We hope to add significantly to the understanding the interconnection between bats and agriculture. Our study has the potential to add substantially not only to the local knowledge of bats and their benefits to agriculture but also the general body of knowledge about bats and agriculture throughout the United States. As the primary research project of the Pacific Coast Conservation Alliance ( The PCCA ), a 501(c)(3) charitable science/educational organization, the Central Coast Bat Survey (CCBS) is also timely in that it dovetails with the U.S.D.A. Forest Service’s North American Bat Monitoring Program {}, which has been designed to promote effective conservation decision-making and the long-term viability of bat populations across the continent. The CCBS will focus on Central Coast bats using two of the program’s four approaches: mobile acoustic surveys along road transects, and acoustic surveys at stationary points along with several other sampling and monitoring techniques. The PCCA’s bat monitoring program will investigate not only the occurrence and distribution of Central Coast bats but also the relationship between bats and diverse agricultural practices in the Central Coast region.