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Speak out to save bats from deadly, mysterious white nose syndrome
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    1. National White Nose Syndrome Coordinator (+ 4 others)
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      • National White Nose Syndrome Coordinator (Dr. Jeremy Coleman)
      • U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Acting Director Rowan Gould)
      • WNS National Coordinator
      • EPA (Assistant Administrator Robert Perciasepe)
      • EPA (Administrator Lisa P. Jackson)
  2. Created By
    Caleb Laieski
    Phoenix, AZ
About this Petition Petition Letter

 

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has begun to develop an action plan to address a mysterious disease called white nose syndrome, which has devastated bats in the northeast, leaving approximately one million bats dead in its wake. Urge the Fish and Wildlife Service, before the Dec. 26 deadline, to move swiftly on its action plan and to focus on the steps that will do the most good for bats. Learn more about this issue »

Action Credit: NRDC - this action has been posted to (change.org) with more key contacts then the original petition and to increase our voice.

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FINALIZE the action plan for white nose syndrome

URGENT MATTER

With more than a million bats killed already, white nose syndrome is a crisis that deserves national attention. I urge you to finalize the national plan addressing this alarming disease as swiftly as possible so that the important coordinated work to save bats can begin.

In finalizing the plan, the Fish and Wildlife Service and other agencies should focus their efforts on the steps that will do the most to protect bats from white nose syndrome. These include:

**Identifying research needs and conducting or supporting research on white nose syndrome. Scientific research is crucial to the fight against white nose syndrome and should be a top priority for the agencies.

**Monitoring and surveillance of white nose syndrome and bat populations affected by white nose syndrome. With an extensive network of professionals across the country, the Fish and Wildlife Service and partner agencies are in excellent position to monitor and report not only the spread of white nose syndrome, but the response of the affected bat populations.

**Developing conservation plans for affected bat species and populations. The loss of endangered or threatened species to white nose syndrome is of great concern. Prioritizing conservation action for these species and any other bat species that may become threatened or endangered by white nose syndrome is essential.

Please continue to make white nose syndrome a priority issue for your agency.

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