Endangered northern long-eared bats discovered in coastal Alabama

Biologists with the Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries Division of the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Alabama Bat Working Group have discovered a breeding population of endangered northern long-eared bats in coastal Alabama. The bats were discovered during the annual Bat Blitz – an event held in a different location of the state each year to inventory local bat populations. This year’s Bat Blitz took place in Baldwin and Mobile counties in May. On the last day of the event, one male and two pregnant female northern long-eared