Turbine and Dominion coal plant.
Credit: Rachel London, USFWS

Service Announces Wind Energy Training Series for Voluntary Land-Based Wind Energy Guidelines
April 25, 2013

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is pleased to announce a training broadcast series to cover the voluntary Land-based Wind Energy Guidelines and other relevant topics.

Join us Wednesday, May 22, 2013 at 2:00 pm ET for the first broadcast of the series, which will focus on the Tiered Approach—a framework for determining potential species and habitat effects.  Register for this broadcast.

The Land-Based Wind Energy Guidelines are a tool for wind energy practitioners to minimize adverse effects of wind energy development and operation to wildlife and their habitats.  The guidelines focus on collaboration of federal and state agencies, tribes, industry, and non-governmental organizations to develop environmentally responsible wind energy facilities. 

The bimonthly broadcasts will cover emerging issues and provide direction for wind energy facility planning, development, and operations.

Final Land-Based Wind Energy Guidelines
March 23, 2012

The Department of the Interior today released guidelines designed to help wind energy project developers avoid and minimize impacts of land-based wind projects on wildlife and their habitats. The voluntary guidelines will help shape the smart siting, design and operation of the nation's growing wind energy economy.

Final Land-Based Wind Energy Guidelines

News Release

Final Land-Based Wind Energy Guidelines Factsheet