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Our Mission
Our Mission
To ensure the long-term health of Georgia’s bat populations through integrated research, management, and public education.
To ensure the long-term health of Georgia’s bat populations through integrated research, management, and public education.
SAVE OUR SKY PUPPIES!
Georgia’s bats (aka Sky Puppies) are facing tough times. Find out more about what you can do to help them below.
Support GBWG, Buy your “Save Our Sky Puppy” Stickers here!
Install a Bat House! Go to Georgia Wildlife Bat Houses to learn more. If you get bats in your bat house, help us count them! Find out how here.
Plant a Native Bat Garden! Here is a list of native plants you can plant to help attract bat food. Georgia Native Plants for Bats
Tell your Friends! Educating others about why bats are important is one of the best things you can do. Visit our Education page for more information.
Cave Clean! Find out more about WNS and how it affects our bats in Georgia. Go here!
Volunteer! You can learn how to volunteer with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources by clicking here. Learn about bat monitoring volunteer opportunities by clicking here.
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Flag Box Multi-Chamber Bat House Plans
Flag Box Multi-Chamber Bat House Plans
The flag box was developed to provide a broad range of internal temperature zones and with consideration to reducing the risk of overheating. Heavier structural mounting components that are typically external to a bat house were incorporated into the body of the flag box to moderate heat flow and for added heat storage.
The flag box should face south in order to establish a non-reversing temperature gradient from front to back. The roof is inclined away from the sun to reduce solar irradiance. A highly ventilated outer “back porch” chamber is attached to the north face of the box for hot days.
One internal partition extends below the box to form a landing pad enabling bats to enter and exit from two directions.
These plans also include a simple, pivoting post mechanism for more convenient access for maintenance. The post will rotate in one direction but cannot pivot back up past vertical.
The materials, skills, and tools needed to build the flag box are comparable to those required for the BCI four-chamber nursery bat house design.
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