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Fighting White Nose Syndrome with a Bat Bunker
September 27, 2012 | New York Times

The Nature Conservancy is building a $300,000 bat bunker in Tennessee. They hope to attract bats to the controlled conditions of the bunker and disinfect it each season to control the spread of white nose syndrome.


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