HARDWICK — Bat enthusiast Jerry Schneider will offer a talk and slide show about bats on January 28, at 2 p.m., at the Memorial Building. The audience will learn about the importance of bats as pollinators, seed dispersers, and consumers of moths, beetles and mosquitoes, and about the health of the Vermont bat populations, where our particular bats go in the winter time, and how they have fared with the devastating White Nose Syndrome. Refreshments will be served. This free event is sponsored by the Hardwick Conservation Commission.