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|  | USFS closes most caves/mines on MTNF
« Thread Started on May 1, 2009, 5:48am » | |
USFS closes most caves/mines on MTNF and Eastern Region forests
Jo Schaper
The United States Forest Service Regions 8 and 9 (all National Forests east of the Mississippi River, plus Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas) issued an order on April 24 limiting human visitation on those units to try to slow the spread of White Nose Syndrome (WNS) a bat-borne infection which is killing off cave bats in the U.S. northeast and mid-Atlantic states. This order affects about 600 of Missouri’s 6300 known caves. (Photo of infected bat courtesy USF&W NE Region.)
http://riverhillstraveler.com/blog/2009/....region-forests/
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