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Final Mendenhall Fireside Lecture: What bats do after their pups leave home JUNEAU, Alaska –
The Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center invites you to the final 2019 Fireside Lecture on March 15, 2019 titled
Love, eat, sleep: What bats do after their pups leave home. Alaska Department of Fish and Game biologists Karen Blejwas and Tory Rhoads reveal the under-researched but interesting
behaviors of post-maternity season bats. Discover how bats behave after their pups leave the roost. The Friday night Fireside Lecture begins at 6:30 p.m. and repeats at 8:00 p.m. Doors open at 6 p.m. Fireside Lectures
are free of charge, and thanks to our partners at Discovery Southeast, cookies and tea are served in the lobby. Discovery Southeast is hosting a rotating art exhibit to compliment the Fireside Chats presented by USFS at the Visitor
Center. Each artist can submit one or more pieces; please email bookstore manager, AnnMarie Ellison, at
AnnMarie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx. The Theme for March is Lesser Known Winged Things of AK. Visitor Center Winter Hours: For more information, call 907-789-0097. Follow Mendenhall Glacier activities on the web page at
www.mendenhallglacier.net and Facebook at
MendenhallGlacierVC. For interviews and information to be used for publication, contact the Tongass Public Affairs Officer at 907-228-6201.
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and grasslands to meet the needs of present and future generations. The agency manages 193 million acres of public land, provides assistance to state and private landowners and maintains the largest forestry research organization in the world. Public lands
the Forest Service manages contribute more than $13 billion to the economy each year through visitor spending alone. Those same lands provide 30 percent of the nation’s surface drinking water to cities and rural communities and approximately 66 million Americans
rely on drinking water that originated from the National Forest System. The agency also has either a direct or indirect role in stewardship of about 900 million forested acres within the U.S., of which over 130 million acres are urban forests where most Americans
live.
Little brown bats are found throughout Southeast Alaska. (ADF&G Photo) -end- |
