Toward
Wildlife-Friendly Wind Power:
A Focus on the Great Lakes
Toledo, Ohio
June 27-29, 2006
Conference
Presentations, Papers and Notes
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Conference
presentations:
Tuesday, June 27:
Conference
Welcome, Overview and Proposed Next Steps (pdf-913Kb)
Rich Greenwood, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service/U.S. EPA-Great Lakes National Program Office
Welcome
Remarks and Introduction of First Panel Session (pdf-160Kb)
Albert M. Manville, II, Ph.D.,
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Wind
Energy 101: The Status and Future of Wind Energy Development (pdf-4.9Mb)
Robert W. Thresher, National
Wind Technology Center
Overview
of Potential Wildlife Impacts Due to Wind Power Facilities (pdf-4.9Mb)
Alexander R. Hoar, U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service
Migration
in the Great Lakes Basin (pdf-4.5Mb)
Ronald P. Larkin, Ph.D., Illinois
Natural History Survey
Avian
Vision, Navigation, and Orientation (pdf-3.1Mb)
Robert C. Beason, USDA National
Wildlife Research Center
Bird
Fatalities at Wind Energy Facilities (pdf-3.8Mb)
Carl G. Thelander, BioResources
Consultants
Bats
at Risk: Why Should We Care?
Thomas H. Kunz, Boston University
Bats
and Wind Energy: Problems, Challenges and the Search for Solutions (pdf-3Mb)
Merlin D. Tuttle, Bat Conservation
International
Pre-
and Post-construction Monitoring of Bat Activity and Fatality: What We've
Learned and Where to Go Next (pdf-5Mb)
Edward B. Arnett, Bat Conservation
International
Offshore:
Potential Impacts to Benthos, Mussel Beds, and Fisheries (pdf-9.8Mb)
John E. Gannon, International
Joint Commission-Great Lakes Regional Office
Wind
Generation -- Subtle Effects? (pdf-3Mb)
Jay Pruett, The Nature Conservancy
Importance
of the Lower Great Lakes for Waterfowl (pdf-4.6Mb)
Scott Petrie, Long Point Waterfowl
and Wetland Research Fund, Ontario
Migratory
Bird Stop-over Sites -- Emphasis on Lake Erie (pdf-5.2Mb)
Mark C. Shieldcastle, Ohio Division
of Wildlife
Wednesday, June 28:
Example
Impact Assessment Methods at Wind Projects (pdf-5Mb)
Wally Erickson, WEST, Inc.
Michigan
State Police Communication Tower Study: Results Applicable to Wind Turbines
(pdf-1.8Mb)
Joelle Gehring, Michigan Natural
Features Inventory
Observations
of Animals Near Turbine Sites -- Radar Biology 101 (pdf-2.4Mb)
Ronald P. Larkin, Illinois
Natural History Survey
Observations
of Animals Near Turbine Sites -- Radar Ornithology 102 (pdf-2.3Mb)
Sidney A. Gauthreaux, Jr., Clemson
University Radar Ornithology Lab
Mist
Nets, Thermal Imaging, and Stable Isotopes: Strengths and Limitations
for Assessing Impacts of Wind Turbines on Bats (pdf-24.6Mb)
Thomas H. Kunz, Boston University
Bat
Detectors: Their Uses and Abuses: Capabilities, Limitations, and Utility
in Assessing Use and Impacts of Wind Farms (pdf-2.1Mb)
Robert Barclay, University of
Calgary
Acoustical
Monitoring of Bird Migration -- Capabilities, Limitations, and Utility
in the Context of Assessing Use and Impacts of Wind Turbines (pdf-2.5Mb)
William Evans, Old Bird, Inc.
Ornithological
Assessment for Wind Farms: Lessons Learned in the United Kingdom (pdf-10.1Mb)
Richard Walls, Central Science
Laboratory, York, UK
How
Radar Data were Collected/Used at the Neda Mine - Utility, Limitations
(pdf-1.3Mb)
Ron Merritt (for T. Adam Kelly),
DeTect, Inc.
Evaluation
of Bird Migration Using Radar at Proposed Wind Facilities (pdf-3.3Mb)
Andreas Smith, DeTect, Inc.
Wind
Project Development Process (pdf-335Kb)
Kevin Rackstraw, Clipper Windpower,
Inc.
United
Kingdom - Existing Protocols for Selecting Sites and Assessing Risk (pdf-386Kb)
Dr. John Allan, Bird Management
Unit, Central Science Laboratory, York, UK
Assessing
Impacts of Wind Turbines on Birds through the Canadian Environmental Impact
Process (pdf-1.4Mb)
Charles M. Francis, Canadian
Wildlife Service National Wildlife Research Centre
Wind
Power Developments in Ontario (pdf-1.9Mb)
Eric Boysen, Ontario Ministry
of Natural Resources
Thursday, June 29:
U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers -- Authorities, Processes, Environmental Issues
(pdf-879Kb)
Steve Metivier, U.S. Army Corps
of Engineers Buffalo District
Selected
Federal Wildlife and Environmental Laws Applicable to Wind Energy Development
(pdf-120Kb)
David Rothstein, Office of the
Solicitor, U.S. Department of the Interior
Current
Efforts to Reduce Mortality and Address Habitat Impacts -- U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service Concerns and Involvement with Wind Development (pdf-1Mb)
Albert M. Manville II, PhD.,
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Commercial
Wind Development on Pennsylvania State Game Lands Review Guidelines (pdf-348Kb)
William Capouillez, Pennsylvania
Game Commission
Case Studies -- Lessons
Learned from Projects on Reviews:
East
Haven Wind Energy Facility (pdf-1.2Mb)
Catherine Gjessing, Vermont
Agency of Natural Resources
Chautauqua
Wind Energy Facility (pdf-5Mb)
Jack Nasca, New York State Department
of Environmental Conservation
Conference
notes:
Tuesday,
June 27
Wednesday,
June 28
Thursday,
June 29
Other conference
products:
Priority
Research and Information Needs (pdf-111Kb)
Suggestions
and Next Steps Discussion (pdf-100Kb)
List
of conference attendees (pdf-156Kb)
Other Information
and Resources:
GAO
Report: Wind Power Impacts on Wildlife and Government Responsibilities
(September, 2005)
Link
to Highlights/Fact Sheet (pdf-38Kb)
Link
to full GAO report (pdf-1.7MB)
Ohio
Wind-Wildlife GIS Maps
Ohio
wind map with wildlife data layers overlaid (pdf-1Mb)
Purpose
and use of wind data layers on Ohio map (MSWord-35Kb)
Offshore and Nearshore
Wind Facilities -- Sea Duck Impacts
Web
site, meeting abstract and PowerPoint presentations from Offshore Wind
Panel at the 2nd Annual North American Sea Duck Conference (November,
2005)
News
articles
Debate
intensifies on benefits and risks of wind farms (pdf-419 Kb)
by Frank Hinchey
This
article was originally published in the Ohio Outdoor News in April 2006.
It is reprinted here by permission.
"Toward
Wildlife-Friendly Wind Power" Web site
"Toward
Wildlife-Friendly Wind Power" Toledo Conference Web site
USFWS
National Wind Energy Web site
Conference
funded by the
U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency-Great Lakes National Program Office
Conference
organized by EPA-Great Lakes National Program Office and:
 U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service-Great Lakes Basin Ecosystem Team
llinois
Natural History Survey
U.S. Geological Survey
Our
proud partners:
 National
Wildlife Federation Great Lakes Natural Resource Center
U.S.
Forest Service Eastern Region
Ducks
Unlimited Great Lakes/Atlantic Regional Office
site updated September 20, 2006
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