Silver-haired Bat Management and Research

Management

Areas of mature forest should be managed to ensure an adequate supply of roosting and foraging sites. Due to species rarity, efforts should be made to avoid known roosting, breeding, or foraging sites. In areas of active logging, potential bat roost trees (i.e. forest patches with large numbers of suitable cavity trees) should be identified and protected.

Research

ADF&G has established a network of year-round acoustic monitoring station across Southeast Alaska to learn more about when bats emerge in spring, when they disappear in the fall, and to compare seasonal activity patterns across the region.