From the urgent (you’ve been touched or bitten) to the everyday (a bat in your house), fast guidance for every kind of encounter.
Bats roost in attics, awnings, barns, sometimes for decades. Here’s how to coexist safely, manage a colony, or report one on a property you’re buying or selling.
Bat biology, BC’s 15 species, real-world safety, white-nose syndrome, and the conservation science that shapes our work.
See all in About bats →Summer evening bat counts, acoustic surveillance, ambassador training, Bat-Friendly Community certification, bat boxes. The province-wide network runs on people.
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Support our work DonateThe BC Community Bat Program is a not-for-profit network of community bat projects across British Columbia, kept alive thanks to dedicated regional coordinators, volunteers, residents, and many partners. To everyone who has funded, hosted, or championed this work: thank you.
Bat habitat in British Columbia, protected with the help of our partners.
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Community bat conservation in British Columbia only happens because so many people and organizations choose to invest in it, through funding, in-kind support, land stewardship, and countless volunteer hours. The partners below have made this work possible. We’re grateful to each of them, and to the many local and regional supporters not named here.
Government agencies and public bodies help fund and enable bat conservation across the province, from provincial ministries to local governments.
Provincial support for species-at-risk and wildlife conservation.
Federal programs supporting species at risk and their habitat.
Enabling support through the Province of BC (gov.bc.ca).
Local and regional governments that host and back community projects.
Partner logos are coming, we’re gathering approved marks to display here.
Conservation foundations and trusts provide the grants and stewardship funding that keep community bat projects running year after year.
Administers funding for the BC Community Bat Program.
Supports habitat and species conservation across BC.
Regional support for communities in the Columbia Basin.
Federal stewardship funding for species-at-risk habitat.
Partner logos are coming, approved marks will be added here as they’re confirmed.
Bat conservation is, at heart, a community effort, carried by the people who host roosts, report sightings, coordinate regions, and steward the land.
This is not an exhaustive list. If we’ve missed a partner who should be recognized here, please let us know.
Your gift or partnership funds the coordinators, boxes, and monitoring that protect BC’s bats. Thank you for standing with them.
