Bats Are Vital To UC Life, Disease Claiming Many Varieties
As Cookeville celebrates the bat with a celebration at the History Museum Saturday, a TWRA expert said bats play a vital ecological and economic role in the Upper Cumberland. Statewide Bat Coordinator Dustin Thames said local agriculture and forestry benefit most. Thames said bats naturally control pest populations. “Bats are critically important,” Thames said. “There […]
