BatCentral: A division dealing with managing bats and solving bat/human conflicts.

BatCentral>>Bat Facts
Background information on bats in general
Detailed information on Pennsylvania bats
frequently asked questions

BatCentral>>True Solutions
Artificial roosts proven to be effective- BCM Bat Boxes
Why other boxes fail
Determining how many bats are in a structure
Choose the best location for a bat box
Health and other box considerations
Why exterminating won't work
Why "BCI Bat House Approved" is so important

BatCentral>>Eviction Notice
Keeping bats out of a structure
Materials for batproofing a structure
Health considerations when evicting

BatCentral>>Build a box
Before you begin a project
Build a Three Chamber Box
Build a Seven Chamber Box
Constructing a pole mount

BatCentral>>Box Installation
How to properly install a box and post

ProjectCentral: A division which publishes recent research, discoveries, or documentation of bat-related topics.

ProjectCentral>>Bat Boxes
Going beyond simple one box setups, these are some other ideas BCM helped make a reality

ProjectCentral>>Bat Surveys
We go underground in abandoned mines and caves to track hibernating bats. Many reports include multiple photos of these special sites.

ProjectCentral>>Cale's Canyon
Follow a "hydromining" crew while they discover new passages in Pennsylvania's longest commercial cave

ProjectCentral>>Cave Rescue
Scenes from the April 1999 Orientation to Cave Rescue held in southwestern Pennsylvania

ProjectCentral>>PGC/MAR FAQs
Correct information regarding the ongoing land use debate involving the PA Game Commission and the Mid Appalachian Region

ProjectCentral>>Swecker Cave
An overview of a new cave discovery in central West Virginia

ProjectCentral>>Temperate Zone
We compare critical temperature readings in different sized bat boxes

ProjectCentral>>Temperate Zone2
We compare critical temperatures involving different colored roofs and exteriors of bat boxes

ProjectCentral>>Tunnels
We report on artifical bat hibernaculms and some experiments used to provide bats with suitable winter roosts

ProjectCentral>>Twilight Zone
Incredible views from just below the ground, by renouned photographer JC.

ProjectCentral>>Roxbury Mine Gate
Large cage gate in CT leave hibernacula secure.

ProjectCentral>>Audubon Copper Mine Gate
BCM secures abandoned mine for bats in PA.

ProjectCentral>>Sanders Cave Gate
BCM associates travel to IL for medium sized cave gate.

ProjectCentral>>Route 6 Mine Gate
BCM associates travel to NE PA to complete a mine gate in only 16 hours.

ProjectCentral>>Bat Movies
We've taken our camcorder to strange places and taped strange things, worth a browse, download free!

ProjectCentral>>Laguna de Sanchez Project
Updates and general information on a Mexico cave survey expedition.

CatalogCentral: An overview of products and services offered by BCM

CatalogCentral>>Bat Boxes
Three Chamber Boxes and kits
Seven Chamber Boxes and kits
Pole mounts and replacement baffles

CatalogCentral>>Bat Condos
Bat Condos for community level bat management solutions

CatalogCentral>>Eviction Package
Box installation, site assessment, and structure sealing in one package

CatalogCentral>>Guano
High grade fertilizer--- no weed seeds here!

CatalogCentral>>Harp traps
Custom built live traps for monitoring abandoned mines

CatalogCentral>>Hibernaculm projects
Bat friendly gates and long term temperature monitoring

CatalogCentral>>Summer Projects
Anabat studies, mist netting, and telemetry tracking

CatalogCentral>>Media
Books, videos, bat box plans