Bats at Colorado National Park Diagnosed with White-Nose Syndrome

Bats at Colorado national park diagnosed with white-nose syndrome

Officials at Rocky Mountain National Park said this is the first documented case of the deadly bat disease on the Grand County side of the park.

Deadly bat disease detected in Rocky Mountain National Park

Park officials at Rocky Mountain National Park have confirmed the first case of White Nose Syndrome in a bat in Grand County, providing evidence that the fatal fungus-caused disease is pushing into the mountain interior of the state.

Testing confirms fungal disease white-nose syndrome in 3 bats at Rocky Mountain National Park

DENVER (KDVR) -- It has been confirmed that three bats at Rocky Mountain National Park were infected with a fungal disease known as white-nose syndrome, the first-ever confirmed detection in Grand County of the fungus that causes the disease. The confirmation comes months after laboratory testing done by the U.S. Geological Survey in April confirmed that the fungus, Pseudogymnoascus destructans, was positively detected in bats found in the Holzw…