[Dirtmail] FW: On NSS Online Cavers: Forest Service to close caves in 33 states to halt bat fungus

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> From: jlrbills at sonoratx.net
> To: screamneagle76 at hotmail.com; Pbss at caver.net
> Subject: Fw: On NSS Online Cavers: Forest Service to close caves in 33 states to halt bat fungus
> Date: Tue, 5 May 2009 21:37:01 -0500
> 
> The AP story that appeared on the NSS online cavers site:
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "NSS Online Cavers" <mail at nsscavers.ning.com>
> To: <jlrbills at sonoratx.net>
> Sent: Friday, May 01, 2009 7:44 PM
> Subject: On NSS Online Cavers: Forest Service to close caves in 33 states to 
> halt bat fungus
> 
> 
> >A message to all members of NSS Online Cavers
> >
> > I wanted to get this disseminated as quickly as possible since it affects 
> > so many states and so many caves.
> >
> > (AP) The U.S. Forest Service is preparing to close thousands of caves and 
> > former mines in national forests in 33 states in an effort to control a 
> > fungus that has already killed an estimated 500,000 bats.
> >
> > Forest Service biologist Becky Ewing said an emergency order was issued 
> > last week for caves in 20 states from Minnesota to Maine. A second order 
> > covering the Forest Service's 13-state Southern region should be issued 
> > later this month.
> >
> > The sites will be closed for up to a year, she said.
> >
> > The orders follow a March request by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 
> > for people to voluntarily stay out of caves in 17 states.
> >
> > Visit NSS Online Cavers at: http://nsscavers.ning.com
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