"Study: Black Turbine Blades Reduced Bird Mortality by 72%"
"Painting one of a wind turbine's three blades black led to a dramatic decline in bird mortality along the Norwegian coast, new research shows."
Source: E&E News, 08/26/2020
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Interior Memo Scaling Back Bird Protections Is Illegal, Court Rules
"A U.S. district court struck down the legal opinion used to justify the Trump administration’s coming rollback of protections for migratory birds late Monday, writing that the Department of the Interior memo was “contrary to law.”"
Source: The Hill, 08/12/2020
"Alarm As Pesticides Spur Rapid Decline Of US Bird Species"
"Popular pesticides are causing bird species to decline at an alarming rate in the US, adding fuel to a 50-year downward trend in bird biodiversity, a new report has found."
Source: Guardian, 08/11/2020
Endangered Calif. Condors In Sequoia Natl Park For 1st Time In 50 Years
"For the first time in nearly 50 years, California condors have been spotted at Sequoia National Park, wildlife officials announced."
Source: LA Times, 07/09/2020
Lake Erie Wind Project Faces Big Bird Problems
"The nation's first wind energy project on fresh water has big ambitions. It also has big bird problems. Known as Icebreaker Wind, it aspires to position as many as several hundred turbines on Lake Erie, where strong winds, shallow depths and the proximity of power stations would seem to be a winning trifecta."
Source: Washington Post, 06/22/2020
Battle Between Off-Roaders And Rare Bird Heats Up At Calif. State Park
"It wasn’t long after Oceano Dunes locked its gates due to the coronavirus that rare shorebirds started nesting in areas usually reserved for off-roaders and their beach-riding vehicles."
Source: LA Times, 06/18/2020
"Migration Numbers Plunge for the Red Knot, a Threatened Shore Bird"
"A sudden drop in the number of red knots visiting the beaches of Delaware Bay during migration this spring has renewed concern among scientists about the survival of the threatened shore bird’s Atlantic Coast population." "Every May, these birds stop in the Delaware Bay on their way to Arctic Canada. But a shortage of food this season puts their flight at risk."
Source: NYTimes, 06/12/2020
"Judge Strikes Down U.S. Energy Leasing Rules In Sage Grouse Habitat"
"A U.S. judge has dealt another blow to the Trump administration's efforts to increase domestic oil and gas output from public lands, saying officials failed to protect habitat for a declining bird species when it issued energy leases on hundreds of square miles."
Source: AP, 05/27/2020
Group: Funds Meant For Prairie Chicken Conservation Misused
"Environmentalists are questioning spending by wildlife managers who oversee a conservation effort for the lesser prairie chicken after money was used on a building and salaries rather than on projects to help the bird."
Source: AP, 05/04/2020
"Scientists Worry Agency Plan to Prevent Fires Could Do Opposite"
"Scientists say the Trump administration’s proposed program to cut down trees to gain an upper hand over wildfire and protect the sage-grouse bird may in fact do the opposite: increase the wildfire threat and risk ecosystem “collapse.”"
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 04/10/2020
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