Feds stand by wind farm ban in core grouse areas
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says wind farms shouldn’t be allowed in Wyoming’s core population areas for sage grouse.
A supervisor in the agency’s Wyoming field office made the comments this week in response to an inquiry from the Wyoming Game and Fish Department.
Gov. Dave Freudenthal issued an executive order last August restricting development in critical sage grouse habitat, known as core population areas.
Wyoming developed the restrictions to try to prevent the federal government from listing sage grouse as an endangered species. The listing decision is up to the Fish and Wildlife Service.
The state Game and Fish Department sought the Fish and Wildlife Service’s feedback this week as it deals with multiple wind development proposals in core grouse areas.
MATT JOYCE, Associated Press Writer
9 July 2009
Tags: Wind power, Wind energy
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