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A twice-yearly newsletter of information, announcements, and news about the Quincy Bog Natural Area and Pemi-Baker Land Trust
Editors: Widge Kent & Christine Perron
Editorial submissions are welcome. Please send to: Editor, Quincy Bog Notes, P.O. Box 90 , Rumney , NH 03266 or email us at BogNotes@QuincyBog.org.
The following articles are two of the many articles in the current Spring 2010 edition of the Bog Notes. Please feel free to download this from the Archive section of this page.
An Update on White Nose Syndrome and New Hampshire Bats
Winter surveys by biologists show that the deadly bat disease called White Nose Syndrome (WNS) is having a dramatic im-pact on New Hampshire's bat populations. Currently, five of the eight species of New Hampshire bats are affected by WNS, including the common little brown bat. One species, the north-ern long-eared bat, has now disappeared from many hiberna-cula (bat wintering places) throughout the Northeast.
NHFG Nongame and Endangered Wildlife Biologist Emily Brunkhurst joined biologist Dr. Jacques Veilleux of Franklin Pierce University and Dr. Scott Reynolds of St. Paul's School for a midwinter survey of bat hiberna-cula in NH. Over several weeks, the team surveyed NH bat hibernacula. Overall, numbers were way down, but a few encouraging signs emerged. In one small mine, which is heavily flooded (researchers wear wet-suits to conduct the survey), the bat population had increased from 48 bats in 2009 to 60 bats this year, with very little sign of WNS.
Finish reading this article and others by downloading Bog Notes.
Wildflower Gardens
by Pat Barker
Chris Mattrick, Quincy Bog board member and WMNF Botanist, has created two amazing wildflower gardens in New Hampshire . One is at the visitor's center just off the Kancamagus Highway at the Saco Ranger District Office in Conway . The second garden is a work-in-progress at the new National Forest Headquarters off Interstate 93, exit 27 in Campton. The plants were raised at the New England Wildflower Society and at local nurseries. These plantings should give us some great ideas for our own gardens.
Read more of the Wildflower Gardens iin the Spring 2010 Bog Notes.
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