Post by madratdan on Sept 29, 2008 8:58:04 GMT -5
There is also a hot spring close to this mine. It will be fun checking it out and enjoying a dip in the water during the convention. Just one of the hundreds of things to do in the area.
From the article
The Forest Service will work with the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety to close some parts of the mine and protect the resident bats. The work will start Sept. 29 and continue until mid-October, according to the Aspen-Sopris Ranger District.
"The work will stabilize the openings of an old mine, where bats live, and equip the openings with bat-friendly gates. The mine site is located on an eroding hillside where loose debris is slowly blocking the mine opening," said a statement from the Forest Service.
The majority of bats living at the mine are Townsend's big-eared bats. They are a mid-sized bat with big ears. They roost in caves and old mines in many parts of Colorado.
White River National Forest personnel have been monitoring the falling debris at the site for several years, and this year the Forest Service conducted an environmental analysis of the proposal to conduct this project.
The bat-gate's horizontal bars and gaps will allow bats to move freely in and out of the mine while keeping curiosity seekers out of the old mine shafts, which are extremely unsafe.
"As a group, we have been working a long time on the effort to protect these bats," Aspen-Sopris Ranger District wildlife biologist Phil Nyland said in a statement. "It's the largest colony of this species of bat on public lands in Colorado."
www.postindependent.com/article/20080929/VALLEYNEWS/109299989/1074&title=Forest%20Service%20plans%20work%20on%20bat%20cave%20near%20Redstone.
From the article
The Forest Service will work with the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety to close some parts of the mine and protect the resident bats. The work will start Sept. 29 and continue until mid-October, according to the Aspen-Sopris Ranger District.
"The work will stabilize the openings of an old mine, where bats live, and equip the openings with bat-friendly gates. The mine site is located on an eroding hillside where loose debris is slowly blocking the mine opening," said a statement from the Forest Service.
The majority of bats living at the mine are Townsend's big-eared bats. They are a mid-sized bat with big ears. They roost in caves and old mines in many parts of Colorado.
White River National Forest personnel have been monitoring the falling debris at the site for several years, and this year the Forest Service conducted an environmental analysis of the proposal to conduct this project.
The bat-gate's horizontal bars and gaps will allow bats to move freely in and out of the mine while keeping curiosity seekers out of the old mine shafts, which are extremely unsafe.
"As a group, we have been working a long time on the effort to protect these bats," Aspen-Sopris Ranger District wildlife biologist Phil Nyland said in a statement. "It's the largest colony of this species of bat on public lands in Colorado."
www.postindependent.com/article/20080929/VALLEYNEWS/109299989/1074&title=Forest%20Service%20plans%20work%20on%20bat%20cave%20near%20Redstone.