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Blog Invitado: Salva un murciélago, planta un agave

June 5, 2019/by Mylea Bayless

El suroeste de Estados Unidos y el norte de México son hermosos durante la primavera. Las mañanas frescas revelan polinizadores migratorios que se extienden hacia el norte a través del paisaje forestal. Los colibríes, mariposas y murciélagos revolotean al norte con el brote de flores y plantas, ansiosos por comenzar sus familias y la crianza de sus crías. La migración de los murciélagos magueyeros y su dependencia de plantas como el agave y el cactus columnar, es similar a la conexión que tienen las mariposas monarcas con el algodoncillo. Para que estos murciélagos puedan sobrevivir necesitan el néctar de la flor del agave y cactus columnar.

El corredor del néctar es frágil; cada grupo de plantas que florece no debe de estar más lejos de lo que su polinizador preferido puede volar. Cuando el desarrollo y la conversión de tierras no toman en cuenta este conjunto de plantas, el ciclo puede verse interrumpido. Con la cuidadosa restauración del paisaje forestal de plantas de néctar, principalmente el agave, se puede proveer el néctar necesario para que estos mamíferos puedan alimentarse y poder continuar con su viaje hacia el norte, donde se encuentran las cuevas de maternidad donde podrán resguardarse y criar a su descendencia. A través de un esfuerzo en conjunto, podemos proteger la migración de estos murciélagos así mismo como de otros polinizadores.

Ante la presencia de plantas nativas, el agave hace una declaración audaz de sustentabilidad ante las sequías. Las altas panículas en floración atraen a una gran cantidad de insectos nativos y son un elemento crítico para los murciélagos mexicanos y magueyeros. Los racimos del quiote, flor del agave, también cuentan una historia sobre la comunidad, la cultura y la sustenibilidad del país ya que el agave es parte de la identidad cultural de muchas comunidades. Para muchas culturas tradicionales, particularmente en México, el agave es una planta importante utilizada para las bebidas y platillos típicos tradicionales, el control de la erosión, el cercado de pastos y forraje para el ganado, especialmente en los tiempos de sequía.

La restauración del corredor de néctar puede utilizarse para lograr una gran variedad de metas de empresariales beneficiando así a los murciélagos nectarívoros y al mismo tiempo ayudando a las comunidades locales relacionadas culturalmente con el agave. Esta restauración de paisaje forestal es una estrategia para compañías de sectores privados que aceptan el desafío de pensar de manera diferente sobre como rediseñar su imagen corporativa, transformando y rehabilitando terrenos forestales y priorizando la educación STEM.

Al sembrar agave, el sector privado también puede desempeñar un papel importante dentro de la rehabilitación y protección de especies en peligro de extinción mejorando la Conectividad del hábitat para los polinizadores como el murciélago mexicano y el murciélago magueyero.

Este año, en honor a la Semana de Polinizador (Junio 17-23), los invitamos a participar en nuestra red de empresas para sembrar agave para los murciélagos a lo largo de un corredor de néctar desde el norte de México pasando por el sur de Texas, Nuevo México y Arizona. Para mayor información, ingresa a nuestro webinar este 10 de julio a la 1:00 pm, hora del este. Mediante la siembra de agave y con tu participación podrás obtener un certificado de conservación por medio de una colaboración con Bat Conservation International para la protección de murciélagos nectarívoros.

¡Únete a nosotros! Salvemos a los murciélagos sembrando agave – ¡Te necesitamos!

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Guest Blog: Save a Bat, Plant an Agave

June 5, 2019/by Mylea Bayless

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The American southwest and northern Mexico are beautiful in the spring. The cool mornings reveal migrating pollinators spreading north across the landscape. Hummingbirds, butterflies and bats hopscotch north with the pulse of blooming plants, eager to start their families and raise their young. Migrating long-nosed bats and their reliance on agave and columnar cacti is akin in scale and connectedness to monarchs and milkweed. These bats need nectar from blooming agave and columnar cacti to survive.

The nectar corridor is fragile; each cluster of blooming plants must not be farther than their preferred pollinator can fly. When development and land conversion do not take this network of plants into consideration, the system can become disrupted. Thoughtful landscape restoration of nectar plants, primarily agave, can provide the nectar network these bats need to fuel their journey northward to their maternity caves where they will bear and raise their young. We can protect the migration of these bats and other pollinators through a combined effort.

Borderlands agave. Photo by Bill Hatcher.

Agave makes a bold statement in drought-tolerant native landscaping. Towering panicles of blooming flowers attract a host of native insects and are a critical staple for Mexican and lesser long-nosed bats. Clusters of blooming agave also tell a story about community, culture and sustainability. Agave is part of the cultural identity for many communities. Agave is part of the cultural identity for many communities. For many traditional cultures, particularly in Mexico, agave is an important plant used for traditional drinks and food, local fibers, erosion control, pasture fencing and forage for cattle, particularly in dry years.

Nectar corridor restoration can be used to meet a whole variety of business goals while also benefiting nectar bats and local communities with cultural ties to agave. They are one strategy for private companies to challenge themselves to think differently about how to reimagine their corporate campus, transform and restore remediation sites, and prioritize STEM education. The private sector can also play a critical role in the recovery and protection of endangered species by planting agave to enhance habitat connectivity for pollinators like Mexican and lesser long-nosed bats.

View the on-demand webinar – Bats and Agave: Nectar Corridors and Cultural Connections in the Southwest – to learn more through about this opportunity to pursue WHC Conservation Certification through a collaboration with Bat Conservation International to protect migratory nectar bats by planting agave.

Join us and save bats by planting agave – we need you!

Mylea Bayless leads Bat Conservation International’s newly developed Network & Partnerships Division with over 20 years of experience in building collaborative teams for conservation, research, and wildlife management. Bayless joined BCI in 2006, with a career portfolio including State and Federal agency service and Academic research. Including bats, her research background includes a variety of wildlife (including spotted owls, bald eagles, American pronghorn, Merriam’s turkeys, and Rocky Mountain elk). She holds degrees from Colorado State University (B.S., M.S.).

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