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Bat and Bird Mortality Studies at Buffalo Mountain Windfarm
Author: Fiedler, Jenny; et al.
In 2000, the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) installed three wind turbines at the Buffalo Mountain windfarm in Anderson County, Tennessee. A three-year study, from September 2000 to September 2003, was conducted to document bird and bat activity and mortality at the windfarm. In 2004, 15 larger turbines were added to the windfarm. With the addition of these turbines the magnitude of expected bird and bat mortality was unknown.
Because the environmental study performed by TVA during the 2000-2003 study indicated the . . .
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