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Balancing Wildlife Conservation Concerns

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Resource States and State Governments

AWEA fact sheet on bird turbine fatalities

The American Wind Energy Association has prepared a fact sheet showing that wind energy is responsible for less than 0.01% of human-caused bird fatalities.
Resource Executive Branch

FWS’s Land Based Wind Energy Guidelines

The Fish and Wildlife Service’s Land Based Wind Energy Guidelines (2012) breaks down how the Endangered Species Act’s requirements impact the siting of wind farms.
Resource States and State Governments

Biodiversity and Wind Siting Mapping Tool for New York

The Nature Conservancy has prepared a Biodiversity and Wind Siting Mapping Tool for New York to help protect biodiversity while advancing statewide energy development. The tool maps important ecologic...
Resource States and State Governments

American Wind Wildlife Institute reports on turbine wildlife impacts

The American Wind Wildlife Institute was founded in 2008 by leaders from the wind industry and conservation and science organizations with the vision of achieving wind energy’s full conservation poten...
Resource States and State Governments

NY Wind Energy Guide: Birds and Bats

The New York State Energy Resource and Development Authority has produced a report on the impacts and regulation surrounding birds and bats takings from wind energy. It provides a brief overview of re...
Resource States and State Governments

NWF issue brief on turbine impacts to bird species

The National Wildlife Federation has released an issue brief on wind power’s minimal impacts to bird species. The brief also acknowledges the potential for concern to some bat species, but notes that ...