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| - Bats with the white fungus - Bats with the white fungus

First found in Schoharie County, White Nose Syndrome (WNS) has spread onto a national level within the last two years.  

WNS is a disease that kills Little Brown Bats, white fungus grows along the bats face, ears and wings. This can lead to suffocation and starvation. Bats are most in danger when their in hibernation because this is when their weakest. WNS is normally fatal and in some caves there is a 90% morality rate.

The National Speleological Society (NSS) is an organization that monitors different caves and decides when cavers can enter the caves again after the winter months. The NSS works to preserve caves and the inhabitants, and people become members. In attempts to stem the spread of the disease, the (NSS) has decided to keep caves until May 15th.

Gwendolyn Girsdansky