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When it comes to species of concern, there's a lot to look at. Researchers want to document where active nests are using pictures and GPS coordinates. They want to know what kind of birds are in the area, and how they use the habitat for hunting and raising their young.
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Montana]
Lawyers debate wind farm proposal; Hearing focuses on threatened species
May 31, 2012 by David Giuliani in Sauk Valley News
May 31, 2012 by David Giuliani in Sauk Valley News
Wahl's attorney, Rick Porter, told the commission that only the county could protect the Wahl property, not the Department of Natural Resources.
He noted that the state report said the turbines would likely affect the habitat of threatened species such as the plains hognose snake and the ornate box turtle.
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Illinois]
Wind farms considering detection systems to prevent bird deaths
May 28, 2012 by Louis Sahagun in Los Angeles Times
May 28, 2012 by Louis Sahagun in Los Angeles Times
Now, in what has become one of the most critical conservation issues in the state, wind farms are considering using radar units and experimental telemetry systems that they hope will avoid harming birds by identifying incoming species early enough to switch off the massive turbines and then - to minimize costs and maximize profits - turn them back on again as quickly as possible.
The company, which once hoped to have the power-generating turbines spinning by the end of this year, said its decision was based on the uncertain future of government incentives for wind energy. ...Invenergy's announcement was seen as a setback for local supporters of renewable energy, but good news for some Poor Mountain residents, who fear that the 443-foot-tall turbines will be a noisy eyesore to their peaceful community.
Environmental concerns around the sites in Brighton and Ferdinand where a New Hampshire wind project developer is seeking to place meteorological towers have the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources suggesting a limit on when the sites can be disturbed.
Wind farm could harm the N.C.'s bald eagle population
May 23, 2012 by John Murawski in McClatchy-Tribune
May 23, 2012 by John Murawski in McClatchy-Tribune
The preliminary numbers on bald eagle kills are astronomical by almost any measure, bird advocates say. Based on recorded bald eagle sightings in the area, the Fish and Wildlife Service estimates that the Pantego project would account for 3.4 to 20.7 eagle "takes" annually.
"That's a shocking number."
Turbines likely to harm species; Mainstream promises environmental plan
May 21, 2012 by David Giuliani in Sauk Valley News
May 21, 2012 by David Giuliani in Sauk Valley News
A company's plan for wind turbines in southeastern Whiteside County would likely harm endangered species, a state official says.
The state Department of Natural Resources is particularly concerned about the effect on the species in two nature preserves in Lee County.
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Illinois]
A rural community has united in opposing plans for a wind turbine.
More than 30 letters of complaint have been registered against plans for an 11kW wind turbine in Stank.
An environmentalist testified Wednesday that proposed turbines in southeastern Whiteside County should be farther away from a natural prairie.
Jerry Paulson, director of the Rockford-based Natural Land Institute, spoke on behalf of Greg Wahl, who owns 143 acres in the area of the planned wind farm. Twenty-two of the acres are what Wahl calls undisturbed prairie.
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Illinois]
Despite advances in safety, power lines remain a threat to raptors
May 15, 2012 by Jim Anderson in The Source Weekly
May 15, 2012 by Jim Anderson in The Source Weekly
Birds have no inkling as to the hazards of getting too close to high-powered electricity. As a result, if a bird touches two or more wires, the meeting is fatal. Electricity in wires is similar to controlled lightning; the current is always searching for a way back to the earth.
Ocotillo wind project advances despite tribal objections
May 12, 2012 by Morgan Lee in San Diego Union-Tribune
May 12, 2012 by Morgan Lee in San Diego Union-Tribune
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar signed off on the project's Environmental Impact Statement over the objection of Native American tribal officials who remain concerned about the aesthetic impact of the project on ancestral lands and the potential for disturbing cultural and archaeological artifacts, including possible cremation sites.
A towering offshore wind turbine off the Eastern Shore seemed likely as recently as late March, when the state gave its blessing for a prototype energy spire in the Chesapeake Bay.
Barely one month later, those plans have been blown away.
Gamesa and a development partner are suspending further development of an offshore wind turbine off the coast of Virginia, citing the massive amounts of capital needed to pursue a project with a cloudy future due to uncertain federal support.
The hawks and eagles have been here for generations, they've grown accustomed to the habitat. Now, construction and wind turbines are changing the landscape. "One of the ways that wind turbines come in conflict with birds of prey is the chance of collision, where they'll fly in, and they can be killed by the turbines," Platt says.
Wright captured the bird's-eye view of the development from between 500 and 1000 feet above the construction site, where GMP is rushing to complete the wind project by the end of the calendar year. Wright finds himself on one side of a fierce debate over wind power in Vermont that pits environmentalists worried about habitat destruction against environmentalists worried about renewable energy.
"In an area where there could be hundreds of thousands of birds flying through in any one migrating period, this is a very bad place for wind turbines," said Waddell.
"It really is a very important resting, feeding, just roosting spot."
Where eagles dare not fly: Waterloo looms as wind farms power town revolt
April 21, 2012 by Graham Lloyd in The Australian
April 21, 2012 by Graham Lloyd in The Australian
When Adelaide University masters student Frank Wang surveyed residents within a 5km radius of the Waterloo wind turbines he found 70 per cent of respondents claimed they had been negatively affected by the wind development and the noise, with more than 50 per cent having been very or moderately negatively affected.
New legislation hidden in the government’s Budget Bill 55 will allow the Minister to grant exemptions from existing provincial legislation protecting endangered species which prohibits anyone from harming, killing, or destroying the habitat of a threatened species.
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Canada]
Proposed Lake Ontario wind farm said to threaten wildlife
April 16, 2012 by Jennifer Kalish in EarthTechling
April 16, 2012 by Jennifer Kalish in EarthTechling
Members of Nature Canada worry that birds and bats will collide with turbine blades. They are also concerned that the development will fragment the unique wildlife habitat, threatening many endangered species such as the Whip-poor-will, Henslow's sparrow and the Rusty blackbird.
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Canada]
Whistleblower alleges gag order kept state park employees from revealing harm to Anza-Borrego Desert State Park from proposed Ocotillo Express Wind Project
March 27, 2012 by Miriam Raftery in East County Magazine
March 27, 2012 by Miriam Raftery in East County Magazine
"To have the Governor's office tell our park officials NOT to comment on Ocotillo, OR ANY OTHER alternative energy projects adjacent to the Park, is a travesty, a violation of the trust between the citizens and the state." - Mark Jorgensen, retired Superintendent, Anza Borrego Desert State Park in an e-mail to ECM.