Colorado Bat Working Group

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  • About CBWG

  • Bats of Colorado

  • CO Bat Conservation Plan

  • Management and Conservation

  • CO Bat Matrix

  • Links

  • CBWG HOME

  • about us board members chairs partners minutes

  • About UsMark Hayes and company recording bat calls in SW Colorado

    • Shortly after the 1996 Four Corners Bat Meetings, where the Western Bat Working Group was formed, a handful of biologists from Colorado convened to develop a Colorado Bat Conservation Plan. Loosely aligned as a sub-committee of the WBWG, their mission was to develop a plan to conserve bat species found in Colorado. It wasn’t until 1998 that the group began referring to themselves as the Colorado Bat Working Group. Cheri Jones, then of the Denver Museum of Natural History, was the first chair of the group.

  • Organization

    • The Colorado Bat Working Group is a member of the Western Bat Working Group. The WBWG is a member of the North American Bat Conservation Working Group, which is a cooperative member within the International Association of Fish and Wildlife Association.

  • Current Board Members of the CBWG

    • Co-Chair: Kirk Navo, Colorado Parks and Wildlife
    • Co-Chair: Laura Ellison, U.S. Geological Survey
    • Secretary: Lea Bonewell, U.S. Geological Survey

    Member (Officers and Representatives)

    • (alphabetically)
    • Julie Annear
      • Division of Minerals Representative
        Division of Minerals and Geology
        (303) 866-3567 Phone
        julie.annear@state.co.us
    • Lea Bonewell
      • Secretary
        U.S. Geological Survey
        Fort Collins Science Center
        2150 Centre Avenue, Bldg C
        Fort Collins, Colorado 80526-8118
        (970) 226-9353
        bonewelll@usgs.gov
    • John Burghardt
      • NPS Representative
        National Park Service
        (303) 969-2099 Phone
        John_Burghardt@nps.gov
    • Paul Cryan
      • co-USGS Representative
        U. S. Geological Survey
        Fort Collins Science Center
        2150 Centre Avenue, Bldg C
        Fort Collins, CO 80526-8118
        (970) 226-9389 Phone
        paul_cryan@usgs.gov
    • Laura Ellison
      • co-USGS Representative (Co-Chair)
        U. S. Geological Survey
        Fort Collins Science Center
        2150 Centre Avenue, Bldg C
        Fort Collins, CO 80526-8118
        (970) 226-9494
        laura_ellison@usgs.gov
    • Cyndi Mosch
      • Caving Community Representative
        Cave Resources
        (970) 613-9800 Phone
        troggy@earthlink.net
    • Kirk W. Navo
      • (Co-Chair)
        Colorado Parks and Wildlife
        (719) 587-6906 Phone
        K.Navo@state.co.us
    • Toni Piaggio
      • USDA Representative
        USDA, National Wildlife Research Center
        Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
        (970) 266-6142 Phone
        Toni.j.Piaggio@aphis.usda.gov
    • Rob Schorr
      • Academic Representative
        Colorado Natural Heritage Program
        Fish, Wildlife and Conservation Biology Dept.
        Colorado State University
        (970) 491-4273
        robert.schorr@colostate.edu
    • Jeremy Siemers
      • CNHP Representative
        Colorado Natural Heritage Program
        Fish, Wildlife and Conservation Biology Dept.
        Colorado State University
        (970) 491-3342 Phone
        jeremy.siemers@colostate.edu
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      • USFS Representative
        U.S. Forest Service
        Wildlife Biologist, Hahns Peak/Bears Ears Ranger District
        Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests
        Steamboat Springs, CO
        (970) 870-2156 Phone
        easnider@fs.fed.us
    • Sandy Vana-Miller
      • USFWS Representative
        U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
        (303) 236-4748
        sandy_vana-miller@fws.gov

  • Past Chairsbat catcher by Bobby Weidmann

    • Cheri Jones (1996-1998, Denver Museum of Natural History)
    • Michael Wunder (1998-2000, Colorado Natural Heritage Program)
    • Laura Ellison (2000-2003, USGS Biological Resources Division)
    • Kristen Philbrook (co-chair, 2003-2009, U.S. Forest Service)
    • Kirk Navo (co-chair, 2003-present, Colorado Division of Wildlife)
    • Laura Ellison (co-chair, 2009-present, USGS BRD)
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  • Partners

    • Federal Partners

      • U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
      • U.S. Forest Service
      • Bureau of Land Management
      • Bureau of Reclamation
      • National Park Service
      • U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division

    • State Partners

      • Colorado Parks and Wildlife
      • Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology
      • Colorado Natural Heritage Program
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  • CBWG MinutesJeremy Siemers at mine

    • CBWG 2003 Minutes (April 11, 2003)
    • CBWG 2004 Minutes (April 27, 2004)
    • CBWG 2005 Minutes (April 22, 2005)
    • CBWG 2006 Minutes (April 14, 2006)
    • CBWG 2007 Minutes (May 18, 2007)
    • CBWG 2008 Minutes (April 25, 2008)
    • CBWG 2009 Minutes (Oct 16, 2009)
    • CBWG 2010 Minutes (Oct 27, 2010)
    • CBWG 2012 Minutes (Nov 15, 2012)

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