Eagle Conservation Plan Guidance
Submitted by Evie Pless on 09.03.2014
This report from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service provides specific in-depth guidance for conserving bald and golden eagles during the process of siting, constructing, and operating wind energy facilities. It calls for preliminary landscape-level assessments, site-specific surveys, and ongoing monitoring and reporting after construction. (PDF, 2.0 MB)
Related technical reports, spreadsheets, and fact sheets to accompany the report can be found on this website: http://www.fws.gov/windenergy/eagle_guidance.html
Other resources
Offshore Wind Energy Development and Birds in New York: Managing risk and identifying data gaps