Pattern of Activity
In the winter (inactive season), NLEBs hibernate in caves and mines, called hibernacula. During the spring, summer, and fall (active season), NLEBs use roost trees (live or dead) with exfoliating bark with cracks or crevices for shelter or pup-rearing. Although less common, NLEBs may also roost in man-made structures such as barns and sheds. While our service territory may lack cavernous areas to hibernate in winter, it does provide a variety of suitable roosting and foraging habitat for the NLEB during the active season, such as forested areas and adjacent and interspersed non-forested habitats, such as emergent wetlands, adjacent edges of agricultural fields, old fields and pastures. 

Our Responsibility
PSEG Long Island is working directly with the regulatory agencies that are charged with protecting this species, notably the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, on measures designed to protect the species and their habitat.  PSEG Long Island’s vegetation management practices reflect protective measures to ensure the endangered NLEB are not harmed during its scopes of work that are required to safely maintain the transmission and distribution electric systems that power Long Island homes, schools, hospitals and businesses. 

How You Can Help
For questions, please contact PSEG Long Island’s Environmental Team. For Suffolk County, please email Permitting Supervisor, Chris Kiernan at christohpher.kiernan@pseg.com. For Nassau/Queens County, Permitting Supervisor, Lindsay Peppe at lindsay.peppe@pseg.com.