Utah Bat Conservation Plan, 2008-2013
Abstract
There is conservational concern for nearly all bats. Great declines have been observed in some populations of even the most widespread and abundant bat species in America. Of the bat species that inhabit Utah, six are on the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources? state Sensitive Species List (tier II of the Utah Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategy, CWCS), one other species is in tier III of CWCS, and several were former Category 2 candidates for federal listing by the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service as threatened or endangered, under provisions of the Endangered Species Act, until Category 2 was eliminated in 1996. The biology and life histories of most of the bat species that occur in Utah remain poorly and incompletely known, and this lack of knowledge impedes effective efforts to manage and to conserve their populations. Protection of roosting habitats, foraging habitats, and water are obvious conservational needs. To guide appropriate management, improved knowledge of the distributions (geographic inventory) and populations (monitoring of population trends) of the bat species that inhabit Utah is needed. To acquire the understanding needed for informed management, inventory and monitoring must be undertaken and accomplished in a systematic way. This plan provides an overview of the bats of Utah, it summarizes threats to bats in Utah, it recommends needed actions, and it provides tools and informational resources that can be used to carry out the needed actions.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 2008
- Accession Number
- ADA542390
Entities
People
- Adam Kozlowski
- George V. Oliver
- Keith Day
- Kevin Bunnell
Organizations
- Utah Department of Natural Resources