| Summary: | BAT AND CAVE/KARST RESEARCHERS and the Emergency Listing Order for the Little Brown Myotis (Myotis lucifugus), the Northern Myotis (Myotis septentrionalis) and the Tri-colored Bat (Perimyotis subflavus) The Government of Canada has added three species of bats to the List of Wildlife Species at Risk in Canada (also known as Schedule I of the Species at Risk Act). [...] In a territory, this means that these species are legally protected on federal lands that are under the authority of the Minister of the Environment or the Parks Canada Agency. [...] These legal protections (known as the General Prohibitions) prohibit: - the killing, harming, harassing, capturing or taking of an individual of one of the three bat species; - the possession, collection, buying, selling or trading of an individual or any part or derivative of an individual of one of the three species; and - the damage or destruction of the residence of one or more individuals of [...] If the area is on federal unaffected parts of Canada land, this could constitute harm of the bats and/or damage or by visiting a cave while destruction of the residence, which is prohibited. [...] Before entering a cave or mine anywhere at any time of year, you The most important thing should employ decontamination practices known to be effective in you can do to help the destroying the spores of the fungus which causes WNS.
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