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Waugh Bat Colony, Decimated By Harvey, Faces Slow Recovery

Andrew Schneider, Politics & Government Reporter

Posted on December 29, 2017 · Some 300,000 Mexican free-tailed bats lived Waugh Drive Bridge before Harvey. Roughly 100,000 are left

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