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Oregon wind farm may get OK to kill Golden Eagles; But only a few, and environmentalists aren't fighting
Next fall, developers hope to break ground on a wind farm big enough to provide electricity for all of Central Oregon. But the whirring blades of wind turbines can kill the federally protected golden eagle --.and now a controversial proposal says that's okay, to a limited extent.
January 7, 2012
by Matt McDonald
in KTVZ TV
BEND, Ore. -- Next fall, developers hope to break ground on a wind farm big enough to provide electricity for all of Central Oregon. But the whirring blades of wind turbines can kill the federally protected golden eagle --.and now a controversial proposal says that's okay, to a limited extent.
In a first for the nation, a wind farm permit has been proposed that allows a few golden eagles to die.
"U.S. Fish and Wildlife is creating a policy right now to address the golden eagle collisions that have been happening at wind farms," Liz Nysson, with the Oregon Natural Desert Association,... [continue via Web link]
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