Report Shows No Improvement In Cave-Dwelling Bat Population

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) – The population of cave-dwelling bats in Connecticut is showing no signs of improvement.
A newly updated report from the Connecticut Council on Environmental Quality warns the continued absence of bats from the evening air will be a “boon to nocturnal moths and beetles that continually threaten to infest forests and crops.
Cave-dwelling bats in Connecticut and a growing number of states have been decimated by a fungal disease known as white-nose syndrome. The fu