| Radio programs for the week of 22 July 2002 |
For more information: Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission - Bats Bat Conservation International
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Housing Florida Bats I'm Kevin Pierce with the Florida Environment When we think of wildlife habitat, wide open spaces might come to mind.
But a contraption that looks like a candelabra is to provide housing for
some of Florida's creatures, namely bats. The man-made bat house is to
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Building a bat house I'm Kevin Pierce with the Florida Environment Bats in Florida have always been able to make do, finding housing in dead, hollowed out trees, but as human habitat replaces the dead trees, bats are left looking for places to live. Enter the agencies of Palm Beach County and the State for a project that built a literal bat house... |
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Bats versus bugs I'm Kevin Pierce with the Florida Environment One Palm Beach County community has recently seen the installation of a Bat House. Built overhanging a lake, this unusual device is to provide a daytime resting place for the night-active creatures, as a replacement for habitat that's been lost. The colony of bats expected to call the bat house, home, might also provide some important insect control for the nearby community, but Jim Hoffstadt, with Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, says that's not the purpose... |
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Bats: Solutions and problems I'm Kevin Pierce with the Florida Environment State agencies and their environmental counterparts in Palm Beach County are finding themselves in the housing business, providing shelter for bats. Jim Hoffstadt with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation commission says a project that built a bat house to attract bats, makes it quite different from more normal bat encounters... |
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Understanding Florida's Bats I'm Kevin Pierce with the Florida Environment You might not be aware that Florida has an abundance of bats: 17 species in all. They keep a pretty low profile, coming out--for the most part--only at night. But some of the bats are endangered species, and are getting special attention, including some new efforts to build housing for them... replacing some of the natural habit they've lost. Kristen Nelson is a state wildlife biologist... |