Observing Bats

8:15 - 9:45 p.m., Saturday, July 12, 2025
Location
1365 W. Schafer Park Road, Elma, WA 98541
In person, hybrid, virtual
In-person
Free/Fee
Free
Wheelchair accessible
Unknown
On public transit route
No

Join WDFW and Woodland Park Zoo to learn about and count bats at Schafer State Park! This event will start at 8:15 p.m. Saturday, July 12, in the day use area of the park, 1365 W. Schafer Park Road, Elma.

Why are bats important? Where do they live? Learn the answers to these questions and collect data on bat activity to help determine when and where bats are active across the Pacific Northwest.

Bring a chair to this family-friendly event! Friends of Schafer and Lake Sylvia will cover Discover Pass fees for attendees.

Little brown bat
Photo by WDFW

Notice of Photography and/or Videography. When you attend this event, you enter an area where photography and/or videography (which includes audio recording) may occur. By entering the event premises, you consent to such photography and/or videography and their release, publication, exhibition, or reproduction by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. If you prefer not to have your photo and/or video taken, please inform WDFW staff immediately upon arrival. Staff will provide a sticker or tape for you to wear. You must wear the sticker/tape at all times. WDFW will make an effort to edit or remove any photos and/or video of you in which the sticker/tape is present. Any photos and/or videos posted in error will be immediately edited or removed upon request.

Due to the nature of audio recording that is a necessary part of videography, WDFW cannot warrant that outside/ambient audio from other individuals won’t be captured and released as part of said videography. All parties attending such an event consent to WDFW using such outside/ambient audio recording as part of any videography process.