ShareMDC confirms White-Nose Syndrome in bats from two caves in Lincoln County.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) recently received confirmation that a deadly disease in bats called “White-Nose Syndrome” (WNS) has been found in three bats from two caves in Lincoln County. The name describes a white fungus, Geomyces destructans, typically [...]

ShareAccording to an article in the Quad City Times, Iowa DNR will be reopening the caves in Maquoketa Caves State Park effective April 15.
he caves, which will be accessible using a wristband system, will remain open until Oct 1. The caves have been closed for two years to prevent the spread of white nose [...]

ShareToday the Missouri Dept. of Natural Resources announced that the wild cave closures now in effect will be extended to September 1, and that wild tours of the Devil’s Icebox at Rockbridge Memorial State Park have been cancelled for this fall. Devil’s Icebox is home to federally endangered gray and Indiana bats. At the [...]