Lisa Bate

Glacier National Park Wildlife Biologist

Wednesday, August 14, 2023
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM

Where: Glacier Park Lodge

Glacier National Park Wildlife Biologist Lisa Bate talks about bats in our ecosystem. Bats make up one fourth of all mammalian species found on Earth. They range in size from the tiny bumblebee bat—weighing less than a penny—to the flying fox bat, which can have a wingspan of up to six feet! In Glacier National Park, biologists confirmed the presence of 10 bat species. Glacier Wildlife Biologist, Lisa Bate, will discuss the importance of bats to our ecosystems, some of the threats bats face, what we can do at home to support these special night creatures, and updates on the current status of Glacier’s Bat Inventory, Monitoring, and Research Program.

Lisa is a wildlife biologist in Glacier National Park. She specializes in birds and bats, overseeing multiple research, inventory, and monitoring programs including harlequin ducks, songbirds, raptor nesting and migration, black swifts, Clark’s nutcrackers, and bats. Lisa Bate also oversees wildlife and compliance monitoring for projects like the reconstruction of the Going-to-the-Sun and Many Glacier Roads, focused on preventing detrimental effects to grizzly bears. Prior to her employment at GNP, Lisa worked as a private research wildlife biologist focusing mainly on birds, cavity-nesting species, and their habitat.