South
Dakota Bat Working Group
Last
update 8 April 2010
Bat
Research in SD
Important Note to Researchers in SD:
If you intend to conduct bat work in South Dakota, you are REQUIRED to obtain a Scientific Sampling and Collecting Permit from the S.D. Game, Fish and Parks Department BEFORE you commence your research. There are several GF&P scientific and regulatory protocols that must also be followed. The following web-site contains a downloadable PDF.format application:
For further information contact:
Silka Kempema
SDGFP - Acting Scientific Collector Permit Contact
523 E. Capitol-Foss Bldg.
Pierre, S.D. 57501
Silka.Kempema@state.sd.us
(605) 773-2742
Sampling + Collecting Permit
Wildlife
Diversity Small Grants program:
SD
GFP accepts research proposals for the
Wildlife Diversity Small Grants program.
Contact:
Silka
Kempema
SDGFP - Acting Scientific Collector Permit Contact
523 E. Capitol-Foss Bldg.
Pierre, S.D. 57501
Silka.Kempema@state.sd.us
(605) 773-2742
DO
YOU HAVE AN ABANDONED OR INACTIVE MINE ON YOUR PRIVATE PROPERTY?
We are actively seeking locations of mines that provide potential roosting habitat in the Black Hills region. Site evaluation can be provided at no cost to individuals interested in determining whether their site(s) provide potential roosting habitat. There is no obligation or further commitment required to participate in this service. Should you elect to permanently close an underground site, advice and protocol can be given to prevent placing bats unnecessarily at risk.
Joel Tigner, Batworks,
605-390-2061 (Rapid City)
joeltigner@gmail.com
Photo: M. Roedel
South
Dakota Bat Roost Project
Little is known of the roosting ecology of bats
outside of the Black Hills region in South Dakota. Joel Tigner has been
conducting research in order determine the status of bat populations in
the Black Hills, mapping the locations of bat roosts and gating important
sites to protect the bats from vandals. If you live in South Dakota and
know of an active bat roost, or monitor a 'bat house' we
would like you to be a part of this ongoing project. There is no obligation
or further commitment required to participate in this service.
For additional
information or to report a location, contact:
Joel Tigner @ Batworks, 605-721-4564 (Rapid
City)
joeltigner@gmail.com
Bat
survey at the
Buffalo Gap National Grasslands
SD Bat Call library
Bats
of the Black Hills
(Status + Conservation Needs)
Contact:
Joel Tigner @ Batworks
605-721-4564 (Rapid City)
joeltigner@gmail.com
Distribution,
Food Habits, and Roost
Site Selection by Bats in Eastern SD
Completed Masters Project: Vicki J. Swier
Recent surveys, suggest that conventional census methods (mist netting) do not accurately represent the bat populations in eastern South Dakota. Alternatively, acoustic sampling has effectively identified bats in other regions of the county, therefore, I utilizd the ANABAT system to determine what bats are present in eastern South Dakota and to determine the current distribution of resident bats. To obtain an accurate representation of bat distribution, proposed sites were widely distributed across eastern South Dakota (e.g., state parks and national wildlife refuges throughout eastern SD) and revisited the sites from Jones and Genoway's 1967 study
Regional
distribution and monitoring of bats
along the lower Missouri River in South Dakota
Completed Masters Project: Brandon Bales
DOWNLOAD
.pdf file of THESIS
Determine migratory behaviors/patterns and migratory timing of bats in
South Dakota, specifically those that may use the Missouri River drainage
as a corridor. Determine the distribution, seasonal activity pattern and
habitat selection of bats utilizing the Missouri River drainage.
Survey work on the Missouri River
Alyssa Kiesow, SD-GF&P
Survey work - The
South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks & South Dakota Bat Working Group
have begun monitoring bats in riparian areas along the central portion
of the Missouri River in South Dakota. On
September 9, 2004, a female Northern Myotis (Myotis septentrionalis)
at Farm Island Recreation Area which had been banded previously with a
cream-colored plastic band engraved with 329P. This bat was originally
captured and banded by Vicki Swier at Farm Island on July 25, 2002.
Report
all dead links/images to Scott.Pedersen@Bathead.com