America’s National Parks Podcast
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The National Park Service manages 84 million acres, in 419 parks, 1 in 4 of which have caves, and 1 in 3 of which have mines. Many of these caves and mines provide habitat for hibernating bats.
Bats are an essential part of many American ecosystems, but they're under threat from a hidden illness called white-nose syndrome. Since 2006, this fungal disease has killed millions of bats in North America. In some caves and mines, 90-100% of bat populations have died.
Parks in more than half of the United States are affected by the presence of White Nose Syndrom. Losing an important predator so quickly may have a drastic effect on the ecology of a given park. As the disease spreads, scientists consider the impact and potential for impact on national parks to be very high.
Today on America's National Parks, Bats of the Greater Yellowstone area - and how National Park Service scientists are working to learn how to protect them.
Protecting Alaska for Generations to Come
Yellowstone Boosts Cell Service, Glacier East Opens, Condors Return to Redwood | National Park News
Community Science in National Parks
The Battle of Bunker Hill
Restoring the Everglades
100.Years of Hot Springs, New Filming Rules | National Park News
Scandal and Special People of Effigy Mounds
100 Years at Mount Rainier
Digging Up Dinosaurs
Mask Mandate, Commercial Filming Permits Struck Down | National Park News
Wolves of Isle Royale
Little American Island
St. Croix Heroes and Mussels
The Steel Driving Man
Our 63rd Park | National Park News
Surviving Winter in the National Parks
Medgar Evers
Humpbacks
The Obelisk from Nowhere, Park Projects Funded, $270 Million Lawsuit | News from the Parks
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