Crews thin trees at Mark Twain Lake to help endangered Indiana bats
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Crews are thinning trees around Missouri's Mark Twain Lake to improve habitat for endangered Indiana bats.
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- Army Corps of Engineers and The Conservation Fund are removing specific trees from the forest around Mark Twain Lake to clear flight paths for Indiana bats.
- This area currently hosts about 200,000 Indiana bats, representing one-third of the species' North American population.
- Workers use a hack and squirt technique to kill select trees, which then serve as roosting sites as they decay.
- Increased sunlight on the forest floor is expected to benefit various other wildlife species as well.
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- Completion of the 250-acre treatment area by November 1.
- Monitoring the impact on bat population and local wildlife habitat.
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NamedUnited States · Hannibal · Indiana bat · Mark Twain Lake · Sodalis Nature Preserve · The Conservation Fund · US Army Corps of Engineers
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