State’s Largest Known Maternity Colony of Yuma Bats Returns to Panhandle Bridge

Click the photo above to watch Yuma bats emerge from the bridge’s artificial roosting panels. ODWC Photo

ODWC Wildside Update

Oklahoma Department of Transportation natural resources biologists found creative ways to minimize the impact of a Panhandle bridge construction project on the state’s largest known maternity colony of Yuma bats, while also restoring habitat on the newly rehabilitated bridge. More than 700 female bats and pups have been counted by thermal camera as they emerged from the bridge’s newly installed artificial roost panels, a testament to the team’s innovation and dedication to their work.

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