The New Hampshire Fish and Game is seeking the public’s help to keep track of the state’s bat population, reports CBS Boston.
On Thursday, officials will hold an online training session which will explain how to identify the different species of bat, and how to participate in the NH Bat Counts Project. The project aims to get citizen volunteers involved in counting and locating bats on their property.
According to officials, monitoring female bats and their young due to the current outbreak of “white-nose syndrome”, which has caused a severe decline of bat populations in the Northeast United States.
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