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Environmental groups, ranches form coalition to stop wind farms
Environmental groups have teamed with the King and Armstrong ranches to try to stop plans for two wind farms that they claim will kill birds and damage habitat along one of the world's major migratory flyways.
The Coastal Habitat Alliance includes the American Bird Conservancy, the Coastal Bend Audubon Society, the Houston Audubon Society and the Lower Laguna Madre Foundation, a local group dedicated to protecting the bay and native habitat.
"This is a pristine area that's a very fragile habitat that's right in the middle of one of the most active bird migration pathways in America," said Elyse Yates, an Austin attorney representing the group. "We think this is an inappropriate site for a major industrial wind project like this. We think the harm is irreparable."
September 1, 2007
by Fernando Del Valle
in The Brownsville Herald
PORT MANSFIELD - Environmental groups have teamed with the King and Armstrong ranches to try to stop plans for two wind farms that they claim will kill birds and damage habitat along one of the world's major migratory flyways.
The Coastal Habitat Alliance includes the American Bird Conservancy, the Coastal Bend Audubon Society, the Houston Audubon Society and the Lower Laguna Madre Foundation, a local group dedicated to protecting the bay and native habitat.
"This is a pristine area that's a very fragile habitat that's right in the middle of one of the most active bird migration pathways in America," said Elyse... [continue via Web link]
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