Bat Matters Conferences
Creating Bat-friendly Communities
The second BatMatters conference was held virtually in 2020, with support form the newly-bat-friendly City of Richmond (the first was in Peachland in 2019). The two-week virtual conference featured a variety of prerecorded video presentations and online discussions presented by specialists in the field of bat research, conservation, and stewardship in BC. Topics included
- Building Bat-friendly Communities in BC
- Examples from the Field – Peachland, Richmond, and Kelowna
- Urban Bat Conservation and Integrating Research
- Local Stewardship and Community Involvement in Bat Conservation
- Living with Bats
- Bats and Human Health
- The Goldilocks Approach: Use of Bat Boxes in a Changing Landscape and Climate
- How to Find Information on Important Bat Habitats
Bat Matters 2020 Presentations
- City of Richmond [.pdf]
- How to find bat data [.pdf]
- Peachland – BC’s Second Bat Friendly Community [.pdf]
- Bat Program Community Based Conservation [.pdf]
- Urban Bat Conservation and Research [.pdf]
- Bats and human health [.pdf]
- Living With Bats [.pdf]
- Bat-friendly Communities Overview [.pdf]
- Bat Boxes [.pdf]