On November 29, 2022 the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service published a final rule to reclassify the northern long-eared bat as endangered under the Endangered Species Act. The bat faces extinction due to the range-wide impacts of white-nose syndrome, a deadly disease affecting cave-dwelling bats across the continent.
• Species Status Assessment Report
• Webinar Slides for Final Rule
• Summer Survey Guidelines for Indiana Bat and Northern Long-eared Bat have been released for 2022