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Eagle Scout candidate proposes bat boxes at Meadow Pond and Town Forest parks
Summary
Catherine Brady, an Eagle Scout candidate, presented a plan May 7 to install bat boxes on steel poles at two Simsbury parks, estimated at about $800; committee members raised permitting and species questions and advised coordination with the wetlands and conservation commissions.
Catherine Brady, an Eagle Scout candidate from Troop 1175, presented a plan at the May 7 Simsbury Open Space Committee work group meeting to install bat boxes mounted on steel poles at two town parks, with an estimated project cost of about $800.
Brady told the committee the project would use “different varieties of wood, screws” and that “the main thing that will be a central cost will be steel poles” and that the project’s estimated budget “will be around $800.” She said she planned to install paired, back-to-back boxes on each pole to allow bats to choose sun exposure and increase chances of colony establishment.
The project outline included two mounting methods: an insert method using a hollow pole with a removable inner pole, and a cemented method…
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