Tag: Northern long-eared bats

Project Designs Incorporate Protections for Endangered, Threatened Species

Most students entering the fields of engineering, planning, or landscape architecture probably don’t give much thought to protecting Northern long-eared bats, manatees, Kirtland’s warblers, or Higgins’ eye pearlymussels. As careers progress, however, it’s likely these professionals will deal with an animal or plant that is on the federal endangered and threatened species list while designing… Read More »

Planning a Project? Threatened Northern Long-Eared Bat May Require Special Measures

Engineers and scientists often need to take the environmental impacts of a project into consideration, especially as more species of animals and plants are added to the threatened species list. For the past nine years, for example, white-nose syndrome has been decimating bat populations along the East Coast and in the Midwest. The fast-moving fungal… Read More »