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The location of the proposed APEX & EDF wind farms occurs within one of the last remaining largely undeveloped areas within this portion of north central Texas. The construction of the wind turbines, access roads, and distribution and transmission lines, if built, would further reduce the already limited stopover habitats in this area or the migration corridor. Wind development would likely displace the migrating cranes that utilizeĀ this area, requiring them to continue further north in search of suitable stopover habitat (possibly to the stopover areas north of Oklahoma City), as wind developments have already been constructed within the 50% core migration corridor to the north, east, and west. Furthermore, there are at least an additional ten wind sites currently proposed between the stopover areas within the proposed APEX & EDF wind farm sites and Oklahoma City, that, if constructed, would interconnect with the existing wind facilities further extending the hazards already faced.