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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">As you know, in 2016 the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service implemented a unified <span class="gmail-m-3088217325337562672gmail-m-9119586456005422256gmail-il">electronic</span> reporting
form for <span class="gmail-m-3088217325337562672gmail-m-9119586456005422256gmail-il">bat</span> data collected under <span class="gmail-m-3088217325337562672gmail-m-9119586456005422256gmail-il">section</span> <span class="gmail-m-3088217325337562672gmail-m-9119586456005422256gmail-il">10</span>(a)(1)(A)
Recovery Permits. We are currently in the process of compiling the first set of data and would appreciate any comments or other input bat researchers may have after using the spreadsheet for the first time. The spreadsheet and instructions can be found at
the USFWS Indiana <span class="gmail-m-3088217325337562672gmail-m-9119586456005422256gmail-il">Bat</span> Summer Survey Guidance website <a href="http://www.fws.gov/midwest/endangered/mammals/inba/inbasummersurveyguidance.html" target="_blank">http://www.fws.gov/midwest/endangered/mammals/inba/inbasummersurveyguidance.html</a>.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Please send any questions or comments you have to Keith Lott at <a href="mailto:keith_lott@fws.gov" target="_blank">keith_lott@fws.gov</a>. We would
appreciate comments by March 17, 2017. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Thank you for your input!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Keith Lott<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Phone: (614) 416-8993 ext. 31<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Fax: (614) 416-8994 <o:p></o:p></p>
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