Spring and summer bat surveys of the caves and abandoned mines on the Wasatch-Cache National Forest, administered by the Caribou National Forest

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In order to aid the Caribou National Forest in its efforts to prepare for the closure of abandoned mines in the near future and simultaneously to manage former Category 2 (C2) bat species, abandoned mines in the Bear River Range of Idaho were surveyed and evaluated in terms of their potential as bat roosts during spring and summer 1996. It was also the intent of Caribou National Forest biologists that information collected from these surveys of both abandoned mines and caves be used to assess the importance of natural formations relative to abandoned mines with regard to bat use in the Bear River Range. To enhance this comparison, the data gathered during these spring and summer surveys of abandoned mines and caves were added to previous data collected in 1993 and 1995. This report presents the results of the 1996 spring and summer surveys, as well as a comparison of natural and human-made formations. Recommendations made concerning the method of closure were based on the importance of each abandoned mine as a roost site for bats; roost importance was determined from these and previous surveys.

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ELECTRONIC FILE - Zoology: Mammals

Citation: Lengas, B. J. 1996. Spring and summer bat surveys of the caves and abandoned mines on the Wasatch-Cache National Forest, administered by the Caribou National Forest. Report submitted to U. S. Forest Service, Caribou National Forest, Pocatello, ID. 65 p. Challenge Cost-Share Project No. 05-CCSA-95-015

Additional information if needed for CSE-style citation: Brad J. Lengas at this time was with Utah State University, Department of Biology.