texascavers Digest 8 Mar 2009 20:50:19 -0000 Issue 721
texascavers Digest 8 Mar 2009 20:50:19 - Issue 721 Topics (messages 10310 through 10320): disappearing bats 10310 by: Mixon Bill Re: heaters for bats 10311 by: Diana Tomchick 10312 by: Jim Kennedy 10313 by: Diana Tomchick 10314 by: Mark.Alman.l-3com.com 10315 by: wa5pok.peoplepc.com Re: Texas bats 10316 by: Jim Kennedy 10317 by: wa5pok.peoplepc.com Scientist study rare Alabama cave fish : 10318 by: JerryAtkin.aol.com Re: Follow-up to 'cave house for sale' 10319 by: Mike Flannigan Death in our comunity 10320 by: bob cowell Administrivia: To subscribe to the digest, e-mail: texascavers-digest-subscr...@texascavers.com To unsubscribe from the digest, e-mail: texascavers-digest-unsubscr...@texascavers.com To post to the list, e-mail: texascavers@texascavers.com -- ---BeginMessage--- For other species, even the common cave myotis, entire cave populations could be disappearing and we wouldn't even know. I agree, but that's not a very good statement about the environmental importance of bats --Mixon - He who renders warfare fatal to all engaged in it will be the greatest benefactor the world has yet known. - Sir Richard Burton -- You may reply to the address this message came from, but for long-term use, save: Personal: bmi...@alumni.uchicago.edu AMCS: edi...@amcs-pubs.org or sa...@amcs-pubs.org ---End Message--- ---BeginMessage--- Actually, there has been quite a bit of recent research about the white fungus found on bats, and it's been published. Please see the following article published in Science: Originally published in Science Express on 30 October 2008 Science 9 January 2009: Vol. 323. no. 5911, p. 227 DOI: 10.1126/science.1163874 Bat White-Nose Syndrome: An Emerging Fungal Pathogen? David S. Blehert,1* Alan C. Hicks,2 Melissa Behr,3 Carol U. Meteyer,1 Brenda M. Berlowski-Zier,1Elizabeth L. Buckles,4 Jeremy T. H. Coleman,5 Scott R. Darling,6 Andrea Gargas,7 Robyn Niver, 5Joseph C. Okoniewski,2 Robert J. Rudd,3 Ward B. Stone2 White-nose syndrome (WNS) is a condition associated with an unprecedented bat mortality event in the northeastern United States. Since the winter of 2006*2007, bat declines exceeding 75% have been observed at surveyed hibernacula. Affected bats often present with visually striking white fungal growth on their muzzles, ears, and/or wing membranes. Direct microscopy and culture analyses demonstrated that the skin of WNS-affected bats is colonized by a psychro-philic fungus that is phylogeneticallyrelated to Geomyces spp. but with a conidial morphology distinct from characterized members of this genus. This report characterizes the cutaneous fungal infection associated with WNS. 1 National Wildlife Health Center, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), 6006 Schroeder Road, Madison, WI 53711, USA. 2 New York Department of Environmental Conservation, 625 Broadway, Albany, NY 12233, USA. 3 New York Department of Health, Post Office Box 22002, Albany, NY 12201, USA. 4 Cornell University, VRT T6008, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA. 5 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 3817 Luker Road, Cortland, NY 13045, USA. 6 Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department, 271 North Main Street, Rutland, VT 05701, USA. 7 Symbiology Limited Liability Corporation, Middleton, WI 53562, USA. Present address: Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, 445 Easterday Lane, Madison, WI 53706, USA. * To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: dbleh...@usgs.gov Anyone who wishes a copy of this article as a PDF, write to me personally and I will forward it to you. There are some cool photos of what the fungus is doing to the poor little critters. Diana On Mar 6, 2009, at 9:31 AM, Jim Kennedy wrote: Absolutely not Conservation money is in extremely short supply right now, in this uncertain economy. Bat conservation is an even lower funding priority than almost everything else I can think of. One of the biggest hurdles in figuring out what is killing off 90% of all the bats in the East (and soon, likely, the rest of the country), is the LACK of money for necessary research. In fact, some of the very questions being asked (such as Are the bats going in to hibernation with adequate body weight, or are they starving even before entering hibernation? and Is this fungus actually a new species, or is it widespread and just never identified until now?) are pretty simple baseline types of information that we should have been collecting for years, if only we had unlimited budgets to do the research to answer those kinds of questions. But the reality is that we do not, and will not in the foreseeable future. Even in Texas I can't tell you how many bats of
[Texascavers] Death in our comunity
