Hawaiian Hoary Bat Information
Hawaiian Hoary Bat Information
2024-Hawaiian Hoary Bat Guidance Document Update and Request for Comments
DOFAW is in the process of updating the last version of the guidance document (updated January 2021). Please send comments to [email protected] by April 9th, 2024. Responses and revisions based on public comments will be prepared by DOFAW for review by the Endangered Species Recovery Committee with the intent to ask for recommendation of final approval of the guidance document, or final approval with amendments.
2021- Hawaiian Hoary Bat Guidance January 2021 Update and Request for Comments.
Extensive revisions to the January 2020 version of the bat guidance have been completed based on additional information and comments. Public comments to this new update must be received by February 18, 2021 to be considered. Please send comments to [email protected]. Responses and revisions based on public comments will be prepared by DOFAW and the Hawaiian Hoary Bat Task Force for review by the Endangered Species Recovery Committee with the intent to ask for recommendation of final approval of the guidance document, or final approval with amendments.
Bat guidance document:
- Hawaiian Hoary Bat guidance document draft (updated January 2021)
- Hawaiian Hoary Bat guidance document draft (updated January 2020)
- Hawaiian Hoary Bat guidance document (2015 version)
Research underway:
- USGS- Hawaiian Hoary Bat conservation genetics
- USGS- Modeling foraging habitat suitability of the Hawaiian Hoary Bat
- USGS- Hawaiian Hoary Bat movements, roosting behavior, and diet
- WEST- Acoustic sampling and occupancy of Hawaiian Hoary Bats on Oʻahu
Research completed:
- USGS (2023) –Genetic diversity, structure, and effective population size of an endangered, endemic hoary bat ʻōpeʻapeʻa, across the Hawaiian Islands
- USGS (2023)-Multi-scale assessment of roost selection by ‘ōpe‘ape‘a the Hawaiian hoary bat (Lasiurus semotus)
- USGS (2023)-Seasonal and Elevational Differences by Sex in Capture Rate of ‘Ōpe’ape’a (Lasiurus semotus ) on Hawai’i Island
- West (2022)-O’ahu Hawaiian Hoary Bat Occupancy and Distribution Study 2022 Final Report
- H.T. Harvey- Home ranges, seasonal movements, habitat utilization, diet, and prey availability of Hawaiian Hoary Bat on Maui
- USGS (2019)- Hawaiian Hoary Bat activity, diet and prey availability at the Waihou, Maui
- USGS (2020)- Hawaiian Hoary Bat behavior at wind turbines on Maui
Other bat documents: