WNS Information Resources

Map posted March 4, 2015
Reflects white-nose syndrome confirmed in Barren County, Kentucky and Alger and Houghton counties in Michigan. Also, Clare County, Michigan "suspect" for the disease.
Updated white-nose syndrome map March 4, 2015
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Source: Michigan Department of Natural Resources, National Park Service
Map posted February 14, 2015
Reflects little brown bat seen with obvious symptoms of the disease in Barren County, Kentucky.
Updated White-Nose Syndrome Map February 13, 2015
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Source: National Park Service
Map posted January 23, 2015
Reflects swab sample results from two tricolored bats in Dane County, Wisconsin, which showed presence of Pseudogymonascus destructans, the fungus that causes white-nose syndrome. No bats displayed any visual signs of the fungus.
WNS map updated January 23, 2015
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News coverage by Milwaukee Wisconsin Journal Sentinel
News coverage by Star Tribune
Press release from Wisconsin DNR
Source: Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Fact sheet, informational material posted December 19, 2014
Revised case definitions for classifying white-nose syndrome (WNS) in bats. These case definitions were developed in conjunction with laboratory representatives from the WNS National Plan Diagnostic Working Group and standardize the interpretation of laboratory test results.
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Former case definitions in Wildlife Health Bulletin #2011-01
Source: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) National Wildlife Health Center
Map posted September 3, 2014
Reflects white-nose syndrome confirmed in Richmond County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Updated WNS map September 3, 2014
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Source: Canadian Cooperative Wildlife Health Centre
Report posted September 3, 2014
This is a draft of the Captive Bat Management report produced by a committee of the WNS Conservation and Recovery Working Group. This draft is for review purposes only.
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Map posted August 25, 2014
Reflects western-most confirmation of white-nose syndrome in Canada: in Thunder Bay District, Ontario, near Lake Superior.
Updated WNS map August 25, 2014
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Source: Canadian Cooperative Wildlife Health Centre
Fact sheet, informational material posted August 20, 2014
White-nose syndrome fact sheet updated August 2014
August 2014 White-nose syndrome fact sheet
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Source: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Map posted August 18, 2014
Reflects white-nose syndrome confirmed in Clay, Macon and Grainger Counties, Tennessee.
Updated WNS map August 18, 2014
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Source: Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, Pennsylvania Game Commission
Map posted August 7, 2014
Reflects detection of the fungus causing white-nose syndrome, Pseudogymnoascus destructans, in Carter and Greene Counties, Missouri.
Updated WNS map August 7, 2014
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Source: Missouri Department of Conservation, Pennsylvania Game Commission
Map posted July 25, 2014
Reflects white-nose syndrome confirmed in Nova Scotia counties: Antigonish since the 2012/2013 surveillance season and Inverness and Cape Breton for the 2013/2014 only.
Updated WNS map July 25, 2014
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Source: Canadian Cooperative Wildlife Health Centre, Pennsylvania Game Commission
Map posted July 17, 2014
Reflects the fungus causing white-nose syndrome detected in Vermillion County, Indiana.
Updated WNS map July 17, 2014
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Source: Pennsylvania Game Commission, Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Division of Fish and Wildlife
Map posted July 9, 2014
Reflects white-nose syndrome confirmed in a little brown bat in Ontonagon County, Michigan.
Updated WNS Map July 9, 2014
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Source: Pennsylvania Game Commission, Michigan Department of Natural Resources
Map posted July 1, 2014
Reflects WNS confirmed for a tri-colored bat in Richland County, South Carolina.
Updated WNS map July 1, 2014
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Source: Pennsylvania Game Commission
Fact sheet, informational material posted June 25, 2014
Updated through June, 2014. Check "Where is it Now?" on this website for current map.
White-nose syndrome fact sheet June 2014
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Source: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Map posted June 12, 2014
Reflects results from Quebec, Canada. WNS confirmed in Matane County. Four counties have also been added based on specimens collected during the WNS surveillance of 2010-11 and 2011-12.
Updated WNS map June 12, 2014
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Source: Pennsylvania Game Commission, Canadian Cooperative Wildlife Health Centre
Map posted June 9, 2014
The latest update reflects Pd-positive samples from bats and substrate in four Mississippi counties (Smith, Jasper, Neshoba, and Winston) collected and analyzed by researchers from UC Santa Cruz and Northern Arizona University.
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Source: Pennsylvania Game Commission
Fact sheet, informational material posted June 4, 2014
The White-nose Syndrome Communications and Outreach Working Group developed messages to help you talk to people about white-nose syndrome so you can influence what they know, feel and do about the disease. Please use these messages to help us speak in a unified voice about white-nose syndrome!
USFWS national white-nose syndrome coordinator Jeremy Coleman addresses congressional staffers
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Map posted May 7, 2014
Reflects white-nose sydrome confirmed in Keweenaw County, Michigan and vsible signs of the fungus in Boone County, Missouri and Paulding County, Georgia. Also reflects removal of Oklahoma as a state where white-nose syndrome was suspected.
Updated WNS map May 7, 2014
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Source: Pennsylvania Game Commission
Fact sheet, informational material posted May 1, 2014
Update to this fact sheet: In April 2014, white-nose syndrome was confirmed in Michigan and Wisconsin, bringing the total number of states where the disease has been confirmed to 25.
March 2014 white-nose syndrome fact sheet
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Source: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Map posted April 30, 2014
Reflects white-nose syndrome confirmed in Franklin and Hocking counties, Ohio, and in Jackson County, North Carolina. Visible signs of the fungus also observed in Cherokee County, North Carolina.
Updated WNS map April 30, 2014
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Source: Pennsylvania Game Commission
Map posted April 24, 2014
Reflects white-nose syndrome confirmed in 11 counties in Tennessee: Anderson, Bedford, Dekalb, Hamblen, Humphreys, Maury, Pickett, Polk, Roane, Smith and Wayne. Visible signs of the disease also observed in Sumner County.
WNS map updated April 24, 2014
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Source: Pennsylvania Game Commission
Fact sheet, informational material posted April 17, 2014

