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<span>As many of you are already aware, <a href="https://batweek.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" id="LPlnk" style="margin:0px; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; color:rgb(149,79,114); text-decoration:underline">
National Bat Week</a> is fast approaching (</span>October 24-31, 2020)! Last year,<span> </span><a href="https://cpb-us-w2.wpmucdn.com/u.osu.edu/dist/d/89460/files/2020/06/bat-week.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="margin:0px; color:rgb(149,79,114); text-decoration:underline">Ohio
government officially recognized the week</a>, so this year, members of the Ohio Bat Conservation Plan's Education and Outreach Committee wanted to provide some Ohio-specific resources. We have created the
<span style="color:rgb(200,38,19)"><b><u>Ohio </u></b></span><b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px; color:rgb(192,0,0)"><span style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(200, 38, 19); text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://u.osu.edu/obwg/batweek/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="margin:0px; color:rgb(149,79,114); text-decoration:underline">Bat
Week Video Series</a>,</span></span></span></b> which features 9, 15-minute videos <span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; background-color:rgb(255,255,255); display:inline!important">on a variety of topics – bat habitat, Ohio species, threats the Ohio
bats, how to help bats, what to do if you find a bat (single bat or colony), and more. </span></p>
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I want to give special thanks to everyone on the Education and Outreach Committee and to Jen Denison for leading us, but I especially want to thank the authors of the videos: Sarah Stankavich, Danielle Thompson, Melissa Proffitt, Cindy Maravich, Tammy O'Neil,
and Rick Shears. All worked very hard to produce these videos, which if you've never done before, takes more time that you'd think. </p>
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In addition to the videos, we are also ready to launch the <span style="color:rgb(200,38,19)">
<b><a href="https://u.osu.edu/obwg" title="https://u.osu.edu/obwg"><span style="color:rgb(200,38,19)">NEW Ohio Bat Working Group website</span></a></b></span>, with <span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; background-color:rgb(255,255,255); display:inline!important">information
for landowners, land managers, homeowners, and educators on Ohio bats.<span> </span></span>Check it out and let us know what you think! The Bat Week videos are under the 'Bat Week' tab, along with a few events going on around the state.<i><u> If you would
like an event you are hosting advertised on the page, please send it to me (titchenell.4@osu.edu).</u></i></p>
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For comments or suggested additions to the website, please email me (titchenell.4@osu.edu) and Sarah Stankavich (Sarah.Stankavich@dnr.ohio.gov). (Do not hit 'reply' to this email, please). We'd love to hear from you!</p>
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