The primary goal of this UConn Natural Resources Conservation Academy Conservation Training Program Project (CTP) was to raise our own awareness about bats in or near Kent, Connecticut. We accomplished this by traveling around in our "batmobile" to listen for bats and talk to bat rehabilitates in the area. In turn, our increased awareness was used to help educate others in the community about the importance of bats in the ecosystem. This project was conducted under the direction of the University of Connecticut's Natural Resources Conservation Academy (NRCA), Kent Land Trust (KLT) and Marvelwood School.

This ArcGIS story map documents our travels to detect bats acoustically in and near Kent, CT. It also incorporates a children's program about bats, created for the Kent Memorial Library and Kent Conservation Commission. Our goal was to help people of all ages learn more about bats so that in the future they will help to protect these beautiful, beneficial and mysterious creatures.