Oregon wildlife experts step up efforts to prevent a deadly fungal disease that attacks bats

A northern long-eared bat with white nose syndrome. (Steve Taylor, University of Illinois/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)

State wildlife experts have stepped up efforts to fight a deadly fungal disease that has infected over half the nation’s bat species and, on Tuesday, put one on the endangered species list. 

But, with the disease already in Washington state, they say it’s probably just a matter of time before it hits Oregon.

White-nose syndrome, which appears as…