Bat populations in North America have undergone unprecedented declines because of impacts from wind energy development and new diseases. In western North America, assessing how such impacts alter bat populations can be challenging, as many bats may roost in inaccessible cracks and crevices. One group of resource users, rock climbers, may be uniquely qualified to assist the conservation of western North American bats by providing information on bat roost locations. This project will create a working group of rock climbing interest groups, Colorado State University (CSU) biologists and human dimension specialists, and CSU students to strategically collect information on bat roost locations and share bat conservation information with the climbing community. less ↑