Statewide Guidelines for Reducing Impacts to Birds and Bats from Wind Energy Development, Staff Draft Paper

Publication Number:    CEC-700-2006-013-SD

Abstract:
These voluntary guidelines provide information to help reduce impacts to birds and bats from new development or repowering of wind energy projects in California. They include recommendations on preliminary screening of proposed wind energy project sites; assessing direct, indirect, and cumulative impacts to birds and bats in accordance with state and federal laws; developing avoidance and minimization measures; establishing appropriate compensatory mitigation; facilitating completion of the permitting process; and operations monitoring, analysis and reporting methods.

Keywords: Wind energy, wind turbines, avian mortality, avian injury, bird mortality, bird injury, bat mortality, bat injury, carcass count, rotor-swept area, Migratory Bird Treaty Act

Author(s):  Richard Anderson, Susan Sanders, Scott Flint, David Sterner

Commission Division:    Systems Assessment and Facility Siting Division (700)

Office/Program:    Environmental

PIER Program Area:    Avian-Energy Mitigation Program

Date Report Completed:    December 2006

Date On Line:    12/22/2006

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