Bat CREW

There are 25 species of California Bats, almost all of which are insectivorous (insect eating). These bats consume vast quantities of insects nightly, including mosquitoes and pests that destroy crops and cost farmers billions of dollars annually. Seven of the California bat species are listed as "species of special concern" by the California Department of Fish and Game. This designation means bat numbers are declining and special management is required in order to preclude further losses. On a federal level, 13 bat species in California are Candidate Species for listing as Threatened or Endangered by the US Department of Fish and Wildlife.

California bat populations are deteriorating from both intentional destruction by humankind or by indirect human activity such as a loss of habitat through land development. Bats frequently live and raise their young in forested areas and they often forage for insects near water sources. Land development resulting in a loss of natural vegetation poses serious consequences for bats. This loss of habitat has forced bats to look for alternate roosting sites which sometimes include roof voids, attics, vacant buildings and barns. Roosting in human structures frequently poses problems for bats as well as people. However, some farmers and homeowners across the State have become educated about the benefit of bats as an inexpensive, natural means of insect control, and they want to attract these useful mammals to their property.

We must all become proactive and work to conserve and protect what little remaining laws, protections, and wild lands still exist to maintain some semblance of sanity in what man has done to this world.

Education is the most important tool we have to fight ignorance and to promote conservation.
Our organization is dedicated to saving bats and protecting the habitat they need to survive.

To that end, fifty percent of Bat CREW profits are donated to bat and other conservation organizations. The remaining fifty percent provides funding for wildlife and conservation education of individual young people or youth groups.