Post by jonsdigs on Nov 8, 2010 8:08:10 GMT -5
Artificial cave proposed to protect bats from fungal disease
Conservation group seeks to win grant money to fund project
By Morgan Simmons
Knoxville News Sentinel
November 7, 2010
A fast-spreading epidemic that has killed more than 1 million bats across the northeastern U.S. has prompted an unusual proposal from one of Tennessee's leading environmental organizations.
The Tennessee chapter of The Nature Conservancy would like to build an artificial cave to safeguard hibernating bats from white-nose syndrome, a fungal disease that has experts predicting regional extinction for at least one common bat species - the little brown bat - within the next two decades.
To fund the cave, The Nature Conservancy has entered its proposal in the Pepsi Refresh online grant competition, a monthly contest for ideas that positively affect communities. If the idea garners enough public votes, Pepsi will award The Nature Conservancy $250,000 to build and outfit the artificial cave.
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Conservation group seeks to win grant money to fund project
By Morgan Simmons
Knoxville News Sentinel
November 7, 2010
A fast-spreading epidemic that has killed more than 1 million bats across the northeastern U.S. has prompted an unusual proposal from one of Tennessee's leading environmental organizations.
The Tennessee chapter of The Nature Conservancy would like to build an artificial cave to safeguard hibernating bats from white-nose syndrome, a fungal disease that has experts predicting regional extinction for at least one common bat species - the little brown bat - within the next two decades.
To fund the cave, The Nature Conservancy has entered its proposal in the Pepsi Refresh online grant competition, a monthly contest for ideas that positively affect communities. If the idea garners enough public votes, Pepsi will award The Nature Conservancy $250,000 to build and outfit the artificial cave.
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