White-Nose Syndrome in bats:
State Information

Connecticut

• News releases from Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection:
  • DEP says CT Bat Population Hit Hard by White Nose Syndrome: Severity of Syndrome will Reduce Number of Bats this Summer (March 17, 2009)
  • DEP Announces Fungus Affecting Bat Population Identified in Connecticut (March 28, 2008)
    

Indiana

• Bat Disease
• News release from Indiana Department of Natural Resources:
  DNR closes caves to slow bat disease spread (May 1, 2009)

Massachusetts

News release from Massachusetts Fisheries and Wildlife:
Bat Mortalities in Massachusetts (March 10, 2008)

New Hampshire

• Bats of New Hampshire
• News release from New Hampshire Fish and Game Department:
  White Nose Syndrome Seen in Bats in N.H. Hibernaculum (Feb. 23, 2009)

New Jersey

News release from New Jersey Dept. of Environmental Protection:
Mysterious Illness Killing Bats in Northeast Prompts Precautions as Wildlife Researchers Search for Answers (Feb. 4, 2008)

New York

• News release from New York Dept. of Environmental Conservation:
  Bat Die-Off Prompts Investigation — DEC Asks For Cavers' Help to Prevent Spread of "White Nose Syndrome" (Jan. 30, 2008)
  • "Bat Die-off Prompts Investigation," reprinted from the March 2008 issue of Environment DEC on the Web site of New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.

Pennsylvania

• Pennsylvania Bats: White-Nose Syndrome
• News release from Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources:
  • Bat hibernating sites in Forest & Westmoreland counties remain closed to visitors (April 28, 2009)
• News releases from Pennsylvania Game Commission:
  • White-Nose Kills Hundreds of Bats in Lackawana County (Feb. 3, 2009);
  • White-nose Syndrome Surfaces in Pennsylvania (Jan. 22, 2009);
  • A Disturbing Unknown: When will we learn what is troubling the Northeast's bats? (Sept. 2, 2008);
  • White Nose Syndrome: Is Pennsylvania Next? (May 7, 2008)

Vermont

News release from Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department:
New Disease Threatens Northeastern Bats (Jan. 30, 2008)

Virginia

• Recommended Measures to Reduce the Spread of White Nose Syndrome (WNS) in Virginia (April 15, 2009)
• White-Nose Syndrome Suspected in Bats in Three More Counties in Virginia (April 24, 2009)
• News releases from Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries:
  • Virginia Confirms Cases of White-Nose Syndrome in Bats: Asking Cavers, Owners of Caves to Help by Reducing Cave Traffic (April 2, 2009)
  • Virginia Investigating Possible Cases of White-Nose Syndrome in Bats (March 9, 2009)

West Virginia

• News releases from West Virginia Division of Natural Resources:
  • Lab Results Confirm White-nose Syndrome in West Virginia Bats (Feb. 23, 2009);
  • Bats From West Virginia Caves Being Tested For White-nose Syndrome(Feb. 13, 2009);
  • Thousands of Bats Dying in Caves in Northeast: State and Federal Agencies Trying to Keep White Nose Syndrome Out of West Virginia (Feb. 28, 2008)