Nebraska Bird Partnership

The U.S. Forest Service said Tuesday it was barring entry to a cave in the Nebraska National Forest in northwest Nebraska near Chadron because of white-nose syndrome, which has killed nearly a million bats in the eastern and southern U.S. and is spreading west.  The Nebraska cave is just one of many in several states being closed on USFS land.  The agency said it took the action to help prevent humans from inadvertently spreading the disease.

Learn more about the cave closings from the Lincoln Journal-Star.