Since 2018, CPCS biologists, Aimee Mitchell and Chris Currie, have participated in this ground-breaking research as contractors of the Wildlife Conservation Society of Canada. This project is looking at ways to mitigate the impact of White-nose syndrome (WNS) on bats, particularly the Endangered Little Brown Bat, for which millions of bats have died in the east. A probiotic, composed of locally fostered biota swabbed from several bat species and individuals has experimentally been deployed in select colony locations throughout the Lower Mainland and Fraser Valley. Since its detection in 2016 in Washington State, the BC Bat Team has been expecting the arrival of the fungus that causes WNS. A confirmed detection did occur in early 2023 in the Grand Forks area of British Columbia further highlighting the importance of this research in mitigating population declines in the west. A sister project is also being conducted in Washington State.