The Northern Long-eared Bat (NLEB), Tri-colored Bat (TCB), and Little Brown Bat (LBB) Consultation Tool can be used to assist project proponents in evaluating potential impacts their project may have on these species and their habitats.
If your project has a federal connection (nexus), you must submit your project to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Virginia using their online project review tool. You may also need to coordinate with the appropriate federal agency that is authorizing, funding, or carrying out the proposed activity.
If your project does not have any federal nexus, you may use this interactive mapping tool to determine if your project site is located within a regulatory buffer and/or consultation range for any of these listed bats to determine if you need to consult with DWR’s Environmental Services Section (ESS) and/or adhere to conservation actions for these species, as described within ESS’s online additional resources.
- NLEB hibernacula: Documented hibernacula are circumscribed by a 0.25 mile inner regulatory buffer and 5.0 mile outer regulatory buffer.
- TCB and LBB hibernacula: Documented hibernacula are circumscribed by a 0.25 mile inner regulatory buffer and 3.0 mile outer regulatory buffer.
- NLEB, TCB and LBB roosts: Documented roosts are circumscribed by a 150 ft regulatory buffer.
- NLEB and TCB mist-net and auditory captures: Documented locations of the species are circumscribed by a 1.5 mile buffer.
- NLEB and TCB consultation range: Data downloaded from USFWS’s ECOS website that depicts the areas in Virginia where consultation for these species is necessary under state and federal endangered species acts.
- NLEB and TCB year-round Zone 1: Depicts areas in Virginia where these bats are living year-round.
Please refer to the Best Management Practices for Conservation of Little Brown Bats and Tri-colored Bats for additional guidance related to the conservation of these species, listed endangered in Virginia.
Access the Northern Long-eared Bat, Tri-colored Bat, and Little Brown Bat Consultation Tool