The Bismarck Tribune is reporting: multiple bald eagle nests inside proposed wind turbine farm footprint. If the wind turbines win this one, it will speak volumes about the Audubon Society, Greenpeace, the Sierra Club, the US Department of Interior, Ducks Unlimited, to name just a few. The story:
Bald eagles have put the brakes on a proposed wind farm in North
Dakota as state regulators seek input on how the towers with their
spinning blades could impact the national bird.
Rolette Power
Development LLC applied to the state Public Service Commission in March
for a site permit for a $175 million, 100.4-megawatt wind farm with up
to 59 turbines about three miles south of Rolette in north-central North
Dakota.
After a public hearing June 29, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service notified the developer of a documented bald eagle nest
within the project’s study boundary and several other bald eagle nests
in proximity to the 14,720-acre project area.
Project consultant
KLJ checked the eagle nest database maintained by the state Game and
Fish Department – which hadn’t mentioned any nests in its response to a
consultation letter in May – and verified that there are two active
eagle nests about 2.4 miles and 4.5 miles from the project area
boundary.
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