[TN-Bird] FCC moves to keep birds from dying at lighted towers
- From: Greg Williams <k4hsm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 02:29:33 -0500
An article that might be of some interest:
Via the Huntsville (AL) Times:
http://www.al.com/sports/huntsvilletimes/index.ssf?/base/sports/1163326660231170.xml&coll=1
Every year in the United States, untold millions of migratory birds die
after colliding with radio, TV and assorted communications towers -
towers that are now said to number more than 130,000.
Yet nothing has been done, despite the passage of the Endangered Species
Act, the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, rules protecting of wetlands and
numerous state and local laws aimed at safeguarding wild birds.
That may be about to change.
On Nov. 3, in an action that received little news coverage, the Federal
Communications Commission, after years of inaction, announced it would
propose rules to deter bird collisions with towers. It also wants to
find out if it has the legal authority to address the problem.
The move came in part as a response to a lawsuit filed in 2002 by the
American Bird Conservancy, Friends of the Earth and the Forest
Conservation Council. The suit charged that the FCC should have ordered
measures to reduce bird collisions.
More at the link at the top
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Greg Williams
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