Orkin Wildlife Management Service works to keep bats out of Founders

Photo description: A team from Orkin Wildlife Management Service in Lincoln is on campus this week to exclude bats from Founders Hall. From left: Don Bloebaum, maintenance supervisor with Concordia Buildings and Grounds; and Ian Osler, Jared Renk and Jim Lindahl with Orkin Wildlife Management.

The Orkin team has been sealing cracks that allow bats entry into the structure, and also installing mesh guards with one-way valves at the top of Founders that let bats out but don’t let them back in to the attic of the 129-year-old building. Lindahl said bats can get into a building through a hole as small as a half-inch to inch in diameter.