South Dakota Bat Working
Group
Last update 10 April 2015
Bat Research in SD
Important Note to Researchers in SD:
If you intend to conduct bat work in South Dakota, you are REQUIRED to obtain a Scientific Sampling and Collecting Permit from the S.D. Game, Fish and Parks Department BEFORE you commence your research. There are several GF&P scientific and regulatory protocols that must also be followed. The following web-site contains a downloadable PDF.format application:
Contact: Casey Heimerl
SDGFP - Acting Scientific Collector Permit Contact
523 E. Capitol-Foss Bldg., Pierre, S.D. 57501
Casey.Heimerl@state.sd.us (605) 773-4345
Sampling + Collecting Permit
Sampling + Protocol Guidelines
SouthDakota Bat Management Plan
Wildlife Diversity Small Grants
program:
SD GFP accepts
research proposals for the
Wildlife Diversity Small Grants program.
Contact: Casey Heimerl
SDGFP - Acting Scientific Collector Permit
Contact
523 E. Capitol-Foss Bldg.,
Pierre, S.D. 57501
Casey.Heimerl@state.sd.us (605) 773-4345
HAVE AN ABANDONED OR INACTIVE
MINE ON YOUR
PRIVATE PROPERTY?
We are actively seeking locations of mines that provide potential roosting habitat in the Black Hills region. Site evaluation can be provided at no cost to individuals interested in determining whether their site(s) provide potential roosting habitat. There is no obligation or further commitment required to participate in this service. Should you elect to permanently close an underground site, advice and protocol can be given to prevent placing bats unnecessarily at risk.
Joel
Tigner, Batworks,
605-390-2061 (Rapid City)
joeltigner@gmail.com
Photo: M. Roedel
South Dakota Bat Roost Project
Little is known of the roosting ecology of bats outside of the Black Hills region in South Dakota. Joel Tigner has been conducting research in order determine the status of bat populations in the Black Hills, mapping the locations of bat roosts and gating important sites to protect the bats from vandals. If you live in South Dakota and know of an active bat roost, or monitor a 'bat house' we would like you to be a part of this ongoing project. There is no obligation or further commitment required to participate in this service.
Masters student Sarah Lewis is currently writing this research up as part of her thesis. (F14).
Joel
Tigner, Batworks,
605-390-2061 (Rapid City)
joeltigner@gmail.com
Bat survey at the Buffalo Gap National Grasslands and the SD Bat call library
Bats of the Black Hills (Status + Conservation Needs)
Contact:
Joel Tigner @
Batworks
605-721-4564 (Rapid City)
joeltigner@gmail.com
Distribution, Food
Habits, and Roost
Site Selection by Bats in Eastern SD
Completed Masters Project: Vicki J. Swier
Recent surveys, suggest that conventional census methods (mist netting) do not accurately represent the bat populations in eastern South Dakota. Alternatively, acoustic sampling has effectively identified bats in other regions of the county, therefore, I utilizd the ANABAT system to determine what bats are present in eastern South Dakota and to determine the current distribution of resident bats. To obtain an accurate representation of bat distribution, proposed sites were widely distributed across eastern South Dakota (e.g., state parks and national wildlife refuges throughout eastern SD) and revisited the sites from Jones and Genoway's 1967 study
Regional distribution and monitoring of bats along the lower Missouri River in South Dakota
Completed Masters Project: Brandon Bales
DOWNLOAD .pdf file of THESIS
Determine migratory behaviors/patterns and migratory
timing of bats in South Dakota, specifically those
that may use the Missouri River drainage as a
corridor. Determine the distribution, seasonal
activity pattern and habitat selection of bats
utilizing the Missouri River drainage.
Survey work on the Missouri River
Alyssa
Kiesow, SD-GF&P
Survey
work - The
South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks & South
Dakota Bat Working Group have begun monitoring
bats in riparian areas along the central portion
of the Missouri River in South Dakota. On
September 9, 2004, a female Northern Myotis
(Myotis septentrionalis) at Farm Island
Recreation Area which had been banded previously
with a cream-colored plastic band engraved with
329P. This bat was originally captured and banded by
Vicki Swier at Farm Island on July 25, 2002.
Report all dead links/images to Scott.Pedersen@Bathead.com