Northeast Region
Conserving the Nature of America

White-Nose Syndrome in Bats:
About WNS
 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service activities to address white-nose syndrome in bats (October 2009)
 
WNS Symposium 2009
More than 70 people working on WNS issues met in Pittsburgh in mid-August 2009. Representatives of federal, state and nongovernment organizations together explored options on surveillance, chemical and biological control, rehabilitation, captive propagation, and bat genetics.  
Project updates
 
White-Nose Syndrome Bulletin
 
Fact sheets
 
Presentations
White-nose Syndrome (WNS): An Emergent Threat to Bats in North America (Jeremy T.H. Coleman, PhD, Robyn A Niver, Susanna L. von Oettingen-USFWS) (24-slide PowerPoint, May 1, 2009)
 
White Nose Syndrome: An Emerging Fungal Pathogen? (David S. Blehert, PhD-USGS) (13-slide PowerPoint, May 1, 2009)
 
White-Nose Syndrome in Bats: Impacts on the National Park Service Mission (Herbert C. Frost, PhD, Elaine Leslie-NPS) (12-slide PowerPoint, May 1, 2009)
 
What's Happening to Bats in the Northeast? An Update on White-nose Syndrome (David Stilwell-USFWS with slides from Alan Hicks-NYDEC) (25-slide PowerPoint)
 
WNS in the Southeast
 
 
 

 
Last updated: October 6, 2009