Wind power threatens hoary bats

New report details threat to bats from windmills

A new report predicts a great and rapid decline to hoary bats, unless a way is found to reduce the bats’ fatalities at wind electricity generating facilities in North America. The hoary bat population could decline by 50 percent in the next five years, according to the report.

Hoary bats are the most widespread bat species in North America, ranging from …