Great Lakes Bat Festival Explained

Great Lakes Bat Festival
Genre:Festival
Frequency:Annually in September or October
Location:Great Lakes region
Founder Name:Organization for Bat Conservation
Attendance:Est. 2,000-3,000
Leader Title:Executive Director
Leader Name:Rob Mies
Sponsor:Critter Catchers

The Great Lakes Bat Festival was an annual two-day event that started in 2002 and began in the Great Lakes region.[1] The festival later expanded to different state divisions, which included the Illinois Bat Festival,[2] the Indiana State University Bat Festival,[3] [4] the Minnesota Bat Festival,[5] and the Wisconsin Bat Festival. It was founded and organized by the Organization for Bat Conservation until the organization's dissolution in 2018.

The goals of the Great Lakes Bat Festival were to highlight the diversity of life on earth, educate people on bats and explain the need for conservation.[6] The festival included live bat programs presented by the Organization for Bat Conservation, featuring bats from around the world.[7]

Evening events included demonstrations from bat researchers on various research techniques, such as radio-tagging and/or light-tagging.[8]

Locations

The festival was held at the Cranbrook Institute of Science Bat Zone in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan,[9] at the Indiana State University Center for North American Bat Research and Conservation in Terre Haute, Indiana,[10] at the Milwaukee County Zoo in Milwaukee, Wisconsin,[11] and at Iron Mountain, Michigan near Millie Hill Mine.[12] [13]

!No.!Year!Venue!Location!Ref
12002Millie Hill bat caveIron Mountain, Michigan[14]
22003Cranbrook Institute of ScienceBloomfield Hills, Michigan[15]
32004Cranbrook Institute of ScienceBloomfield Hills, Michigan[16]
42005Iron Mountain, Michigan[17]
52006
62007Indiana State UniversityTerre Haute, Indiana [18]
72008
82009Milwaukee ZooMilwaukee, Wisconsin[19]
92010Cranbrook Institute of ScienceBloomfield Hills, Michigan[20]
102011Cranbrook Institute of ScienceBloomfield Hills, Michigan[21] [22] [23]
112012Southfield Civic Center ArenaSouthfield, Michigan[24]
122013Southfield PavilionSouthfield, Michigan[25] [26]
132014Ann Arbor Hands-On MuseumAnn Arbor, Michigan[27]
142015Cranbrook Institute of ScienceBloomfield Hills, Michigan[28] [29]
152016Macomb Intermediate School DistrictClinton Township, Michigan[30] [31]
162017Michigan Science CenterDetroit, Michigan[32]
172018Potter Park ZooLansing, Michigan[33]
182019Belle Isle Nature Center (Detroit Zoo)Detroit, Michigan[34] [35]

Dissolution

The Great Lakes Bat Festival was dissolved in 2018 due to its organizer, Organization for Bat Conservation, ceasing operations. This was because of the termination of its co-founder, Rob Mies, as well as financial issues.[36]

