Georgia Parham (retired)

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is delaying the effective date of the final rule to reclassify the northern long-eared bat from threatened to endangered under the Endangered Species Act. The agency is extending the effective date by 60 days, from Jan. 30, 2023, to March 31, 2023. These files...

Webinar slides for the presentation on the Final Rule for listing the Northern Long-Eared Bat as Endangered

Frequently Asked Questions about the final rule for the Northern Long-eared Bat

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced a final rule to reclassify the northern long-eared bat as endangered under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The bat, listed as threatened in 2015, now faces extinction due to the rangewide impacts of white-nose syndrome, a deadly disease affecting...

Slides from the USFWS Public Hearing on the Northern Long-eared Bat proposed uplisting to Endangered that occurred on 4/7/22.