Archive for February, 2010

US Fish and Wildlife Service to Drop White Nose Syndrome Funding in 2011

Sunday, February 7th, 2010

The federal Department of the Interior’s US Fish and Wildlife Service has announced they are dropping funding of monitoring the spread of the devastating White Nose Syndrome among bats in Fiscal Year 2011. Under a new budget proposed by President Obama’s administration, US Fish and Wildlife will devote resources to “higher priority conservation activities.”
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April 2010 Colorado Cave Rescue Seminar Planned

Saturday, February 6th, 2010

Cavers and rescue personnel from throughout Colorado and the Rocky Mountain West are encouraged to attend the April 10-11, 2010 Cave Rescue Seminar at Colorado Springs. The seminar includes a full day Saturday classroom and exercise session at the Pikes Peak Regional Building Department and a full day mock rescue in one or more of [...]