,,iv  #aaf? ,,congress  #a/ ,session    
,h4 ,,res4 #ffc  ,,9 ,,! ,,h\se ,,(     
,,repres5tatives  ,octob] #cj1 #bjai,mr4
 ,?ompson ( ,p5nsylvania 7= himself &   
,mr4 ,wel*7 submitt$ ! foll[+           
resolution2 :i* 0 ref]r$ to ! ,committee
 on ,agriculture  ,,resolution          
,express+ support = ! designation ( !   
week ( ,octob] #bd1 #bjai1 to ,octob]   
#ca1 #bjai1 z ,bat,week4  ,:]eas bats   
are vital to ! su/a9ability ( natural   
ecosy/ems1 national economies1 & human  
heal? by controll+ damag+ insect pe/s1  
poll9at+ plants su* z fruits &          
vegetables1 & disp]s+ se$s to ensure    
heal?y function+ ecosy/ems1 & rese>*    
sugge/s t bats save ,am]ican f>m]s m ?an
 #c billion 9 pe/ control e ye>2 ,:]eas 
bats h captur$ ! human imag9ation ?r\gh 
backy>d sight+s1 folklore1 my?s1 &      
leg5ds1 & outrea* & education ab\t !    
importance ( bats are in/rum5tal2 ,:]eas
 bats are pres5t ?r\gh\t ! _w1 except 9 
extremely cold regions1 & are !         
second-l>ge/ ord] ( mammals ) ov] #a1cjj

 species2 ,:]eas a deadly fungus caus+  
:ite-nose syndrome1 a disease t has     
kill$ millions ( bats 9 ,nor? ,am]ica1  
has n[ spread to #ch ,/ates2 ,:]eas !   
disease has be5 confirm$ 9 #ab species (
 hib]nat+ bats 9 ! ,unit$ ,/ates & is ! 
prim>y cause = ! significant decl9e 9   
populations ( sev]al bat species1       
especially ! tricolor$ bat1 ! little    
br[n bat1 & ! f$]ally ?reat5$ nor!rn    
long-e>$ bat2 ,:]eas ! ,dep>tm5t ( !    
,int]ior's p>ticipation ?r\gh ! ,unit$  
,/ates ,fi% & ,wildlife ,s]vice1 ,unit$ 
,/ates ,geological ,survey1 ,national   
,p>k ,s]vice1 & ,bureau ( ,l&           
,managem5t1 is lead+ ! int]national     
response to ! disease 9 p>tn]%ip ) m ?an
 #ajj ,f$]al & ,/ate ag5cies1 ,tribes1  
nongov]nm5tal organizations1 &          
univ]sities2 ,:]eas ! ,unit$ ,/ates ,fi%
 & ,wildlife ,s]vice is support+ a      
,:ite-nose ,syndrome ,*all5ge = ideas   
t[>d solutions t c help dis>m or weak5  
,pseudogymnoascus de/ructans1 ! fungus t
 causes :ite-nose syndrome disease (    

hib]nat+ bats2 ,:]eas ! ,unit$ ,/ates   
,fi% & ,wildlife ,s]vice has ent]$ into 
an agreem5t ) ! ,national ,fi% &        
,wildlife ,f\ndation to e/abli% a ,bats 
= ! ,future ,fund to raise private funds
 to curtail ! spread ( :ite-nose        
syndrome & spe$ ! recov]y ( bat         
populations2 & ,:]eas 9 ! pa/ decade1 ! 
int]national response to :ite-nose      
syndrome has made extraord9>y progress  
to und]/& ! disease1 sl[ ! spread1 &    
develop treatm5ts t hold promise =      
defeat+ ?is epidemic1 & !re=e x is      
critical = new public-private p>tn]%ips 
to defeat ! disease3 ,n[1 !re=e1 be x   
,t ! ,h\se ( ,repres5tatives-- 7#a7     
expresses support = ! designation (     
,bat,week2  7#b7 enc\rages ! obs]vance (
 ,bat,week ) appropriate ev5ts &        
activities2  7#c7 ackn[l$ges ! important
 role bats play z poll9ators & pe/      
control = agriculture2 &  7#d7 has !    
int5t to-- 7,a7 cont9ue work+ to cons]ve
 bat species & habitat2 &  7,b7 "w to   
defeat ! disease kn[n z :ite-nose       

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