{"id":22065,"date":"2025-05-08T09:00:29","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T13:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/?p=22065"},"modified":"2026-06-24T08:54:52","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T12:54:52","slug":"summer-bat-roost-monitoring-project-mydnr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/summer-bat-roost-monitoring-project-mydnr\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer Bat Roost Monitoring Project – MyDNR"},"content":{"rendered":"

MyDNR,<\/a> Indiana’s Outdoor Newsletter<\/em>: Do you have bats roosting on your property? Help DNR by counting how many bats fly out during a few evenings this summer. Monitoring bats as they emerge from roosts helps us manage the reproductive health of bats across the state.<\/p>\n

The Summer Bat Roost Monitoring Project uses volunteers to collect information on the distribution, occupancy and abundance of bat colonies throughout Indiana.<\/p>\n

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Image credit: Indiana Department of Natural Resources<\/p><\/div>\n

Participants must have bats roosting on their property or permission to enter property where a roost occurs. Possible roost sites include trees, bat houses, barns, attics, outbuildings and other structures. On each night of surveying, volunteers count the bats that exit the roost and record weather information. Each survey takes about an hour and is conducted on eight to 12 nights from mid-May to mid-July.<\/p>\n

Newsletter can be found online May:\u00a0DNR: Communications: MyDNR Email Newsletter (in.gov)<\/a><\/p>\n

For more information please visit Summer Bat Roost Monitoring Project<\/a>.<\/p>\n

To sign up for the project, visit the Division of Fish & Wildlife\u2019s\u00a0volunteer page<\/a> and select \u201cFind an ongoing service project.\u201d Wildlife Diversity staff also monitor bats using\u00a0mobile acoustic surveys<\/a>\u00a0and acoustic monitoring stations.<\/p>\n

Resources:
\n<\/strong>Hardwood Ecosystem Experiment (HEE) Highlights: Bats<\/a>, Video, Purdue Extension – Forestry and Natural Resources (FNR) YouTube Channel
\nBats in the Belfry<\/a>, Purdue Extension – FNR Got Nature? Blog
\nAsk An Expert: Bats on the Hardwood Ecosystem Experiment (HEE)<\/a>, Video, Purdue Extension \u2013 FNR Facebook
\nBats in Indiana<\/a>, Indiana Department of Natural Resources (IN DNR)
\nBat Houses<\/a>, Bat Conservation International
\nCreating a Wildlife Habitat Management Plan for Landowners<\/a>, The Education Store, Purdue Extension’s resource center
\nThe Hardwood Ecosystem Experiment (HEE): Indiana Forestry and Wildlife<\/a>, The Education Store
\nUnexpected Plants and Animals of Indiana: Indiana Bats<\/a>, Purdue College of Agriculture News
\nSelecting a Nuisance Wildlife Control Professional<\/a>, The Education Store, Purdue Extension\u2019s resource center
\nFAQs<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 How can I get rid of nuisance wildlife (bats, deer, racoons, etc.)?
\nSubscribe to\u00a0Purdue Extension-FNR YouTube Channel<\/a><\/p>\n

Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Department of Fish & Wildlife<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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