Bat Week
Bat Week is an international, annual celebration designed to raise awareness about the need for bat conservation. Bats are amazing creatures that are vital to the health of our natural world and economy. Although we may not always see them, bats are hard at work all around the world each night - eating tons of insects, pollinating flowers, and spreading seeds that grow new plants and trees. - batweek.org
The Montana State Library and Fish, Wildlife, and Parks partner to help libraries around the state celebrate Bat Week to raise awareness and educate communities about the importance of bats. See below for current and previous Bat Week resources:
There are two ways you can borrow a Bat Week Celebration Trunk:
You can borrow a Bat Week Celebration Trunk from one of the 4 hosting libraries listed below (contact the library with questions):
Molly Hudson, Lewis and Clark County Library
Ashley Martin, Havre-Hill County Library
Liza Butler-Aveson, ImagineIF Kalispell
Allynne Ellis, Billings Public Library
You can borrow a Bat Week Celebration Trunk from the Montana State Library directly, through the MSL Trunk Program. Please see the MSL Trunk Program page for more information.
Bat Week Celebration Trunk Contents:
Bat Week 2020: MSL and FWP distributed the Bat Week Resources packet to interested libraries. No packages were given due to COVID.
Bat Week 2018: The Montana State Library partnered with Fish, Wildlife, and Parks to participate in Bat Week 2018, an "annual, international celebration of the role of bats in nature." FWP and MSL provided Bat Week packages to interested libraries across Montana to help promote and teach Montanans about the importance of this creature in the world, and many libraries enjoyed doing bat-themed activities with their communities
