Shortly after the 1996 Four Corners Bat Meetings, where the Western Bat Working Group was formed, a handful of biologists from Colorado convened to develop a Colorado Bat Conservation Plan. Loosely aligned as a sub-committee of the WBWG, their mission was to develop a plan to conserve bat species found in Colorado. It wasn’t until 1998 that the group began referring to themselves as the Colorado Bat Working Group. Cheri Jones, then of the Denver Museum of Natural History, was the first chair of the group.
The Colorado Bat Working Group is a member of the Western Bat Working Group. The WBWG is a member of the North American Bat Conservation Working Group, which is a cooperative member within the International Association of Fish and Wildlife Association.
Dan Neubaum, Chair
Colorado Parks and Wildlife
- Robert Schorr, Secretary
Colorado Natural Heritage Program - Lance Carpenter, Board Member
Colorado Parks and Wildlife - Kevin Castle, Board Member
Wildlife Veterinary Consultants LLC - Paul Cryan, Board Member
U.S.G.S. - Mikele Painter, Board Member
U.S. Forest Service - Toni Piaggio, Board Member
U.S.D.A. APHIS - Matt Rustad, Board Member
Bureau of Land Management - Michelle Verant, Board Member
National Park Service
- Cheri Jones (1996-1998, Denver Museum of Natural History)
- Michael Wunder (1998-2000, Colorado Natural Heritage Program)
- Laura Ellison (2000-2003, USGS Biological Resources Division)
- Kristen Philbrook (co-chair, 2003-2009, U.S. Forest Service)
- Laura Ellison (co-chair, 2009-2015, USGS BRD)
- Kirk Navo (co-chair, 2003-2017, Colorado Division of Wildlife)
- Dan Neubaum (co-chair, 2016 - present, Colorado Parks and Wildlife)
Federal Partners
State Partners
- CBWG 2019 Minutes (Sept 20, 2019)
- CBWG 2018 Minutes (Oct 12, 2018)
- CBWG 2017 Minutes (Oct 12, 2017)
- CBWG 2016 Minutes (Oct 21, 2016)
- CBWG 2015 Minutes (Nov 9, 2015)
- CBWG 2014 Minutes (Nov 10, 2014)
- CBWG 2013 Minutes (Nov 1, 2013)
- CBWG 2012 Minutes (Nov 15, 2012)
- CBWG 2010 Minutes (Oct 27, 2010)
- CBWG 2009 Minutes (Oct 16, 2009)
- CBWG 2008 Minutes (April 25, 2008)
- CBWG 2007 Minutes (May 18, 2007)
- CBWG 2006 Minutes (April 14, 2006)
- CBWG 2005 Minutes (April 22, 2005)
- CBWG 2004 Minutes (April 27, 2004)
- CBWG 2003 Minutes (April 11, 2003)
