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Disturbing Assessment by US Forest Service
Impact on Landscape Impact on WildlifeNoteworthy
The cumulative impacts on bat populations from proposed and/or
constructed wind farm developments, especially in the eastern United
States, may lead to further population declines, placing multiple bat
populations at serious risk of extinction.
-
Dr. Thomas Kunz, Director of the Center for Ecology and Conservation
Biology, Boston University and co-editor of Bat Biology and
Conservation (Smithsonian Institution Press), in his April 21,
2005 direct testimony to the Maryland Public Service Commission
concerning the Synergics windplant case (#9008)
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