Post by L Roebuck on Apr 25, 2009 8:31:09 GMT -5
Bat disease found at Water Gap
New Jersey News
Spelunkers are now barred from exploring any caves and mine shafts within the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area because officials have closed these caverns indefinitely in order to protect native bats from a deadly fungus.
Officials have found white nose syndrome, a disease that has killed hundreds of thousands of bats in the Northeast, in some areas within the park, said John Donahue, park superintendent, in a news release today. There may be other affected areas as well that officials have yet to determine.
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New Jersey News
Spelunkers are now barred from exploring any caves and mine shafts within the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area because officials have closed these caverns indefinitely in order to protect native bats from a deadly fungus.
Officials have found white nose syndrome, a disease that has killed hundreds of thousands of bats in the Northeast, in some areas within the park, said John Donahue, park superintendent, in a news release today. There may be other affected areas as well that officials have yet to determine.
Full Article