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How Colorado residents can help protect state’s bat populations from deadly fungus

“Researchers are racing to test vaccines”

Scientists are asking residents to join Colorado Bat Watch to help them identify bat roosting sites where they can vaccinate bats, like this Allen's big-eared bat, from the deadly white-nose fungus. (Juan Cruzado Cortes/Wikimedia Commons)
Scientists are asking residents to join Colorado Bat Watch to help them identify bat roosting sites where they can vaccinate bats, like this Allen’s big-eared bat, from the deadly white-nose fungus. (Juan Cruzado Cortes/Wikimedia Commons)
Bruce Finley of The Denver Post
By | bfinley@denverpost.com | The Denver Post
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Wildlife groups and government agencies are trying to mobilize sharp-eyed humans for Colorado Bat Watch, a campaign launched Monday to help biologists find bat roosting sites fast enough to save bats from proliferating perils, including the deadly white-nose fungus.
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