Environmentalists with bats in the belfry may derail US-31 freeway project!

[Terry Shea]

http://www.southbendtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090511/News01/905110302/1130

Now I'd like to know how a known population of 300,000 makes something an endangered species...and apparently there's quite a large unknown population!  In fact, according to the article they seem to be finding colonies anywhere and everywhere.