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New Zealand鈥檚 long-tailed bats are in decline for a variety of reasons, including habitat loss and predation by invasive pests such as rats and stoats.听But UNH students Bethany Balstad 鈥�19, Josie Davis听鈥�18 and Killian Fitzpatrick 鈥�18 听have completed that will help the reverse that trend. This past fall, they took part in U.S. Embassy-funded study that sheds important light on the behavior, habitat requirements and roosting sites of these rarely seen nocturnal mammals. Their findings听will inform local, regional and national conservation work.

The study is听part of a U.S.听Embassy-funded project administered by the听program. Since 1999, students from UNH and more than 80 other colleges and universities have participated in this unique study abroad opportunity,听 engaging in hands-on, multidisciplinary research while contributing to New Zealand鈥檚 restoration ecology and sustainable resource management initiatives.

The program, which is a partnership between UNH鈥檚 and the EcoQuest Education Foundation, provides a sustainable learning community for students experience first-hand how science, management, planning and policy can interact.听