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PRO/AH/EDR> White nose syndrome, bats – North America (07): (WI) new counties

White nose syndrome -- United StatesA fatal bat disease continues to spread across Wisconsin. The state Department of Natural Resources says over-winter surveillance shows that white-nose syndrome [WNS] or the fungus that causes it is now present in 14 counties, up from 8 after over-winter surveillance that ended in 2015.The new counties include Douglas, Iron, Pierce, Manitowoc, Sauk and Green. Surveys showed a 94 percent drop in bat populations at the Grant County mine where the disease was 1st Read more [...]