Racism has deep roots in the United States. This country was built on stolen land through slave labor. It took a very violent war to bring about the end of slavery and this system was immediately replaced with incarceration and forced labor camps targeting former slaves. Jim Crow segregation continued to deprive black communities of Read more about Statement of Solidarity from Bat Association of MSU[…]
Kelsi Kroll interviews Bat Association of MSU’s community outreach chair, Peter Fowler, on the groups ongoing work in Lansing and East Lansing, and the importance of bats and wildlife conservation in the One Health model.
Numerous times throughout the fall semester, the Bat Association of MSU (BAM) collaborated with the MSU Zoological Student Association and led evening Bat Walks with MSU students and the Lansing community. The tour began with a short presentation detailing Michigan’s nine bat species, and moved to the species inhabiting frequented locations on MSU campus: the Read more about MSU Fall Bat Walks[…]
The Bat Association of MSU was really excited to be invited to do a Bat House Building workshop with the students at REACH Studio Art Center in ReoTown! With their help, we constructed 4 large, double chamber maternal bat boxes. Each box was made entirely from reclaimed cedar fencing, and burned and oiled to make Read more about Collaboration with REACH[…]
The Bat Association of MSU was lucky to be able to participate in the Earth Day Festival “The Big Green Gig” this weekend! We built 11 maternal bat boxes to give away, all out of reclaimed pallet wood, and were able to raise 90 dollars in donations to put up bat houses around Lansing. Thanks Read more about Bat Houses at the Big Green Gig[…]
The Bat Association of MSU is excited to be working with Creature Control to launch our new Summer Volunteer Program! We will be building bat houses and helping exclude bat colonies from people’s homes. Through this project, we hope to progress our understanding of Lansing bat populations and their interactions with the public. You can Read more about Bat Association of MSU Launches Summer Volunteer Program[…]
For Bat Appreciation Week 2018, we were really excited to team up with the MSU Zoological Student Association to help build bat houses for the community! Check out the video below of our preparation for the workshop and some of the shots from the workshop. If anybody wants a bat house or needs assistance installing Read more about Bat Association of MSU Teams up with the MSU Zoologic Student Association[…]
Creature Control has teamed up with the Bat Association of MSU in a collaborative effort to conserve bats and come to the aid of less fortunate struggling families in the Local Lansing Community while performing valuable research on Michigan bat populations. “The Bat Association of MSU is proud to announce a new partnership with Michigan’s Read more about Creature Control partners with the Bat Association of MSU[…]
We are deeply saddened by the recent decision to close the Organization for Bat Conservation. For the past 20 years, this organization has been a leading voice in the bat conservation community and has inspired countless people from all around the country to join the cause. Many members of The Bat Association of MSU have Read more about The Organization for Bat Conservation Will be Greatly Missed![…]
BAM (The Bat Association of MSU) is proud to have joined the MSU Green Alliance, a coalition of MSU campus groups who share similar goals of building a better, more environmentally minded campus. We are excited to be working in this coalition alongside these other amazing campus organizations! We look forward to helping build the Read more about BAM Joins the MSU Green Alliance[…]