[birdky] Windpower and Bird Resources

For folks interested in the impacts of windpower development on birds and other 
wildlife, the National Wind Coordinating Collaborative (NWCC) has a lot of 
online resources that might be of interest.

NWCC is a U.S. consensus-based collaborative of agency, nonprofit, and business 
interests formed in 1994 to identify issues affecting the use of wind power, 
establish dialogue among key stakeholders, and catalyze appropriate activities 
to support the development of environmentally, economically, and politically 
sustainable commercial markets for wind power.  Over the past 14 years, the 
NWCC has developed a wealth of resources addressing the impacts of windpower on 
birds and other wildlife, most of which are available on the NWCC website 
(www.nationalwind.org).

Links to most of the NWCC wind and wildlife resources are here: 
http://www.nationalwind.org/workgroups/wildlife/

These include the following recent publications:

*  Assessing Impacts of Wind-Energy Development on Nocturnally Active Birds and 
Bats: A Guidance Document (the Journal of Wildlife Studies Paper November 2007)
*  Critical Literature Review: Impact of Wind Energy and Related Human 
Activities on Grassland and Shrub-Steppe Birds (October 2007)
*  Songbird Protocol (Updated June 2007)
*  NWCC Mitigation Toolbox  (May 2007 - 962KB PDF)
The toolbox describes various mitigation measures or tools that can be used in 
the decision-making process. To help guide future decision making, this toolbox 
provides information about existing mitigation policies and guidelines, as well 
as on whether strategies are based on sound scientific research. It indicates 
the effectiveness of various methods of avoiding, minimizing, or compensating 
for direct and indirect impacts on wildlife caused by wind power facilities. 
The toolbox is a living document and is updating twice annually.

There are also minutes and reports from meetings, and powerpoint presentations 
on a lot of issues, including a recent presentation on Lesser Prairie-Chicken 
impacts in Texas 
(http://www.nationalwind.org/workgroups/wildlife/LPCsandHabitatinTX-NWCCwebcast.pdf).

There's an embarrassment of riches here, one could easily spend a week just 
reading all the great material here.

So bookmark the NWCC wind and wildlife resources page and make it a point to 
check there as a starting point when looking for good information on wind and 
wildlife issues.

NWCC puts out a brief bi-monthly email update, so if you want to keep up with 
the latest NWCC happenings including events and resources under development, 
you can subscribe by sending an email to Taylor Kennedy (tkennedy AT 
resolv.org).


Rob Fergus
Senior Scientist | Urban Bird Conservation
National Audubon Society
Warminster, PA
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