About the Project
A rocket bat box can hold hundreds of bats.
In addition to conserving over 2,000 acres of important local habitat, EALT is implementing a bat conservation project. With the help of our amazing volunteer team, several bat boxes have already been installed at Boisvert's GreenWoods, Glory Hills and Pipestone Creek. By the end of this summer, there will be bat boxes installed on 6 of our conservation lands!
We've also developed a brochure on Alberta Bats to spread awareness about the importance of bats in our ecosystems.
How You Can Help
Volunteers installing our very first Rocket Bat Box at Boisvert's GreenWoods!
Donate to EALT's Batty for Bat Houses campaign to protect and restore important bat habitat.
Volunteer with EALT to steward local natural areas, install bat boxes, and monitor bat boxes. We have two volunteer events coming up that focus on improving bat habitat that you can sign up for today!
Saturday, August 12, 2017: Going Batty at Hicks and Golden Ranches
Wednesday, August 16, 2017: Boxes & Wire at Pipestone Creek
Build your own bat house!
Take a look at the instructions to build a Rocket Bat Box
Or look at the instructions to build a Four Chambered Nursery Bat Box
Check out the Alberta Community Bat Program for more info on building and installing bat boxes in Alberta.
About the Little Brown Bat
The little brown bat is the most likely inhabitant of the bat houses installed at EALT's conservation lands. Here are some interesting facts about this species of bat:
Photo by Gerald Romanchuk
A little brown bat will consume 600 to 1,000 mosquitoes, or mosquito-sized bugs, per hour, and eat more than half of their own body weight in insects each night!
Little brown bats can live up to 6 to 7 years of age
Read more about the little brown bat on our Species Spotlight!