Andrew Berry tramped through furling leaves searching for a particular tree in the Cedar Creek Wildlife Corridor. The trees were bare that frigid December morning. To the untrained eye the upland forest looked nearly identical in every direction, but Berry – who is the conservation director overseeing Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest Bullitt County – found it.
The tree, admittedly, is not much to look at. The trunk is broken in half, the shaggy bark peeling back like wallpaper. But for northern long-eared bats, the tree is a daycare center.
