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Causes: Animals, Wildlife Preservation & Protection
Mission: Public education, health and welfare, and the conservation of bats and other wildlife populations worldwide.
Programs: For the 2013-2014 academic year, we awarded a student research grant to boston university for aryn wilder whose planned research is titled "measuring the loss of genetic diversity in eastern little brown myotis (myotis lucifugus) following declines from white-nose syndrome (wns). " the study focuses on the genetics of bats and how we can use genetic information to understand the geographic spread and effects of white-nose syndrome. Aryn's research will aid in our understanding of the dynamics of declines near the wns epicenter and the future trajectory of insectivorous bat populations in the northeast u. S.