Connecticut's Bats Get a Boost: New Study in Great Mountain Forest

0:00Connecticut's bats are in trouble, y'all. The state has nine species, but populations have crashed from white no syndrome and habitat loss. All but the big brown bat are now endangered, threatened, or of special concern, making sighting super rare these days. Tree roosters, like the eastern red, silver haired, and hory bats, hang solo in foliage, while cave dwellers cluster up in winter caves. The big brown is the one you'll spot near homes in summer, but even they migrate to underground spots come cold weather. Now, great mountain forest and northwest Connecticut just scored a grant from the John T and Jane A. Weederhold Foundation. This massive 6,000 acre spot is perfect for studying bats of close and wild woods, unlike the broad state surveys from deep. Two Yukon students lead the charge with acoustic monitors at 30 sites, backed by deep biologists Devon Frazier and remote sensing from another. Yukon expert, the goal, nail down bat behaviors, and numbers to shape smarter land management and conservation

1:00moves. These sphinings will hit K through 12 field trips and woodland academy workshops for forest pros starting late May. They're even thinning trees to boost bat roots, folding fresh bat know-how into classes to keep these flyers thriving long term. This has been Hardford News today, powered by AI. I'm Corey with The Story.