[BCNnet] Fwd: Looking for info about wind projects in your area

[Donnie Dann]

The following is self-explanatory.  The Secretary of the Interior is poised to finalize weak voluntary guidelines for wind energy that could accelerate bird kills nationwide.  If anyone has the documentation Kelly is seeking please forward same to her as soon as possible.

Thanks,

Donnie

Donnie Dann
Highland Park/Lake County
donniebird at yahoo.com





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From: Kelly Fuller <kfuller at abcbirds.org>
Date: October 6, 2011 3:24:22 PM CDT
To: "donniebird at me.com" <donniebird at me.com>
Subject: Looking for info about wind projects in your area

Dear Donnie,

I’m writing to ask you to send me some mail. If your organization has any documents that show credible risks to birds at proposed or existing wind energy projects, I’d like to have them. What are most valuable are letters from state or federal agencies raising concerns, pre-construction bird studies, post-construction mortality studies, and environmental review documents that raise concerns. All birds are of interest; eagles and endangered species are of greatest interest.

Why am I asking? American Bird Conservancy is pulling together a comprehensive collection of documentation showing that birds in the U.S. face real risks from wind energy development when it’s not bird-smart. This does not exist in a compiled format anywhere else.

I need to receive these materials by October 24, 2011. Email is great if you have electronic copies, but U.S. mail is fine too.

Please feel free to forward this email to others you think could help, but please do not post it online or to email lists or listservs.

Thank you!

Kelly Fuller | Wind Campaign Coordinator | American Bird Conservancy
1731 Connecticut Ave. NW, Third Floor |Washington, D.C.  20009
Tel: (202) 234-7181, ext. 212 | Email: kfuller at abcbirds.org


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