Today's edition of The Morning Call (Allentown, PA) includes an op-ed piece
concerning birds and industrial-size wind energy facilities on the forested
Appalachian ridges of MD, PA, VA, and WV. The author is Donald Heinztelman, a
well-known conservationist and author of numerous books on raptors.
The op-ed piece refers to "substantial numbers of bald eagles and golden eagles
wintering in the remote mountains of Highland County, Va.," the locale of a
proposed wind project.
The op-ed piece can be accessed on the Morning Call website:
www.mcall.com/news/opinion/anotherview/all-heintzelman6-22jun22,0,3763518.story
It is also posted on the Virginia Wind website:
http://vawind.org/Assets/Docs/Perspective/Threat_to_Migratory_Birds_062206.pdf
More info on eagles in Highland County is available on the Bath-Highland Bird
Club website: http://bathhighlandbird.org.
Rick Webb
Monterey, Virginia
www.vawind.org
