Sentences with phrase «golden eagles killed»

Tip o» the hat to Mark DuChamp (World Council for Nature) Tim Pauling — The Press and Journal — November 3, 2014 Environmentalists and anti-windfarm campaigners suspect a cover - up over the number of golden eagles killed by wind turbines.

Not exact matches

Anna Haak's 11 kills were a career best and her 10 digs gave her the first double double as a Golden Eagle.

Louis was the only Golden Eagle to get to double digits in kills, recording 13 against WSU but hitting just.125 to get there.

A genetic analysis revealed that golden eagles from the western U.S. have gene pools similar to those killed at the APWRA, which reflects the capacity of these birds to disperse widely.

Boal said from the 1940s to the early 1960s, hundreds of golden eagles were killed, leading to them being added to the act in 1962.

Collisions with wind turbines kill about 100 golden eagles a year in some locations, but a new study that maps both potential wind - power sites and nesting patterns of the birds reveals sweet spots, where potential for wind power is greatest with a lower threat to nesting eagles.

Last October he wrote the Bureau of Indian Affairs that, «decades of killing of so many golden eagles by the wind industry is having a profound negative impact.

For it presumes that killing a species at risk such as the golden eagle is equivalent to a cat killing a house sparrow.

Even more absurd and outrageous, the same Obama USFWS has given wind turbine companies permits to kill hundreds of bald and golden eagles — and thousands of raptors, other birds and bats, many of them threatened or endangered — every year for the next 30 years.

The Shiloh IV Wind Project LLC, 60 miles east of San Francisco, will receive a special permit allowing up to five golden eagles to be accidentally killed over five years.

The groups — the American Bird Conservancy and the Biodiversity Conservation Alliance — told the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in a 15 - page letter released Wednesday that between 46 and 64 golden eagles would likely be killed every year by the spinning blades of 1,000 wind turbines planned by the Power Company of Wyoming.»

As if that were not enough, the same windmills kill over 570,000 birds annually, including protected species like the bald eagle, golden eagle, vulture and California condor.

And, in a footnote, it says more golden and bald eagles have since been killed at wind energy facilities in three additional states - Idaho, Montana, and Nevada.

My own estimates for California are now in the range of 500 - 700 golden eagles, with about 100 being killed by wind farms each year.

It is well known that many golden eagles get killed by wind turbines.

One report estimates that over 100 golden eagles and 300 red tailed hawks are killed yearly by wind turbines -LSB-...]

Thanks wind energy kills birds including golden eagles and bald eagles.

My concerns are summed up as environmental, and include Golden Eagle and other raptor and bird kills, sight, sound and property values.

There are federal and state laws that are not being enforced that spell out $ 10,000 dollar fine for each killing of a Golden Eagle.

U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) officials estimate the wind turbines will kill between 46 and 64 golden eagles each year, plus a larger number -LSB-...]

I started to fight wind farms ten years ago, when I discovered they were killing scores of golden eagles yearly at Altamont Pass, California.

A study in September by federal biologists found that wind turbines had killed at least 67 bald and golden eagles since 2008.

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.

*** Wind turbines killing more than just local birds, study finds Purdue University Brian Wallheimer 28 September 2016 EST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Wind turbines are known to kill large birds, such as golden eagles, that live nearby.

• With steel traps, wire snares and poison, agency employees have accidentally killed more than 50,000 animals since 2000 that were not problems, including federally protected golden and bald eagles; more than 1,100 dogs, including family pets; and several species considered rare or imperiled by wildlife biologists.

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.

There are about 2,500 of these golden eagles in California and the biggest wind turbine farm is said to kill about 80 of these eagles each year, on average.