[OHIOBWG] FW: Demo Bat Cave for outreach

Fri Jun 9 12:14:02 EDT 2017

Anyone working in a museum or display-oriented outfit, please see information request below for how to build a mobile bat cave and/or lessons learned for cave displays. (Respond directly to Joe Kath.) Thanks!

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From: mwbwg at googlegroups.com [mailto:mwbwg at googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Carter, Tim
Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2017 8:37 PM
To: southeastern-bat-diversity-network at googlegroups.com; mwbwg at googlegroups.com
Subject: [MWBWG] Demo Bat Cave for outreach

Joe Kath with the Illinois Department of Natural Resources has been asked by his supervisors to investigate the feasibility of constructing a “bat cave” for use at the Illinois State Fair.  Initial plans are to purchase a small trailer which would be renovated to mimic a cave environment.  We may have the services of professional artists and display personnel employed with the Illinois State Museum to assist in design.  The trailer would also be fitted with a small window or roof-mounted air conditioning unit.  In addition, I have been asked to explore the option of having a few live animals enclosed in a plexi-glass container (or something similar) inside the cave/trailer.

I would like to ask my MWBWG and SBDN friends and colleagues if they have any experience with a “mobile” cave.  Has anyone used a small trailer or something similar as an educational display highlighting bats and caves?  I welcome any thoughts and suggestions – perhaps there are even plans/designs folks are willing to share so that I don’t have to reinvent the wheel – or perhaps this has been tried in the past and turned out to be a complete failure – especially trying to incorporate a few live animals.  Any and all information you are willing to share would be greatly appreciated!  Please contact me via email at:  Joe.Kath at illinois.gov<mailto:Joe.Kath at illinois.gov>

Thank you all very much for your time and have a safe and productive summer – I hope to hear from some of you soon!

-Joe-
Joseph A. Kath
Endangered Species Program Manager
Illinois Department of Natural Resources
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