One of our roles at RINHS is to help the naturalist community in Rhode Island keep up to date with emerging issues in natural history, such as new invasive species, new discoveries, or new techniques.  White Nose Syndrome (WNS),  a phenomenon associated with massive die-offs of hibernating bats in the northeastern U.S.,  burst on the public consciousness last winter, although it now appears to have been around for a few years before that. The following is a link to a summary of a WNS research summit held in June. There is lots of interesting information in it. We’ll try to keep you up to date.

PDF of WNS Summit Summary

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