Bat Cave and Cascade Caverns State Nature Preserves
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Bat Cave and Cascade Caverns State Nature Preserves
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| location | Carter County , Kentucky , United States | |
| surface | 59 ha | |
| Geographical location | 38 ° 21 ′ N , 83 ° 7 ′ W | |
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| Setup date | 1981 | |
Bat Cave and Cascade Caverns State Nature Preserves are two Nature Preserves totaling 146 acres (59 hectares) within the boundaries of Carter Caves State Resort Park in Carter County , Kentucky , United States . Bat Cave was established on December 16, 1981 as part of the Office of Kentucky Nature Preserves system to protect the Indiana mouse- eared bat (Myotis sodalis), as this bat species overwinter in the caves with up to 28,000 specimens. The Cascade Caverns Preserve was established to protect two rare plant species in Kentucky, the Vermont maple (Acer spicatum) and the Canadian yew (Canadian yew).
Individual evidence
- ^ Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey.
- ^ Bat Cave State Nature Preserve . Office of Kentucky Nature Preserves . Retrieved November 14, 2011.
- ^ Cascade Caverns State Nature Preserve . Office of Kentucky Nature Preserves . Retrieved January 22, 2015.
literature
- John E. Kleber: The Kentucky Encyclopedia. University Press of Kentucky 2015: 674 . ISBN 0813159016 , 9780813159010
- Zoe Strecker: Kentucky Off the Beaten Path®: A Guide to Unique Places. Off the Beaten Path Series 10; (with Jackie Sheckler Finch) Rowman & Littlefield 2015: 121 . ISBN 1493017098 , 9781493017096
- Thomas G. Barnes: Kentucky's Last Great Places. University Press of Kentucky 2002: 101 . ISBN 0813129222 , 9780813129228
Web links
- Cascade Caverns State Nature Preserve
- Bat Cave State Nature Preserve
- Map of Cascade Caverns Preserve, Protected Planet.net
- Carter Caves on the Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet home page .