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State to decide whether wind farm plan minimizes threat to animals
The company says it will apply for an eagle take permit from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The permit would allow the turbines to kill a certain number of eagles before the company would face penalties.
February 23, 2012
by Stephanie Hemphill
in Minnesota Public Radio
ST. PAUL, Minn - The state will decide today whether a plan to minimize eagle and bat mortality at a proposed wind farm in Goodhue County is adequate.
Goodhue Wind wants to build about 50 turbines on roughly 50 square-miles in Goodhue County, just north of Zumbrota in southeast Minnesota.
Some local residents say the developer's plan to protect eagles and bats is not adequate.
The company says it will apply for an eagle take permit from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The permit would allow the turbines to kill a certain number of eagles before the company would... [continue via Web link]
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