The MBWG held its 13th annual meeting at the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science on January 12, 2015. The meeting included research updates, outreach and education opportunities, reports from officers, and presentation of awards to active members.
Agenda
9:00 – 9:15 am Registration
9:15 – 9:30 am Welcome, introductions, housekeeping
9:30 – 9:50 am MBWG – 2014 overview of activities and accomplishments – Chester Martin, retired Bat Biologist Extraordinaire
9:50 – 10:10 am Update on caves, culverts and white-nse syndrome – Kathy Shelton, Mississippi Museum of Natrual Science
10:10 – 10:30 am Updates: Indiana bat guidelines, northern long-eared bat status – Kathy Lunceford, US Fish and Wildlife Service
10:30 – 10:40 am Break
10:40 – 11:00 am Overiew of recent and on-going DNA-based studies of bats by ERDC researchers – Richard Lance and Denise Lindsay, Environmental Laboratory, US Army Engineer Research and Development Center
11:00 – 11:20 am Observations on a colony of big-eared bats in Northern Mississippi – Cody Jordan, Graduate Student, University of Mississippi
11:20 – 11:40 am Bat occupancy in bottomland hardwood forests managed for wildlife in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley – Rain Ketzler and Chris Comer, Stephen F. Austin University
11:40 – 12:00 am Summary of the 2014 mist net event and plans for 2015 – Becky Rosamond, Chair
12:00 – 1:00 pm Lunch
1:00 – 1:45 pm
- Secretary/Treasurer report – Stephanie Steele
- Accomplishments and awards for 2014 – Chester Martin
- Election – officers and board members position – Chester Martin
1:45 – 2:00 pm Update on artificial roose and bat house projects – Shea Staten, US Army Corps of Engineers
2:00 – 2:10 pm Updates from SBDN, upcoming meeting – Becky Rosamond
2:10 – 2:30 pm Break
2:30 – 4:00 pm New business
- NatureFest, MMNS, April 11th – booth?
- Upcoming educational programs – mist netting demo – Choctaws (May 2, 9, or 16?)
- Woodville bat issues – educational meeting – Kathy Shelton
- Mississippi Bat Conservation Plan – Kathy Shelton
- Other items?
4:00 pm Adjourn