Board of Directors
President - Rob Mies (Organization for Bat Conservation)
Vice President - Dave Redell (Wisconsin DNR)
Treasurer - Brianne Walters (ISU Bat Center)
Secretary - Katrina Schultes (Wayne National Forest)
Dr. John O. Whitaker, Jr. (ISU Bat Center)
Dr. Allen Kurta (Eastern Michigan University)
Dr. Tim Carter (Ball State University)
Joe Kath (Illinois DNR)
Amy Russell (Grand Valley State University)
Bree McMurray (Missouri DOT)
Justin Boyles (Southern Illinois University)
Board Meeting Minutes
April 2012 Board Meeting Minutes (pdf file)
White-Nose Syndrome
A serious disease has been killing off bats in the United States and Canada. It was initially discovered in New York, but has now spread to many of the surrounding states and as far west as Oklahoma.
These bats have a white fungus growing on them during hibernation. This fungus is called Geomyces destructans. It is now estimated that over a million bats have died as a result of White-Nose Syndrome
Photo courtesy Al Hicks, New York Department of Environmental Conservation