Update on the Second Year of CWF’s Northern Long-eared Bat Study
by Lindsay McNamara, Communications Manager

Female (right) and male (left) eastern red bats after being removed from the same net. Photo by MacKenzie Hall.
In early June, CWF, in partnership with NJ Division of Fish and Wildlife, began the second year of the Northern long-eared bat mist netting and radio telemetry study. The team will be focusing efforts in Southern and Coastal New Jersey this year. The goal of the mist netting and radio telemetry project to learn more about the summer distribution and habitat selection of the federally listed Northern long-eared bat; an important project that can shed light on a species we know all too little about.
To date, the team has completed its second week of mist netting. So far, our team has caught 6 eastern red bats, 3 big brown bats and accidentally caught 2 flying squirrels in two different sites in southern New Jersey. Though a myotis bat has not been caught yet, the team did get acoustic detection of a tricolored bat (Perimyotis subflavus) foraging near the net site in Colliers Mills Wildlife Management Area in Jackson, New Jersey!

Flying squirrel being removed from a mist net. Photo by Stephanie Feigin.
Stay tuned for more updates as the season progresses!
Learn more:
- Tracking a Federally Listed Bat Species Across New Jersey
- Conserve Wildlife Foundation’s Bat Project
- White-nose Syndrome
- Conserve Wildlife Foundation’s Online Field Guide: Northern Long-eared Bat
- Northern Long-eared Bat Protected under Endangered Species Act
Lindsay McNamara is the Communications Manager for Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey.
Help Northern Long-Eared Bats Become Listed as Endangered Species
Saturday, November 22nd, 2014By: Lindsay McNamara, Communications Coordinator
Photo Credit: MacKenzie Hall
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has reopened the public comment period on a proposal to list the northern long-eared bat as endangered under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Comments will be accepted through Thursday, December 18, 2014.
The public is invited to submit comments one of two ways:
(1) Electronically: Go to the Federal eRulemaking Portal: www.regulations.gov. In the Search box, enter Docket No. FWS–R5–ES–2011–0024. You may submit a comment by clicking on “Comment Now!”
(2) By hard copy: Submit by U.S. mail or hand-delivery to: Public Comments Processing, Attn: FWS–R5–ES–2011–0024; Division of Policy and Directives Management; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, MS: BPHC; 5275 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041-3803.
During the previous comment period, from June 30 to August 29, 2014, USFWS received over 65,800 comments on this issue!
Why is it so important?
The Northern Long Eared Bat, like many other bat species in the United States, is in danger of extinction due to White-Nose Syndrome, impacts to hibernacula, summer habitat loss and wind farm operation. Listing a species as endangered, under the protections of the Act, increases the priority of the species for funds, grants, and recovery opportunities.
How Else Can You Help Protect Northern Long-Eared Bats?
These tips were pulled from U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service’s Northern Long-Eared Bat Fact Sheet:
Learn more:
Lindsay McNamara is the Communications Coordinator for Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey.
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