Sentences with phrase «golden eagle deaths»

One in Wyoming was responsible for a dozen golden eagle deaths, the most at a single facility.

There's one humanmade danger in particular that Texas Tech University professor Clint Boal is working with several governmental agencies to discover ways to mitigate golden eagle deaths as much as possible.

Not exact matches

Despite efforts to retrofit power poles and to build new poles to avian - friendly standards, electrocution remains a substantial cause of death for the golden eagle.

The Washington Times story put a different perspective on these numbers, «Most deaths — 79 — were golden eagles that struck wind turbines.

Duke Energy Renewables Inc., a subsidiary of Duke Energy Corp., based in Charlotte, N.C., pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Wyoming today to violating the federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) in connection with the deaths of protected birds, including golden eagles, at two of the company's wind projects in Wyoming.

«The Obama administration is about to approve a rule that will ensure the death of golden and bald eagles for the next 30 more years.

Most deaths - 79 - were golden eagles that struck wind turbines.

The company is also required to apply for an Eagle Take Permit which, if granted, will provide a framework for minimizing and mitigating the deaths of golden eagles at the wind projects.

Though California and Wyoming lead the nation in eagle deaths at wind turbine facilities, wind turbines are killing bald and golden eagles nationwide, and the death toll is mounting.

In fact, reports show that wind farms were responsible for the deaths of at least 67 bald or golden eagles from 2008 - 2013, and a study by government biologists predicts that number is probably much higher.

Though each death of a bald eagle is a violation of federal law, the Obama Administration says it will allow some wind energy companies to kill or injure bald and golden eagles for up to 30 years without penalty.