White-nose Syndrome Cooperative Monitoring and Response Plan for Tennessee November 24, 2009 Cooperators Arnold Air Force Base (AAFB) Austin Peay State University (APSU) National Park Service (NPS) Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA) The Nature Conservancy (TNC) U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (COE) U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) U.S. Forest Service (USFS) University of Tennessee (UT) This plan should be cited as: Arnold Air Force Base et al. 2009. White-nose Syndrome Cooperative Monitoring and Response Plan for Tennessee. Comments and questions regarding this plan should be submitted to: FWS via email (or phone):
[email protected] (931/528-6481, ext. 204) or TWRA via email (or phone):
[email protected] (615/781-6619) 1 Contents INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................................................. 3 GOALS AND OBJECTIVES ................................................................................................................................. 4 PRESENCE/ABSENCE SURVEYS ........................................................................................................................ 7 SUMMER 2009 ................................................................................................................................................ 8 BAT COLONY MONITORING ....................................................................................................................................