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 ResourcesBats and Mines Handbook is Now Out of Print... ...But we do still have e-versions for interested parties to download. We have created several .pdf files without photos so that the file size remains small and will be quick to download.
Bats & Mines Brochure BCI and the Natural Resources Conservation Service jointly published the new Bats and Mines brochure that describes recommended steps for conducting effective and efficient mine surveys. The recommendations are the result of thousands of mine surveys. The Bat Survey Chart, or decision key, was conceived by Dr. Scott Altenbach of the University of New Mexico, who has been working with bats for more than four decades. Scott continues to research bats' use of abandoned mines and the history of mining technology and has been a senior instructor at BCI's Mine Assessment for Bats Workshops since their inception. Thanks to Scott and the folks at NRCS for all the time and effort that went into writing and editing the brochure. For a more thorough review of the survey protocol, consult: Altenbach, J. S., R. Sherwin, and P. Brown. Pre-mine closure bat survey and inventory techniques in Bat Conservation and Mining: A technical interactive forum. Eds: Vories, Kimery, V. and D. Throgmorton. St. Louis: November 2000, pp 115-125. (Available in electronic format on the Office of Surface Mining Web site: http://www.mcrcc.osmre.gov/) While supplies last, you may also request hard copies of the brochure from BCI (512-327-9721) for the cost of mailing.
The Bats and Mines resource publication (PDF link above) is nearly 12 years old and is now out of print. The time has come to not only update old information and synthesize what we have learned from the last decade of bats and mines research, but also to provide a more comprehensive how-to guide for operating abandoned mine management programs. Bat Conservation International is partnering with Christopher Newport University and the University of New Mexico to produce this new publication so that land managers, from federal and state agencies to industry and private landowners, will have the most up-to-date information to guide their decisions about abandoned mine lands and bat conservation. Specifically, the handbook "Managing Abandoned Mines for Bats" is an educational tool to provide mine managers and owners with guidelines for supporting the bat populations that have come to use mines as a primary habitat. Dr. Rick Sherwin, Dr. J. Scott Altenbach and Dr. David Waldien will author the new publication, with input from the science and education staff at Bat Conservation International. Dr. Rick Sherwin is a professor at Christopher Newport University in Virginia. His doctoral research focused on the habitat and roosting requirements of western species of cavern-dwelling. |
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