Bats will be surveyed in and around the Apalachicola National Forest
(ANF), Florida Panhandle (southwest of Tallahassee, east of Panama City).
The ANF is the largest national forest in Florida, with nearly
600,000 acres. Much of the forest is dominated by longleaf pine and slash
pine, with an understory of palmetto, gallberry, and wiregrass. Other
interesting features include bay, cypress, gum, and titi swamps (where black
gum, red maple, and wax myrtle are common), seepage bogs, and geological
sinks which are surrounded by mesic hardwood forests.
Likely survey locations outside ANF include Torreya State Park,
Joe Budd Wildlife Management Area, Lake Talquin and Tate's Hell State
Forest, and Apalachicola Bluffs and Ravines Preserve.
