See bats up close at Moapa Valley National Wlidlife Refuge

Aug 4, 2013

"Bat Night" will be held August 4, from 7:30 to 11, at the Moapa Valley National Wlidlife Refuge, north of Las Vegas. Ely-based Nevada Department of Wildlife Biologist Jason Williams will trap (and release) bats and talk about his bat survey in the upper Muddy River area in 2000 and 2001.

Participants will get a first-hand look at the harp traps and other equipment used in bat research, view displays about bat acoustics, and hear about the natural history of bats. Groups will visit traps set out along the refuge stream to retrieve bats, placing them in cloth bags and carrying them to the parking area. Everyone will get to see and photograph bats up close before they are released. More than a dozen different species of bats have been captured, studied, and released at the refuge.

Located about 60 miles northeast of Las Vegas, the Moapa Valley NWR was established in 1979 to secure habitat for and protect the endangered Moapa dace. Their website is here.

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