BLM Rejects Blanket Cave Closures in Favor of Targeted Plan
Wednesday, August 25th, 2010Breaking from the blanket closure policies of the United States Forest Service, the Bureau of Land Management Renewable Resources and Planning Office in Washington has directed state offices to take the lead in determining if targeted cave and non-active mine closures are advantageous to protecting bats from the spread of the Geomyces destructans pathogen. The [...]