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In this photo taken March 9, 2018, Alaska Department of Fish and Game Wildlife Biologist Tory Rhoads checks on a bat monitoring station at Fish Creek in Juneau, Alaska. Bat researchers across the country fear the spread of the deadly white-nose syndrome (WNS), a fungal infection which has decimated bat populations in eastern states and has recently been found in Washington state. WNS still hasn't found its way to Alaska, but if and when it does, scientists at the Alaska Department of Fish and Game want to be prepared. To do so, they say they'll need to help of citizen scientists. (Kevin Gullufsen/Juneau Empire via AP)

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$1.4 million in grants announced to fight bat disease

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In this Monday, June 19, 2017 photo, University of Minnesota scientist Christine Salomon checks fungus samples in the Soudan mine, in Soudan, Minn. Salomon is one of dozens of researchers across the country looking for a way to stop white nose syndrome, a fungal disease decimating bat populations. Salomon is testing bacteria which might inhibit the growth of the fungus causing the disease. (Dan Gunderson/Minnesota Public Radio via AP)

Researchers aim to slow a bat disease in Minnesota

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