Illinois can expect bird deaths to grow as the number of wind turbines generating electricity grows. Jack Darin, president of the Sierra Club Illinois Chapter, discusses the findings of a Department of Natural Resources study that wind turbines used to generate electricity do result in the killing of birds.

Darin says wind farm operators are responsive to the issue of bird deaths, and might be receptive to either suggestion or regulation regarding where wind turbines can be located so that they are kept away from wetlands and other places where large numbers of birds migrate.