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Altoona Mirror|Terry Wentz, Juniata Valley Audubon President|December 10, 2008
PennsylvaniaImpact on Wildlife

A Gamesa representative recently claimed that its industrial wind plant sites are selected with ecological concerns in mind. If this is true, why was Gamesa not aware of the golden eagle transmitter study in the Alleghenies on going for more than a year? ...I believe that Gamesa uses research that only benefits its projects, not comprehensive studies.


A Gamesa representative recently claimed that its industrial wind plant sites are selected with ecological concerns in mind.

If this is true, why was Gamesa not aware of the golden eagle transmitter study in the Alleghenies on going for more than a year?

There is a Web site available for anyone to view that details flights of golden eagles with transmitters at www.aviary.org/cons/track_geagle.php. A simple Web search would lead one to this Web site.

I believe that Gamesa uses research that only benefits its projects, not comprehensive studies.

If that claim about selecting sites with ecological concerns in mind was true, Gamesa would have eliminated Ice Mountain, near Tyrone, as a potential wind plant location long ago.

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A Gamesa representative recently claimed that its industrial wind plant sites are selected with ecological concerns in mind.

If this is true, why was Gamesa not aware of the golden eagle transmitter study in the Alleghenies on going for more than a year?

There is a Web site available for anyone to view that details flights of golden eagles with transmitters at www.aviary.org/cons/track_geagle.php. A simple Web search would lead one to this Web site.

I believe that Gamesa uses research that only benefits its projects, not comprehensive studies.

If that claim about selecting sites with ecological concerns in mind was true, Gamesa would have eliminated Ice Mountain, near Tyrone, as a potential wind plant location long ago.

Ice Mountain is certified as a Blair County Natural Heritage Area and received that certification five years ago in the Blair County Natural Heritage Inventory conducted under the direction of the Blair County Planning Commission and approved by the Blair County commissioners.

Not only is Ice Mountain a certified natural heritage area, but it also is described in the inventory as unique and of exceptional conservation value.

Ice Mountain received the highest possible rating in this study and was the only site in western Blair County to receive this distinction.

Because of the high ecological value of Ice Mountain, the Blair County Natural Heritage Inventory recommended that there be no additional development on the mountain and specifically recommended that no additional roads be built because of the adverse effects that such fragmentation would have on Ice Mountain's unique ecosystem.

Furthermore, at a Tyrone Borough Council meeting, researchers from the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, the National Aviary, Lafeyette College and Penn State University presented evidence that Ice Mountain is of extreme importance to migrating and wintering golden eagles.

The researchers specifically stated that an industrial wind plant on Ice Mountain would impact golden eagles adversely, as described in a recent Mirror article.

Since Gamesa has chosen to ignore or dismiss the scientific evidence of Ice Mountain's ecological value, I ask that each Tyrone Borough Council member vote no to Gamesa's proposal to convert Ice Mountain into an industrial wind plant.


Source:http://altoonamirror.com/page…

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