Volume 18, Issue 1, Spring 2000
A Colorful Future
By McCabe, Sara
Dear Reader,
In spring 1990, BATS magazine made the transition from a black and-white 16-page newsletter to a 20-page magazine with a color cover. Now, 10 years later, we have taken the next step forward by adding color throughout. You will no longer need to use your imagination when an author describes the golden highlights on a Rodrigues fruit bat or the camouflage of a yellow bats fur against faded palm fronds. It is our great pleasure now to bring you the bats of the world in all their splendor.
To better showcase the photos, we have adopted a new format. We hope you like it, and I personally welcome your comments (see address on opposite page).
Our heartfelt thanks go to Thomas Graphics of Austin, Texas, BCIs primary printer, who has generously agreed to work in partnership with us to cover the costs of color printing for the next year.
Looking forward to a colorful future together, we thank you for your continuing commitment to bats!
Sara McCabe
Editor

BCIs longtime print representative, Bill Waller, joins editor Sara McCabe in checking a freshly printed page just off the press at Thomas Graphics.
All articles in this issue:
On the Cover
A Colorful Future
Bat Conservation Comes of Age in South Africa
Where the Bats Are - Part III Caves, Cliffs, and Rock Crevices
Origami and the Art of Bat Appreciation
Members in Action: John and Jane Newman
Members' Night Sigh-Up Begins May 1
Distinguishing the Real BCI
Photo Op!
Bat Field Guide for Latin America
Masters of the Night: The True Story of Bats at these locations
Wish List
Global Grassroots Conservation