It also holds the distinction of being one of the loudest bats in flight. The bat is named for the large ears that project over their eyes like a bonnet. Just one foot of sea-level rise will inundate four of the roosts. There are 26 known colonies of bats on 11 roost sites. Monday’s notice claims the upcoming lawsuit will force Fish and Wildlife to stop any foot-dragging and designate the critical habitat as required.įlorida bonneted bats roost in tree cavities and on artificial structures and forage for insects over open spaces like wetlands and lakes.
However, the agency has yet to finalize its proposal for the 1.5 million acres of federally-designated critical habitat in ten South Florida counties.
The conservation groups had teamed up in the second lawsuit to compel Fish and Wildlife to propose critical habitat. The Tropical Audubon Society and the Miami Blue Chapter of the North American Butterfly Association joined Lopez’s group in the formal notice Monday. In 2013, the first piece of litigation by the Center for Biological Diversity forced the Fish and Wildlife Service to designate the nearly extinct Florida bonneted bats as endangered under the Endangered Species Act. “The service needs to protect these bats’ homes from sprawl.” “Florida bonneted bats cannot survive the onslaught of sea-level rise, development and pesticide use in South Florida unless their habitat is protected,” Jaclyn Lopez, Florida director at the Center for Biological Diversity, said Monday. The creature is the largest bat in the state, the rarest one in the nation, and is at grave risk of being wiped out by a changing planet. For a second time, a trio of South Florida environmental agencies are planning to sue the federal Fish and Wildlife Service for failing to designate a 10.5-million-acre safe haven for the endangered Florida bonneted bat.
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