For the first time, wildlife managers have detected the fungal pathogen that causes white-nose syndrome—a disease that has devastated North American bat populations since 2006—in Nevada. The U.S. National Park Service detected the fungus on a California leaf-nosed bat (Macrotus californicus) in Lake Mead National Recreation Area in Clark County during routine monitoring. “We knew it was a matter of time before [white-nose syndrome] arrived in Nevada and we have been vigilantly surveying bats for many years now, not only for this fungus but also to track their population trends,” said Jonathan Young, a staff specialist at the Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW). The fungus that causes white-nose syndrome, Pseudogymnoascus destructans, is primarily spread by…..