KY Protecting Endangered Indiana Bat

{Frankfort, Kentucky}…The Kentucky Division of Forestry has signed an agreement with federal officials that will help protect the endangered Indiana bat. Lee Andrews, who supervises the Kentucky Field Office for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, says the agreement will assure that state forest lands will be managed in a way that is beneficial to the bat. Indiana bats have been encountered in five of the state's 10 forests, Big Rivers, Green River, Kentenia, Kentucky Ridge, and Tygarts State Forests.