Haines residents can be citizen scientists to assist Chilkat Valley bat research this summer.
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game is looking for people to gather data via acoustic bat monitoring devices from mid-April to October.
The high-pitched noises emitted by bats through echolocation, which cannot be heard by the human ear, can be recorded by a device called an Anabat. The device then converts the sound to something people can hear and creates…
