Bat Gate Design: A Technical Interactive Forum, Proceedings of Bat Gate Design: A Technical Interactive Forum held March 4-6, 2002 at the Red Lion Hotel, Austin, Texas

摘要

;Contents: Foreword; Steering Committee Members; Sponsors; Bat Conservation Steering Committee Recommendations What is a Technical Interactive Forum; Session 1: Why Do We Protect Mines and Caves; (Cave and Karst Resources, Importance of Protecting Mines, Legal Issues Associated with Bat Gate Construction, Management and Prote ction Issues on Private Land, Consequences of Not Protecting the Resource); Session 2: Project Planning (Performing a Needs Assessment for Potential Gating a Cave or Mine, Developing a Project Strategy, Bio-Assessment--Determining the Suitabilaity of Mines and Caves for Bats, Developing a Cave or Mine Managment Plan, Bat Gates and NEPA Compliance, Funding a Bat Gate Project:An Overview of Public and Private Sector Financial Resources for the Environmental Professional, Cave Gating Partnerships: Success through Careful Planning and Coordination, Training Opportunities for Cave and Mine Gaters); Session 3: Closure Design: Part 1 (Bat Roost Protection: Closure Design using Soft Closures, Cable Nets for Bat Habitat Preservation, Solid and Invertebrate Cave Gate Options, Culvert Closure Design and Construction, Protecting Cave Bat Populations with Flyover Barriers); Session 4: Closure Design: Part 2 (Ladder Bat Gates, Horizontal Bar Gates - An Overview, The Angle Iron Bat Gate, Rectangular Tube Gating, Round Bar Manganal Steel 'Jail Bar' Bat Gate, Bat Cupola Design Considerations, Characteristics of Materials Used in Cave and Mine Gates); Session 5: Construction Managment (Bat Grate Construction/Contract Mangement, Eastern Consultant Perspective, Western Contractor Perspective, Partner and Volunteer Logistics, Why Investigate Abandoned and Underground Mine Workings, Bat Gate Construction On-Site Coordination and Work, Personnel and Qualifications); Session 6: Monitoring and Maintenance (The Response of Bats to Gates, Monitoring the Effectiveness of Bat Compatible Mine Gates, Pre- and Post-Gate Microclimate Monitoring, Closure Repair and Maintenance, Policies, Management, and Monitoring:Protection of Habitat Using Bat Gates, Demonstration of Bat Gate Database); Poster Presentations; Where Do We Go From Here; Survey Results.