Researchers catch endangered bats in Graham CountyIndiana bats have been sighted and caught in Joyce Kilmer-Slickrock Wilderness. [NORTH CAROLINA WILDLIFE RESOURCES COMMISSION]North Carolina researchers have sighted and caught a significant number of Indiana bats in western North Carolina for the first time in 10 years. North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission bat researchers sighted 24 bats roosting in a dead hemlock tree in the Joyce Kilmer-Slickrock Wilderness in Graham County. Many Indiana bats have fallen prey to a deadly fungal disease, called white nose syndrome. It’s through mist netting that the agency’s researchers were finally able to capture the Indiana bats.