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A master's thesis prepared at Western Washington University discusses the impact of harbor seals on fish stocks in the San Juan Islands, where the seals are a year-round predator.
The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife recently released a Bat Conservation Plan for the 15 species of bats found in Washington State. All but four of these species occur within the greater Puget Sound watershed1, including:
Big Brown Bat (Eptesicus fuscus), California Myotis (Myotis californicus), Fringed Myotis (Myotis thysanodes), Hoary Bat (Lasiurus cinereus), Keen’s Myotis (Myotis keenii), Little Brown Myotis (Myotis lucifugus), Long-legged Myotis (Myotis volans), Silver-haired Bat (Lasionycteris noctivagans), Townsend’s Big-eared Bat (Corynorhinus townsendii), Western Long-eared Myotis (
This article was originally published by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife as part of its annual report Threatened and Endangered Wildlife in Washington.
This article was originally published by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife as part of its annual report Threatened and Endangered Wildlife in Washington.
This article was originally published by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife as part of its annual report Threatened and Endangered Wildlife in Washington.
This article was originally published by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife as part of its annual report Threatened and Endangered Wildlife in Washington.