| Title: | California Guidelines for Reducing Impacts to Birds and Bats from Wind Energy Development - FINAL Commission Report |
Publication Number:
CEC-700-2007-008-CMF
Author(s): Richard Anderson, Susan Sanders
Commission Division: Systems Assessment and Facility Siting Division (700)
Office/Program: Environmental
PIER Program Area:
Date Published: October 2007
Date On Line:
10/23/2007
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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; prepermitting study design and methods; 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; and postconstruction operations monitoring, analysis, and reporting methods.
Keywords: Avian fatality, avian injury, avian mortality, bat fatality, bat injury, bat mortality, bird fatality, bird injury, carcass count, Migratory Bird Treaty Act, rotor-swept area, wind energy, wind siting guidelines, wind turbines
Topic Areas:
Avian Mortality, Endangered Species, Wind, Environment, Transmission Lines