Archived Outdoors
Bat week in the park
It’s bat week in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, and park rangers are celebrating by setting up bat information stations and activities 2-4 p.m. Friday, Oct. 30, at Oconaluftee Visitor Center.
At the hands-on information stations, park visitors can learn about the many different species of bats, their importance to the world and what the park is doing to protect the bats from white-nose syndrome, a disease caused by fungus that’s decimated bat populations in recent years. Participants will have the chance to create paper bat masks, bat airplanes and receive free bat education material to take home.
Oconaluftee Visitor Center is located along U.S. 441 just north of Cherokee.
