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> Yesterday, I received a 62-pg resource document from
> the National Wind Coordinating Committee entitled
> Avian Collisions with Wind Turbines:  A Summary of
> Existing Studies and Comparisons to Other Sources of
> Avian Collision Mortality in the United States.
>
> This report is available on online at
> http://www.nationalwind.org/pubs/default.htm
> Copies also can be obtained from Paula Moreno
> <[log in to unmask]> at Resolve, Inc., 1255 23rd
> Street NW, Suite 275, Washington DC 20037.
>
> The summary concludes that "data collected to date
> indicate an average of 2.19 avian fatalities per
> turbine per year in the U. S. for all species
> combined."  Based on a projection of 15,000
> operational wind turbines in the U. S. by the end of
> 2001, the total annual mortality was estimated at
> approximately 33,000 bird fatalities per year.
>
> This contrasts with info from other reports
> containing the following avian collision mortality
> estimates in the U. S.:  - vehicles: 60 - 80 M
>
>         - buildings and windows: 98 - 980 M
>         - power lines: tens of thousands - 174 M
>         - communication towers: 4 - 50 M
>
> Noel Cutright, attending a meeting on this topic in
> Chattanooga in February
>


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