[BCNnet] Fwd: [bcaorgs] ACTION ALERT: Wind Guidelines Comment Period Ends May 19

[Donnie Dann]

If you haven’t already sent in your comments to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to ask that the proposed wind energy guidelines be made MANDATORY and Bird-Smart, please do.  You have until 5-19-11 to submit same.  Many thanks.

Donnie Dann
Highland Park/Lake County


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From: Steve Holmer <sholmer at abcbirds.org>
Date: April 14, 2011 9:36:12 AM CDT
To: "bcaorgs at npogroups.org" <bcaorgs at npogroups.org>
Subject: [bcaorgs] ACTION ALERT: Wind Guidelines Comment Period Ends May 19
Reply-To: Steve Holmer <sholmer at abcbirds.org>

 

 
To: Bird Conservation Alliance
From: Steve Holmer, Director
Date: April 14, 2011
 
ACTION ALERT: Wind Guidelines Comment Period Ends May 19
 
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is currently accepting comments on its proposed voluntary wind energy guidelines until May 19. ABC has set up an action page and template comment to help those who want to get involved. Below is an action alert. Please take action, and please forward this alert on to your members.
 
Thanks for all your efforts,
 
Steve Holmer
 
ALERT: Action Urgently Needed to 
Make Wind Power Bird-Smart
 
Send an email to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service asking that wind farms be made bird-smart.
Take action today at:http://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/5400/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=6259
Some of America's most iconic birds are at risk from poorly planned wind farms.You can change this.
Wind power can be an important energy source, but it needs to be done right. Wind farms kill birds including Golden Eagles, songbirds, and endangered species such as the Whooping Crane through collisions, and also harm the habitat of other birds such as sage-grouse.
By 2030, there will be more than 100,000 wind turbines in the U.S., and these are expected to kill at least one million birds each year—probably significantly more.
It doesn’t have to be this way. Wind power can be bird-smart if developed appropriately, but industry will not do this unless mandated.
You can send a message as part of an official public comment that asks for the Draft Fish and Wildlife Wind Guidelines to be strengthened and made mandatory. Just use the form on our website. It's easy!
Take action today at: http://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/5400/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=6259
 
 
 
Steve Holmer
Director of the Bird Conservation Alliance &
Senior Policy Advisor
American Bird Conservancy
202/234-7181 ext. 216
sholmer at abcbirds.org     
 
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