Award Number (for administrative use only):
PR/J Number: R8230110012
PROJECT ABSTRACT
Colorado Plateau Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit
(Cooperative Agreement # H1200-09-0005)
Park: Grand Canyon - Parashant National Monument
Project Title: Bat Hibernacula Inventory and Microclimate Monitoring Study – White
Nose Syndrome Protection
Funding Amount: $8,545.00
CPCESU Partner Institution: Northern Arizona University
Acting Principal Investigator:
Dr. Laura Huenneke
VP for Research
Northern Arizona University
P.O. Box 4087
Flagstaff, AZ 86011
Phone: (928) 523-4340
Fax: (928) 523-1075
Email: laura.huenneke@nau.edu
Co-Principal Investigator:
J. Judson Wynne, Research Associate
Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, AZ 86011
Phone: (928) 523-7757
Fax: (928) 556-9111
Email: jut.wynne@nau.edu
NPS ATR/Key Official:
Jeff Bradybaugh, Superintendent
Grand Canyon - Parashant National Monument
345 E. Riverside Drive
St. George, UT 84790
435-688-3226 (voicemail) 435-688-3388 (fax)
jeff_bradybaugh@nps.gov
NPS Project Manager/Subject Matter Expert:
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Jeff Bradybaugh, Superintendent
Grand Canyon - Parashant National Monument
345 E. Riverside Drive
St. George, UT 84790
435-688-3226 (voicemail)
435-688-3388 (fax)
jeff_bradybaugh@nps.gov
Start Date: November 10, 2010
End Date: April 30, 2012
Abstract:
This project relates to J8230100244 / NAU-380 by providing support to meet disease prevention
protocols for White Nose Syndrome. Funding provides for additional personnel, travel, and
materials costs to meet protocol requirements.
PARA resource managers do not know the locations of caves supporting hibernating bats within
their management unit. This work will provide the information necessary to make decisions
regarding the management of hibernacula within the context of both White Nose Syndrome
(WNS) surveillance and global climate change. The objectives of the proposed work are to: (1)
survey all known caves within or immediately adjacent to the monument boundary for
hibernating bats; (2) conduct another site visit at three caves surveyed during the 2005 work; (3)
identify and census bats occurring within each cave; (4) map the locations of hibernating bats
within each cave; (5) collect data on cave microclimate and structural characteristics; (6) develop
models to identify habitat correlates of bat hibernacula; and, (7) develop models to investigate
potential effects of global climate chance on bat hibernacula.
Objectives 6 and 7 will provide land managers with some of the information necessary to make
decisions regarding cave roosts containing hibernating bats within both a WNS and climate
change paradigm. With data from these models, PARA resource managers will be positioned to
best monitor bat populations when WNS becomes a management issue for Arizona bat
populations.
Protection against the spread of White Nose Syndrome have been developed by US Fish and
Wildlife Service and accepted by Bureau of land management and National Park Service. Funds
made available in this task agreement to the partner institution cover the added personnel travel
and supplies expenses needed to meet these protocols.
Keywords:
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Animals
1. Surveys / Monitoring
2. Mammals
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