Interim Wind Guidance for Northern Long-Eared Bat
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This document articulates how new or existing land-based wind energy facilities can site and operate in a manner in which incidental take of northern long-eared bat is not “reasonably certain to occur” and describes standard post-construction monitoring needed to validate the effectiveness of the operational requirements described below at individual wind facilities.

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Karen Herrington
Midwest Region Ecological Services Program Leader
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