Media – News/Videos

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Media - News/Videos


Videos/Films

Explorers for Bats by Ravenswood Media (April 2018)

Climb the Hill – virtual conference by Access Fund and American Alpine Club, Sept 23-24 – Climbers for Bat Conservation (41:00 – 55:00)

Climbers’ contributions to bat conservation hosted by Ally Peterson, NPS, Conservation Partnership Webinar

Bats emerging from a climbing crack in Yosemite National Park – courtesy of Breezy Jackson, NPS

Finding Bats in Western Landscapes hosted by Michelle Verant and Kass Harvy, National Park Service (April 2018)

Finding Bats in Eastern Landscapes hosted by Michelle Verant and Kass Harvy, National Park Service (April 2018)

Talking Bat Conservation and Climbers for Bat Conservation – The Echo, November 2017


News Coverage

Bats in the Cracks – Rock and Ice Magazine, Birch Malotky, May 2019

Biologist recruits rock climbers to help save Colorado’s bats – Boulder Weekly, Will Brendza, October 2018

Colorado climbers race to gather data about bats before fungal disease hits the state – Pacific Standard, Sophie Yeo, September 2018

Bat biologists look to collaborate with climbers – Sopris Sun, Will Grandbois, May 2018

When rock climbers and science meet – REI Co-Op Journal, Zoe Rom, October 2017

Colorado rock climbers help track down bats to save them from devastating disease spreading across the country – Denver Post, Jason Blevins, July 2017

Colorado climbers unlikely comrades in search for threatened bats – Colorado Springs Gazette, Seth Boster, July 2017

Rock climbers help monitor bats and white-nose syndrome – The Wildlife Society, Dana Koblinsky, July 2017