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Energy Siting Resource Library

Eagle Conservation Plan Guidance

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

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Offshore Wind Energy Development and Birds in New York: Managing risk and identifying data gaps
TransWest Express Transmission Line Fact Sheet - WY, CO, UT, NV
Mifflin County Pennsylvania Model Wind Ordinance
Granville Township Wind Ordinance Mifflin County, Pennsylvania
Audubon-NRDC-Sierra Club comments on eagle scoping Sept 2014