and their habitats;
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to facilitate the formulation, implementation, and evaluation of conservation strategies for individual species or groups of species;
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to encourage and/or assist in providing training concerning bat inventory, monitoring, and research techniques which emphasize bat welfare and human safety;
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to encourage community based education programs that support bat conservation; and
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to provide support, comments, and/or technical assistance as requested to facilitate goal implementation.
GENERAL AGENDA:
Introductions; participants summarize work they do, recent projects, personal goals, and what they perceive as greatest needs in PA bat conservation are.
History of PA Bat Work & Future Perspective
Organization Update Session; Summer Surveys, Winter Surveys, Hibernacula restoration/enhancement, Appalachian Bat Count, MYLE Summer Roosts, National Speleological region or chapters, bats in bridges, DCNR Forestry, PA State Parks, PA Army National Guard, PA Department of Environmental Protection, PennDOT, PA Turnpike, wildlife rehabilitation, USFWS, and others.
Teams; potential team tasks are reviewed and open discussion briefly highlights issues at hand, needs, possible outcomes, finished product, and expected timeline. Participants are encouraged to sign up/lead teams ultimately coordinating among themselves with designated virtual progress meetings 2-3 times a year.
Information exchange sessions: general and invited themed 15- minute summaries of recent projects/research. Lightning Talks/Announcements: Up to 5 minutes per topic, slides optional. Great to introduce project needs or ideas, tools, questions, summary of small conservation projects, successes or failures.
After Meeting-Meetings: A major request has been to provide ample networking opportunities. Early arrivals will appreciate the late morning start; the schedule provides 30 minute breaks between sessions. Thursday night is the traditional networking opportunity at a local pub to digest the day's info. Friday afternoon linger after sessions close, or join one of several field trip opportunities TBD.
CALL FOR PAPERS:
Have a topic you'd like to talk about, relevant research to present, success stories to brag about, or disasters that are teachable moments? CLICK HERE to send in your presentation summary/reserve a speaking slot!
Overnighting suggestion: numerous hotel options at junction of PA Turnpike & I-81
What participants are saying . . .
Our pre-meeting survey is buzzing! Network during this meeting and collaborate towards common goals:
"Preservation of remaining cave bat populations"
"Maintain federal and state requirements to understand impacts of development on bat populations"
"Agency collaborations with reputable and conservation minded cavers to increase the data collected on current and future hibernacula"
"Developing improved methods for addressing bat population health at scale"
"Public outreach including updating the public on current status of bats post WNS"
"More ecological work to learn all habits and habitats of long-eared bats and tri-colored bats"
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