On March 8th, the Bat Association of MSU board voted to move the organizations focus from working on campus to working within the broader community. Many of us have been doing bat conservation work in Ingham County and the surrounding area for a number of years and we are excited to open our membership to Read more about Bat Association of MSU is now Bat Association of Greater Lansing![…]
Statement delivered to Lansing City Council on Nov. 27th 2023, on behalf of the Bat Association board: Like many other colonial projects, the establishment of the state of Israel started with the forced removal of the native population, an estimated 700,000 Palestinians in 1948, an event known to Palestinians as Al Nakba (The Catastrophe) Read more about Bat Association statement to Lansing City Council in support of a Ceasefire in Gaza[…]
Like many other colonial projects, the establishment of the state of Israel started with the forced removal of the native population, an estimated 700,000 Palestinians in 1948. This was followed by an attempt to erase their history and culture, an event known to Palestinians as Al Nakba (The Catastrophe) [1]. Since then, the state of Read more about The Bat Association of MSU stands with Palestine[…]
The Bat Association of MSU shares in the sadness and outrage at the recent racist and sexist violence perpetrated against the Asian American community in Atlanta Georgia on March 17th, which resulted in the tragic loss of the lives of Soon Chung Park, Hyun Jung Grant, Suncha Kim, Yong Ae Yue, Delaina Ashley Yuan, Paul Read more about Bat Association stands with MSU APIDA community[…]
Racism has deep roots in the United States. This country was built on stolen land through slave labor. It took a very violent war to bring about the end of slavery and this system was immediately replaced with incarceration and forced labor camps targeting former slaves. Jim Crow segregation continued to deprive black communities of Read more about Statement of Solidarity from Bat Association of MSU[…]
Kelsi Kroll interviews Bat Association of MSU’s community outreach chair, Peter Fowler, on the groups ongoing work in Lansing and East Lansing, and the importance of bats and wildlife conservation in the One Health model.
Numerous times throughout the fall semester, the Bat Association of MSU (BAM) collaborated with the MSU Zoological Student Association and led evening Bat Walks with MSU students and the Lansing community. The tour began with a short presentation detailing Michigan’s nine bat species, and moved to the species inhabiting frequented locations on MSU campus: the Read more about MSU Fall Bat Walks[…]
The Bat Association of MSU was really excited to be invited to do a Bat House Building workshop with the students at REACH Studio Art Center in ReoTown! With their help, we constructed 4 large, double chamber maternal bat boxes. Each box was made entirely from reclaimed cedar fencing, and burned and oiled to make Read more about Collaboration with REACH[…]
The Bat Association of MSU was lucky to be able to participate in the Earth Day Festival “The Big Green Gig” this weekend! We built 11 maternal bat boxes to give away, all out of reclaimed pallet wood, and were able to raise 90 dollars in donations to put up bat houses around Lansing. Thanks Read more about Bat Houses at the Big Green Gig[…]
The Bat Association of MSU is excited to be working with Creature Control to launch our new Summer Volunteer Program! We will be building bat houses and helping exclude bat colonies from people’s homes. Through this project, we hope to progress our understanding of Lansing bat populations and their interactions with the public. You can Read more about Bat Association of MSU Launches Summer Volunteer Program[…]