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Watch live bats with an expert Bat Lecturer.
Take a photo in a 1960s style Bat Mobile - yes it shoots flames
Meet Leading Scientists including Merlin Tuttle, founder of Bat Conservation International BCI, who will give insight on the making of his film "The Secret World of Bats" and Nick Hristov who will present cutting edge film techniques from the Center for Design Innovation CDI.
Find out why bats save agriculture at least $3 Billion a year (article), why certain bats are going regionally extinct and EXCLUSIVE to this event - a solution to restore common bats to New England?
Lecture & Book Signing with "Dark Banquet" Author Bill Schutt
And much more... This is the premier public event on bats in NYC in 2011
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- Did you know that a bat uses the same high level mathematical algorithms as guided missiles to catch moths? article
- Did you know the US Air Force is studying their flight: they maneuver in ways that would make birds & planes fall out of the sky? article
- Did you know bats are social with behavioral aspects similar to elephants and dolphins? article | article | video
- Meet a Wildlife Rehabilitator who may have a solution to White-Nosed Syndrome
Watch live bats with an expert Bat Lecturer.
Take a photo in a 1960s style Bat Mobile - yes it shoots flames
Meet Leading Scientists including Merlin Tuttle, founder of Bat Conservation International BCI, who will give insight on the making of his film "The Secret World of Bats" and Nick Hristov who will present cutting edge film techniques from the Center for Design Innovation CDI.
Find out why bats save agriculture at least $3 Billion a year (article), why certain bats are going regionally extinct and EXCLUSIVE to this event - a solution to restore common bats to New England?
Lecture & Book Signing with "Dark Banquet" Author Bill Schutt
And much more... This is the premier public event on bats in NYC in 2011
Click here to receive event reminder in October
Our Mission
The Film Festival and Award Ceremony serves as a forum to raise awareness of the benefits and details of bats in a fun, campy, scientific and unusual way, recognize film makers who achieve best-in-class in these categories, engage the press and honor achievements of individuals. The purpose of raising awareness is ultimate survival of bats in North America. According to the USFWS, 9 bat species are expected to become extinct within 10 years in North America. Millions of bats from Maine to Virginia have died and White Nose Syndrome (WNS) is moving to all 50 States & Canada despite the best effort of scientists and the USFWS.
Why should we care?
-Technology from Nature
- Economic Benefits
- Sweetness & Socializing
Exclusive solution to succesfully treat WNS bats presented at the Event! You'll see the first film and hear a lecture on the evidence and results ->
- Economic Benefits
- Sweetness & Socializing
Exclusive solution to succesfully treat WNS bats presented at the Event! You'll see the first film and hear a lecture on the evidence and results ->
Impact
- Of the 30,000 bats hibernating in
Hibernia Mines in NJ a few years
ago, an est. 600 remain as of March
2011. More
- Of the 7,320 bats that hibernated in
Chester MA Mines in March 1999
(2008 video - left), an est. 116
remained as of March 2009 and 14
as of March 2011.
- The lower Chester MA Mine on Feb
2002 had 1,272, 158 Feb 2009 &
1 Bat March 2011. Source: MA DFW,
NHESP
- Of the 30,000 bats hibernating in
Hibernia Mines in NJ a few years
ago, an est. 600 remain as of March
2011. More
- Of the 7,320 bats that hibernated in
Chester MA Mines in March 1999
(2008 video - left), an est. 116
remained as of March 2009 and 14
as of March 2011.
- The lower Chester MA Mine on Feb
2002 had 1,272, 158 Feb 2009 &
1 Bat March 2011. Source: MA DFW,
NHESP
Updates
USGS Website
USFWS Website
BWEC (Wind Energy)
Note: ~1,100 bat species exist world-wide, however, most are located in the tropics. The 9 bat species most impacted by WNS make up the majority of cave dwelling bats in the US Northeast and Mid-Atlantic States, little brown bat, etc.
What Others Are Doing - Best Practices
Learning from Others - Chytrid Fungus Impact on Frogs
Amphian Ark Frog Conservation Effort
EcoHealth Alliance
USFWS Website
BWEC (Wind Energy)
Note: ~1,100 bat species exist world-wide, however, most are located in the tropics. The 9 bat species most impacted by WNS make up the majority of cave dwelling bats in the US Northeast and Mid-Atlantic States, little brown bat, etc.
What Others Are Doing - Best Practices
Learning from Others - Chytrid Fungus Impact on Frogs
Amphian Ark Frog Conservation Effort
EcoHealth Alliance