
Tiny bats put kibosh on power line tree-cutting for 2 months
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Tree-cutting on a key stretch of a $1 billion hydropower project in western Maine is going to stop almost as soon as it started to protect the newly born young of a federally protected bat.
A permit issued by the Army Corps of Engineers in November prohibited tree-cutting during June and July, and tree crews who’re already on the job had planned to stop during the two-month period to protect the bats, whose populations have been decimated by so-called white nose syndrome. "NECEC Transmission LLC has been aware of this prohibition since the beginning of the federal consultation and permitting process and will comply with it," NECEC said in a statement.More Related News