There is a solution to protecting whooping cranes from wind turbines, but the government has put a stop to that. The solution to protect young whooping cranes is called "safe passage." It is very, very similar to the underground railroad of the 1860's. The government tried to stop that "safe passage" also.
This is incredible.
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Ten young whooping cranes and the bird-like plane they think is their mother had flown more than halfway to their winter home in Florida when federal regulators stepped in.Has this administration gone nuts?
Now the birds and the plane are grounded in Alabama while the Federal Aviation Administration investigates whether the journey violates regulations because the pilot was being paid by a conservation group to lead the cranes on their first migration instead of working for free.
FAA regulations say only pilots with commercial pilot licenses can fly for hire. The pilots of Operation Migration's plane are instead licensed to fly sport aircraft because that's the category of aircraft that the group's small, open plane with its rear propeller and bird-like wings falls under. FAA regulations also prohibit sport aircraft — which are sometimes of exotic design — from being flown to benefit a business or charity.
Thank goodness for the Drudge Report.
