Bats are an incredibly important group of species and have faced serious declines due to habitat loss, reduced food availability, and white-nose syndrome. But you can help change that! At this Bat Box Construction Class, you will learn about bat life history and biology from UW-Madison graduate student and UW Bat Brigade member Makeela Magomolla, then watch a demonstration on how to build a maternity bat box (the type of box most helpful for bat conservation) by Bat Ambassador John Davies, and take home construction plans and knowledge to support bats near you.

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Celebrate Bat Week with some popcorn and a movie that will inspire you! The Invisible Mammal is a feature length documentary about bat conservation and women in science, The Invisible Mammal follows an all-woman team of biologists who set out to save bats from a deadly fungal disease. When the COVID-19 pandemic interrupts their work, they are sent down a path of discovery that illuminates the connections between bat conservation and the spread of infectious disease.

This field trip is full. Join the waiting list. Join UW Bat Brigade members and UW-Madison students for a walk through Lakeshore Nature Preserve looking for bats! Learn about the diversity of bats that use the area and see how tools like echolocation recorders and thermal imaging cameras make it possible to identify and document bat species in the area.

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