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How Construction is Helping Bats in North Carolina

PIGEON RIVER GORGE, N.C. – Construction crews in North Carolina are lending a helping hand to bats while constructing a key bridge on a major highway.

Members of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service have observed roosting on the old bridge crossing the Pigeon River on Interstate 40, which has been suitable for the creatures in the past, but also dangerous. See the story:

https://www.foxweather.com/earth-space/first-of-its-kind-bat-bridge-constructed-house-species

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