TY - CONF
TI - Assessing Impacts to Birds from the Buffalo Ridge, Minnesota Windplant Development
AU - Erickson, W
AU - Johnson, G
AU - Strickland, M
AU - Sarappo, S
AU - Halet, R
T2 - AWEA WindPower 1997
AB - The primary goals of monitoring development at Buffalo Ridge are to evaluate risk to avian species from each phase of development and the cumulative risk to avian species from all windpower development in the WRA. The secondary goal of monitoring is to provide information that can be used to reduce risk to avian species from subsequent developments (Strickland et al. 1996). This paper describes the methods contained in the protocol and presents selected results of avian monitoring studies conducted by WEST in 1996. Most previous studies of windpower/avian interactions have emphasized assessing effects on raptors. Due to relatively low abundance of raptors on Buffalo Ridge, and based on conversations with Minnesota Department of Natural Resources personnel, this study emphasized assessing effects of windpower on passerines, waterbirds, and waterfowl.
DA - 1997/06//
PY - 1997
SP - 281
EP - 290
UR - http://www.osti.gov/scitech/biblio/570046
LA - English
KW - Wind Energy
KW - Land-Based Wind
KW - Birds
KW - Passerines
KW - Raptors
KW - Waterfowl
ER -