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Wildlife authorities investigating report of dead eagle at wind energy site
The Freedom Foundation of Minnesota (FFM) has learned that the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) is investigating a report of a dead bald eagle found beneath a wind turbine in southeast Minnesota. The bald eagle was reportedly found over the weekend on a farm near the town of LeRoy.
June 5, 2012
by Tom Steward
in Freedom Foundation of Minnesota
The Freedom Foundation of Minnesota (FFM) has learned that the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) is investigating a report of a dead bald eagle found beneath a wind turbine in southeast Minnesota. The bald eagle was reportedly found over the weekend on a farm near the town of LeRoy. If confirmed, the incident appears to be the first reported case of a bald eagle killed at a wind energy site in Minnesota.
"I cannot confirm there was an eagle found," said Chuck Traxler, spokesman for the USFWS."We want to do a thorough investigation and get the facts as... [continue via Web link]
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