Program, the Game Commission in 2016 reopened a sealed entrance to a Blair County mine, creating a sink-hole opening that was gated. The new opening cooled the mine significantly and bats responded. The next winter, 26 little browns hibernated there. The next winter, 36. This past winter, 72 hibernated there. "Seventy-two bats might not seem like a lot, but with only seven bats in 2016, and a historic high count of 113 - 82 little brown bats - in 2002 for this site, these gains suggest that this technique could be a first tool for managers to help bats fight this devastating disease," Turner said. The Game Commission now is using this technique at several new sites to see if similar positive results can be achieved. Other locations where alterations are occurring include a site in Huntington County and another in Fayette County. The Game Commission has plans to alter bat hibernacula in each of its six regions to provide additional hibernation options to cave bats. But site work 50 f 0 _ 38 f 45 f 0 12 0