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Last week Environment Canada committed $330,000 over the next four years for White-nose Syndrome (WNS) research and monitoring. WNS is a fungal disease that is threatening three bat species: the Little Brown Bat, the Tri-colored Bat and the Northern Long-eared Bat. WNS has caused populations of these bat species to decline significantly.
This funding is welcomed by Canadian researchers. I invite you to listen to this CBC interview that further explains the seriousness of this disease and how this money will be used.
Terri-Lee Reid
Terri-Lee Reid is a Freshwater Conservation Researcher at the Canadian Wildlife Federation (CWF). She leads initiatives in researching, designing and delivering freshwater programs and advocating CWF’s freshwater positions to government, the public and other stakeholders.
