Bats Need Our Help
bats-need-our-help.pdf1.33 MB

This outreach booklet focuses on the importance of bats, MI bat species of conservation concern and their listing statuses under the Endangered Species Act, the threats bats face, and what you can do to help them. 
 

Author(s)
Photo of Jennifer Wong
Jennifer Wong
Fish and Wildlife Biologist
Ecological Services,
Endangered Species,
Coastal Program,
Saginaw Bay to Western Lake Erie Coastal Wetland Conservation Blueprint
Additional Role(s)
Michigan Lead for Listed Bats,
Midwest Coastal Program Lead for Saginaw Bay Focus Area
Expertise
Endangered Species,
Coastal Program,
Bats,
Wind Energy
Area
MI
East Lansing,MI
Type of document
Education
Facility
Mussels
Michigan Ecological Services Field Office
We are the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service office responsible for the following activities in Michigan: administering the Endangered Species Act; identifying sources of environmental contamination, assessing impacts of contaminants to fish and wildlife resources and helping to restore contaminated...
Conservation Office
East Lansing,MI
Media Usage Rights/License
Public Domain
Program
A rocky shoreline of a river. The water is calm. Mist and green branches line the river.
The Ecological Services Program works to restore and protect healthy populations of fish, wildlife, and plants and the environments upon which they depend. Using the best available science, we work with federal, state, Tribal, local, and non-profit stakeholders, as well as private land owners, to...
Program
Falls Church,VA
Species
Cluster of roosting bats.

The Indiana bat is a medium-sized Myotis, closely resembling the little brown bat (Myotis lucifugus) but differing in coloration. Its fur is a dull grayish chestnut rather than bronze, with the basal portion of the hairs on the back a dull-lead color. This bat's underparts are pinkish to...

FWS Focus
Species
Kingdom
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank
Species
FWS and DOI Region(s)
Midwest