after dusk, but neither came fron the cave. One bat, 

 tentatively icJentified as a Myotis yiiaanensis male, was 

 captured in the harp trap as it exited the cave. 



Hairy Lip Cave 



The entrance to this cave is located in an old clear cut 3.8 

 miles west of the Storm Lake junction south of the Peterson 

 Meadows rxDad. Because the cave drops into a deep pit about 15 

 feet past the mouth of the cave, temperature and humidity were 

 not taken. At dusk en August 5, one Myotis was seen leaving 

 the cave mouth, and heading north, and another was heard with 

 the bat detector in a 15 minute period. Mist nets were set up 

 around the entrance but no bats were captured. 



Spelunkers that have been down in the cave reported seeing no 

 bats (G. Hanson and M, Madsen, pers. oom.). 



This cave was again visited on September 25. The weather 

 was clear and cold. The bat detector was used at the 

 entrance for two hours. No bats were heard. 



Garrity Cave 



This cave is located on a high ridge northwest of Anaconda. An 

 all-wheel drive vehicle is apparently necessary to reach this 

 cave, thus it was not visited, Spelunkers that have been in 



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