(Washington, D.C., January 8, 2014) The Ohio National Guard facility at Camp Perry, near Port Clinton in northern Ohio, is the focus of possible legal action by American Bird Conservancy (ABC), a leading national bird
conservation organization, and Ohio's Black Swamp Bird Observatory (BSBO), which today announced the intention to
sue the Ohio National Guard in connection with violations of the federal Endangered Species Act (ESA) and
other federal laws concerning the planned installation of a wind turbine on the shores of Lake Erie.