Learn about White-Nose Syndrome and what you can do to help bats through this cool infographic!

White-nose Syndrome A coordinated response to the devastating bat disease A U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Infographic • White-nose syndrome (WNS) is a disease killing hibernating bats. • First documented in 2006 in eastern New York • Afflicted bats may shore white fungus on their muzzles and wings, abnormal behavior and eventual death. • 90 – 100% mortality rate in many hibernacula • WNS is confirmed in 23 stated & 5 Canadian provinces • (IMAGE) Map of the U.S. with affected areas highlighted in orange. W
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White-nose syndrome infographic, April 2014 (for web use)570.91 KB
Transcript of the WNS Infographic64.17 KB
Source: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Map posted April 17, 2014
Reflects white-nose syndrome confirmed in Iron County, Missouri.
WNS Map updated April 17, 2014
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Source: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Pennsylvania Game Commission
Plan posted April 14, 2014
Kentucky WNS Response Plan Updated January 2014
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Source: Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources
Map posted April 11, 2014
Reflects white-nose syndrome confirmed in new counties in Michigan (Alpena, Dickinson, and Mackinac) and Wisconsin (Grant), Georgia (Rabun), and Kentucky (Lee, suspect to confirmed), and Algoma District in Ontario.
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Source: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Pennsylvania Game Commission
Fact sheet, informational material posted April 8, 2014
Acoustic surveillance is a viable means for assessing WNS prevalence, offering some advantages compared to other surveillance methods including minimization of disturbance especially during winter, no risk of human spread of the fungus, and relatively easy equipment set-up.
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Source: Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Division of Fish and Wildlife
Map posted April 4, 2014
Reflects white-nose syndrome confirmed in two new counties in Alabama: Morgan County at Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge and Lawrence County at Bankhead National Forest and Backwards Confusion Caves.
Updated WNS map April 4, 2014
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Source: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Pennsylvania Game Commission
Research posted February 18, 2014
This read-only excel spreadsheet can be downloaded and filtered
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Map posted December 17, 2013
Addition of Jefferson and Ste. Genevieve counties in Missouri, mapped as suspect based on detection of Pd from swab sampling in these counties.
Updated WNS map 12/12/13
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Source: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

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