Spring Cave, others closed until April for area bat protection

RBC I As of Aug. 1, all caves on the White River National Forest have been managed under new direction. An adaptive management plan was developed to reduce the potential spread of white-nose syndrome in bats, while providing reasonable access to the caving community.
Since its discovery in 2006, white-nose syndrome has caused the death of more than 5 million bats in eastern North America. Bats are tough predators of mosquitos and other flying insects.…