Notable speakers and guests

External links

Notes and References

  1. Organization for Bat Conservation . Bat Conservation Journal . Spring 2008.
  2. Web site: Kording . Nan . 2017-07-06 . Batty for bats . 2023-11-07 . Illinois Times . en.
  3. Web site: Price . Will . 2022-09-17 . Bat Festival makes return to Indiana State . 2023-11-07 . MyWabashValley.com . en-US.
  4. Web site: ISUBatCenter College of Arts and Sciences . 2023-11-07 . www.indstate.edu.
  5. Web site: Blanchette . Aimee . 2017-08-10 . Minnesota's first bat festival aims to prove that these flying critters aren't so creepy . 2023-11-07 . Star Tribune.
  6. Hoffmaster . Eric . Vonk . Jennifer . Mies . Rob . 2016-01-15 . Education to Action: Improving Public Perception of Bats . Animals . 6 . 1 . 6 . 10.3390/ani6010006 . 2076-2615 . 4730123 . 26784239 . free .
  7. Web site: Want a Dream Pet? Join Pets 'n' Friends Today! . 2023-12-31 . Pets 'n' Friends.
  8. Web site: 2016-11-09 . Bat Week Highlights with Amy Wray – Gratton Lab . 2023-11-07 . gratton.entomology.wisc.edu.
  9. Cranbrook Institute of Science, www.PureMichigan.org/Things-to-Do/Events "Great Lakes Bat Festival at Cranbrook Institute of Science."
  10. News: 2007-05-21 . Great Lakes Bat Festival To Take Place at ISU in August . Indiana State University - ISU Newsroom.
  11. Web site: 8th Annual Great Lakes Bat Festival Flying Into The Milwaukee County Zoo . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090813221355/http://www.milwaukeezoo.org/events/batfestival.php . 2009-08-13 . 2018-11-12.
  12. News: Morscheck . Richard . 2005-07-25 . E-M:/Fourth Annual Great Lakes Bat Festival . Enviro-Mich.
  13. Fall 2005 . Thousands Gather for 2005 Bat Festivals . The Spotting Scope . 11 . 1 . Michigan Department of Natural Resources.
  14. News: 2002-04-04 . Bats get a wingding . 6 . News-Press.
  15. 2003 . Future Meetings and Events . Bat Research News . 44 . 1 . 81.
  16. 2004 . Future Meetings and Events . Bat Research News . 45 . 1 . 84.
  17. Web site: Blake . Erica . 2005-08-07 . Holy bat conservation! . 2023-11-07 . The Blade . en.
  18. Web site: Bat Conservation Efforts Critter Catchers, Inc. . 2023-11-07 . www.crittercatchersinc.com.
  19. Web site: Zoological Society of Milwaukee . 2013-07-26 . September/October 2009 Wild Things . 2023-11-07 . issuu.com . en.
  20. Web site: 2010-02-15 . Critter Catchers winging way into Great Lakes Bat Festival . 2023-11-07 . www.crittercatchersinc.com.
  21. Web site: 2011-07-03 . Cranbrook Institute of Science's 10th annual Great Lakes Bat Festival features 12 species of bats . 2023-11-07 . Mayuri Munot's ePortfolio . en.
  22. Web site: Critter Catchers at Great Lakes Bat Festival . 2023-11-07 . www.crittercatchersinc.com.
  23. Web site: 2011-07-08 . Great Lakes Bat Festival returns to Mich. museum . 2023-11-07 . The Victoria Advocate . en.
  24. Web site: 2012-06-06 . OBC'S Annual Bat Festival . 2023-11-07 . One Brick.
  25. Web site: Proxmire . Crystal . 2013-10-02 . Bat Festival Brings Fun & Learning to Southfield (video) . 2023-11-07 . Oakland County Times . en-US.
  26. Web site: Proxmire . Crystal . 2013-09-21 . Annual Bat Festival at Southfield Pavillion Sept. 28 . 2023-11-07 . Oakland County Times . en-US.
  27. Web site: DeVito . Lee . 2014-09-26 . 13th Annual Great Lakes Bat Festival comes to Ann Arbor . 2023-11-07 . Detroit Metro Times . en.
  28. Web site: Dunn . Patrick . 2015-09-24 . Bat festival studies a species that used to be uncool . 2023-11-07 . The Detroit News . en-US.
  29. Web site: Linn . Morgan . 2016-09-29 . Great Lakes festival crowd goes batty over bats Great Lakes Echo . 2023-11-07 . greatlakesecho.org . en-US.
  30. Web site: 2016-09-16 . 15th annual Great Lakes Bat Festival Sept. 17 . 2023-11-07 . FOX 2 Detroit . en-US.
  31. Web site: Devlin . Eamon . 2016-07-07 . Conservation in the bat zone Great Lakes Echo . 2023-11-07 . greatlakesecho.org . en-US.
  32. Web site: Brennan . Mike . 2017-09-08 . Michigan Science Center Offers Great Lakes Bat Festival Sept. 23 . 2023-11-07 . MITechNews . en-US.
  33. Web site: 2018-10-06 . Great Lakes Bat Festival – Bat Association of MSU . 2023-11-07 . en.
  34. Web site: Great Lakes Bat Festival . 2023-11-07 . Belle Isle Nature Center . en-US.
  35. Web site: 2019-09-26 . Great Lakes Bat Festival Comes to the Belle Isle Nature Center October 5 . 2023-11-07 . Detroit Zoo . en-US.
  36. Web site: Abdel-Baqui . Omar . Popular Bat Zone faces shutdown after co-founder terminated . 2024-01-23 . Detroit Free Press . en-US.

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