On Friday Margaret Bamberger died in her sleep. Margart wife of J David Bamberger (Selah Ranch, home of the first man made cave designed to research bats.) Margaret underwent a long boute of cancer, never ending the fight. She had a treatment and came home to sleep never awakening. Margaret will be buried in a green funeral on the ranch with the imediate family in attendence. Please no flowers anyone may send donations to the ranch care of the Margaret Bamberger Educational Fund.This hyper link is Margarets have a look leave your comments. She was a great lady and a good friend http://brp-journal.blogspot.com
[Texascavers] Death in our comunity
On Friday Margaret Bamberger died in her sleep. Margart wife of J David Bamberger (Selah Ranch, home of the first man made cave designed to research bats.) Margaret underwent a long boute of cancer, never ending the fight. She had a treatment and came home to sleep never awakening. Margaret will be buried in a green funeral on the ranch with the imediate family in attendence. Please no flowers anyone may send donations to the ranch care of the Margaret Bamberger Educational Fund.This hyper link is Margarets have a look leave your comments. She was a great lady and a good friend http://brp-journal.blogspot.com
[Texascavers] March PBSS meeting notice
Greetings all cavers, cave people and just folks who are regular except for an inexpicable desire to learn about or go caving The 302nd meeting of the Permian Basin Speleological Society will be on Tuesday March 10th, 7:00 PM in the back room at Murray's Deli which is located at 3211 West Wadley in Midland. Topics of discussion: More ICS trip leader trainings for Deep Cave, DUES! Next 5M dig date maybe April 18th, DUES! Other cave stuff? For further information contact an officer: Jacqui Thomas jlrbi...@sonoratx.net , Sharon Long sharon_long2006 at yahoo.com , or Bill Bentley caver at caver.net PBSS web page: http://www.caver.net/pbss/pbss.html The Permian Basin Speleological Society was founded in October 1983 and was chartered as the 300th grotto of the National Speleological Society on January 18, 1984. The Permian Basin Speleological Society is an affiliated Grotto or Caving club with the Texas Speleological Association and the Southwestern Region of the National Speleological Society and supports the cave conservation ethics of the National Speleological Society. National Speleological Society web page: http://www.caves.org/ Texas Speleological Association web page: http://www.cavetexas.org Southwestern Region of the NSS web page: http://www.caves.org/region/swr/ - Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com
Re: [NMCAVER] 100 uses of Seamgrip
It's a good thing no one told you about WD 40. Trust me, you don't wanna know. jen . bigredfoote@hotm ail.com To Sent by: matari...@frontiernet.net, nmcaver-bounces@c jonbroh...@yahoo.com aver.net cc jhunder...@bayfield.k12.co.us, c...@fargate.net, 03/06/2009 02:11 caveandletc...@yahoo.com, nmcaver PMnmca...@caver.net, caverf...@yahoo.com, pxmo...@hotmail.com, rand...@gmail.com Subject Re: [NMCAVER] 100 uses of Seamgrip yeah, what would we do if men stopped fixing things? The recent male caver visitor I had from out east looked at me like I was crazy when I mentioned JB Weld. now I know its just a conspiracy and he wasn't dumb. argh, really I'll get back to packing and start driving soon Jon and Janae :) Jen Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2009 16:46:59 + From: matari...@frontiernet.net To: jonbroh...@yahoo.com CC: caveandletc...@yahoo.com; jhunder...@bayfield.k12.co.us; c...@fargate.net; caverf...@yahoo.com; nmca...@caver.net; pxmo...@hotmail.com; rand...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [NMCAVER] 100 uses of Seamgrip Jon, I am very concerned about you sharing secret male secret secrets with non-males. I believe we may have to call a tribunal. Ladies--please ignore Jon's demented blatherings about duct tape and bailing wire. These products are have no use outside of taping ducts or bailing hay. And there is no such thing as JB Weld, if he ever mentions that, either. It's a myth. These are all the ravings of a deranged mind. Just remember that men are simply better at fixing things, that's all. Jon, we'll deal with you later. - Original Message - From: Jon Broholm jonbroh...@yahoo.com To: nmca...@caver.net, Richard Bohman rbohm...@cox.net, Ryan Gosciejew caveandletc...@yahoo.com, paul mozal pxmo...@hotmail.com, Randy Macan rand...@gmail.com, Carrie Finn caverf...@yahoo.com, Cordell Brown c...@fargate.net, Janae Hunderman jhunder...@bayfield.k12.co.us, Scott Nicolay matari...@frontiernet.net Sent: Friday, March 6, 2009 9:36:08 AM GMT -07:00 US/Canada Mountain Subject: 100 uses of Seamgrip 100 uses of Seamgrip, the old caver standby. If it does all the things that this says, it should be in the same class as duct tape and bailing wire. http://mcnett.baron-co.com/images/editor/100Uses.pdf - Jon Broholm ___ NMCAVER mailing list nmca...@caver.net http://caver.net/mailman/listinfo/nmcaver_caver.net Windows Live™ Groups: Create an online spot for your favorite groups to meet. Check it out.___ NMCAVER mailing list nmca...@caver.net http://caver.net/mailman/listinfo/nmcaver_caver.net ___ NMCAVER mailing list nmca...@caver.net http://caver.net/mailman/listinfo/nmcaver_caver.net
