WEST has been assisting clients with bat‑related compliance for decades, bringing deep technical expertise to projects governed by the US Fish and Wildlife Service’s (USFWS) Range‑wide Indiana Bat and Northern Long‑eared Bat Survey Guidelines. As the upcoming bat survey season approaches, our team is prepared to support presence/absence mist‑netting, and acoustic surveys with the scientific rigor and regulatory insight clients rely on, across diverse project types and geographies.
Our bat program includes 13 biologists holding current USFWS 10(a)(1)(A) Recovery Permits, authorizing work with federally listed bat species across five USFWS regions, from the Mountain‑Prairie and Southwest to the Atlantic coast. WEST biologists are permitted to work with species including the Indiana bat, northern long‑eared bat, gray bat, Ozark big‑eared bat, and Virginia big‑eared bat, and are well positioned to support permit amendments related to the proposed listing of the tricolored bat and the ongoing review of the little brown bat.
WEST is also recognized as an industry leader in qualitative acoustic analysis, with 11 acoustic experts on staff and one of the largest acoustic detector inventories in North America (1,300 units). Members of our team have led USFWS training sessions on acoustic identification methods, and our dedicated bat coordination team is actively preparing for surveys nationwide across wind, solar, pipelines, transmission, and site‑specific clearing projects.
WEST enters the upcoming season ready to deliver defensible, expert‑led bat survey solutions. Contact us to learn how we can support your project.
