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Katherine Hafner
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Environment Reporter, WHRO-TV (Norfolk, VA)
Norfolk
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‘A flat for a bat’: Dominion Energy working with CNU to turn power poles into habitat for endangered bats
By Katherine Hafner Verified| WHRO-TV (Norfolk, VA) Verified A few years ago, David Bilyeu learned at a Dominion Energy safety meeting that several species of bats, such as the northern long-eared and tricolored bats, are declining in Hampton Roads. The utility also realized that the rights of way where it puts its distribution equipment often create a sort of transitional habitat space preferred by many animals, including bats. Dominion saw some of the creatures already roosting on power poles, which resemble trees.
By Katherine Hafner Verified| InsideNova Verified A pollen puddle in Virginia Beach in April 2025. (Photo by Mechelle Hankerson/WHRO)By Katherine Hafner/WHRORivers of yellow plant dust lining local streets. Seemingly year-round symptoms: Residents of southeastern Virginia are all too familiar with the effects of pollen. But a recent report from the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America confirms it: Hampton Roads is particularly sneezy.
‘A flat for a bat’: Dominion Energy working with CNU to turn power poles into habitat for endangered bats
By Katherine Hafner Verified| WHRO-TV (Norfolk, VA) Verified A few years ago, David Bilyeu learned at a Dominion Energy safety meeting that several species of bats, such as the northern long-eared and tricolored bats, are declining in Hampton Roads. The utility also realized that the rights of way where it puts its distribution equipment often create a sort of transitional habitat space preferred by many animals, including bats. Dominion saw some of the creatures already roosting on power poles, which resemble trees.
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WHRO-TV (Norfolk, VA)
Norfolk, Virginia, United States
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