ALTA, Utah — Around 75 people looked to the skies on Friday night at the Alta Ski Resort’s Wildcat Base, where people participated in an event meant to teach them something new about Utah’s bat population.
The event was held by the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources from 8:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. Michael Packer with DWR said there was up to 300 people on a waitlist for the event.
“It’s pretty awesome to see that a lot of people here in Utah get pretty excited about the prospect of coming out and seeing a fairly elusive critter that we have here in Utah,” Packer said. “Bats are one of those [animals] where there’s a lot of excitement around them, but a lot of things that people may not know.”