Articles by Bik Wheeler

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    • Type: Article
    • Locations: Acadia National Park
    Two men in NPS uniforms and chest waders standing in water holding onto a nearly transparent net

    Acadia National Park has one of the longest-running bat monitoring programs in the agency. A team of researchers modernized how the park processed its bat data. Now there are apps for that.

    • Type: Article
    • Locations: Acadia National Park,Catoctin Mountain Park,Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park,Death Valley National Park,Devils Tower National Monument,
    • Offices: Mojave Desert Inventory & Monitoring Network,Northern Great Plains Inventory & Monitoring Network
    GIF of a bat with big ears in a gloved hand, rotating its head and opening and closing its mouth.

    Bats are amazing animals and a formidable force against insect pests, but a nasty fungal disease is killing them. A coordinated national response brings hope.

    • Type: Article
    • Locations: Acadia National Park
    Woman sitting on ground with ladder behind her next to stone wall with a wire running top to bottom

    Acadia National Park is going to restore its historic Rockefeller gatehouses. Here’s how we’ll protect the imperiled bats that live there.

Last updated: June 30, 2023