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Wind turbine placement should take migrating birds into consideration, ornithologist says.239932009-11-08T14:11:49Z2009-11-08T14:11:49ZBill Evans wants to make it clear he's not against wind turbines.
"I'm not anti-wind. I'm a consultant who people call from both sides when there's a concern about the impact on migrating birds," he said.
Evans, 50, is an Ithaca-based ornithologist who has studied bird migration in North America for more than 25 years. He helped start the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology's research into avian night flight calls in the mid-1990s and in 1998 founded the non-profit group Old Bird Inc.
Wind farm project gets mixed reaction.237572009-10-22T13:34:09Z2009-10-22T13:34:09ZThe 39-turbine Roaring Brook wind farm project in the town of Martinsburg received little public comment Wednesday.
And the four people who did speak at the town Planning Board public hearing on the project expressed mixed opinions.
"There is insufficient evidence to suggest that birds won't be displaced by Roaring Brook Wind Farm," said Chris K. Lajewski, the Northern New York land steward for the Nature Conservancy.
Birds, bats, and wind.233222009-09-25T12:04:07Z2009-09-25T12:04:07ZEvery state in the northeast has set a target for increasing the amount of renewable energy it produces. Wind power is a big part of this push. Those towers and turbine blades can pose dangers to birds and bats. With more interest nationally in developing wind power, scientists are searching for more answers about the impacts, and how to minimize them.Researchers look for ways to eliminate bird, bat deaths from wind turbines.230272009-09-07T21:18:13Z2009-09-07T21:18:13ZEvery state in the Northeast has set a target for increasing the amount of renewable energy it produces.
Wind power is a big part of this push, but it may pose a danger to birds and bats.
As part of a collaboration of northeast public radio stations, David Chanatry reports from the site of the biggest wind farm in the region.
DEC seeks more Galloo Island studies.222692009-07-22T10:37:22Z2009-07-22T10:37:22ZThe state Department of Environmental Conservation wants to see more studies in the proposed Galloo Island Wind Farm's draft environmental impact statement.
Upstate NY Power Corp., backed by Pattern Energy Group LP, San Francisco, plans to build an 84-turbine wind farm on the island rated at 252 megawatts. Recently, Pattern bought out Babcock & Brown Ltd.
More studies of wind farm requested.215532009-06-14T13:11:02Z2009-06-14T13:11:02ZComments on the proposed Galloo Island Wind Farm submitted to the state Department of Environmental Conservation criticize the project's effects on birds and animals and ask for public access.
DEC collected 22 written comments on the draft environmental impact statement submitted by Galloo Island developer Upstate NY Power Corp. Oral comments were taken at two public hearings May 18. As lead agency, DEC collects comments and then determines whether the draft statement is complete.
Concerns over proposed Hounsfield Wind Farm on Galloo Island.212662009-05-18T03:08:31Z2009-05-18T03:08:31ZMore than 90,000 households could be powered by the proposed Hounsfield Wind Farm on Galloo Island in Jefferson County.
"This is a real opportunity for renewable energy in New York State. It's a very unique site. There are not too many islands that, I think, in the New York waters that would be suitable for a wind farm," said Jack Nasca, Department of Environmental Conservation.
North Harmony Debates Projects; Town Asks For Public's Opinion.209462009-04-27T07:38:56Z2009-04-27T07:38:56ZTown officials would like to regulate wind energy and adult entertainment, asking for the public's opinions regarding both issues. ...Supervisor Sally Carlson said about seven people from the Jamestown Audubon Society raised concerns during Tuesday's wind energy hearing about the possibility of commercial windmills within two miles of Chautauqua Lake affecting migratory birds.
Wind projects get wildlife advisory.203272009-03-10T03:22:25Z2009-03-10T03:22:25ZAs several wind power projects finish their supplemental environmental impact statements, the state Department of Environmental Conservation has sent out reminders that projects may need state permits for accidental deaths of threatened or endangered species.
Region 6 Wildlife Manager William H. Gordon sent letters, dated Jan. 27, to the towns of Cape Vincent and Clayton addressing BP Alternative Energy's Cape Vincent Wind Farm, Acciona's St. Lawrence Wind Farm and Iberdrola's Horse Creek Wind Farm.
DEC releases report on proposed wind farm.202922009-03-05T07:17:09Z2009-03-05T07:17:09ZThe state DEC office has released a much anticipated draft assessment on possible impacts of a wind farm to be located on a island just off of Sackets Harbor.
The project, proposed by a West Seneca Company, Upstate New York Power Corporation, would put 84 wind turbines on Galloo Island, about 12 miles west of Sackets.
DEC gives guidelines for turbine bird studies.200492009-02-17T20:02:45Z2009-02-17T20:02:45ZWind energy developers in New York now have guidelines on how to survey potential turbine sites for their impact on birds and bats.
Earlier this month, the state Department of Environmental Conservation issued its advice regarding how to minimize damage to bat and bird habitats.
"These guidelines set forth DEC's recommendations to commercial wind energy developers on how to characterize bird and bat resources at on-shore wind energy sites and how to estimate and document impacts resulting from the construction and operation of these projects."
Wind farm developer drops oil-spill appeal .197322009-01-30T19:40:27Z2009-01-30T19:40:27ZThe company building the wind plant on Wolfe Island has withdrawn an appeal it had launched to avoid being held responsible for a diesel spill that occurred last fall.
Canadian Hydro Developers Inc. had appealed to the Environmental Review Tribunal, an independent provincial agency, after failing to comply with a director's order the Ministry of the Environment issued as a result of the spill. The firm launched the appeal in an effort to have its name removed from the order.
Orleans panel chooses leaders; Radar discussed, noise to be upcoming topic.196912009-01-26T12:10:40Z2009-01-26T12:10:40ZThe town of Orleans citizens wind committee agreed on a chairman at its meeting Friday night. ...At the next meeting, 7 p.m. Feb. 6 at the Orleans town office, Paul E. Carr, an engineering professor at Cornell University, Ithaca, and Clifford P. Schneider will present information on turbine noise.Open house on Cape Vincent wind project.171282008-07-30T03:55:05Z2008-07-30T03:55:05ZVarious people with various opinions, all wishing to find out more information and ask questions about the 142-megawatt, 95-turbine wind project planned for the agricultural areas of Cape Vincent. BP Alternative Energy held an open house Wednesday to inform people of the potential project. The company detailed where they would build roads, place transmission lines and most importantly, put up turbines. ...This project is in the middle of a SEQR process. Environmental, visual and sound studies could be done as early as October. Iberdrola admits bat concerns affected decision.164622008-06-21T12:13:31Z2008-06-21T12:13:31ZIberdrola Renewables is considering options for Horse Creek Wind Farm about two weeks after it told the Clayton Planning Board it was suspending its application.
While the company insists it was an internal decision, its representative did admit that the nearby Indiana bat population was a consideration. Indiana bats are an endangered species and there is a hibernation spot near the proposed wind project.
The bats also have been affected by white nose syndrome, the mysterious ailment that has killed thousands of bats. The loss of the endangered species to disease has made federal wildlife experts even more sensitive to losses induced by man.
"White Nose Syndrome" in Bats Stalls Wind Farm.162602008-06-09T11:36:02Z2008-06-09T11:36:02ZThe U.S. Fish and Wildlife service has sent a letter to to the developers of three wind farms in upstate New York strongly urging they consider other locations for their proposed projects. Biologists for the agency are concerned that the wind farms will further threaten imperiled bat populations suffering from an unprecedented die-off.
One of the wind energy developers, Iberdrola Renewables has decided to hold off on moving forward with the Horse Creek project until the impacts of white nose syndrome on bat populations are better understood. But developers of the other two projects have yet to make similar moves.
