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Gone With The Windmills? A Plea to President Obama to Save the National Forests of Appalachia
Author: Bolgiano, Chris
Dear President Obama: Thanks to you, America is turning green again, nearly forty years after I went “Back to the Land” as part of the first Earth Day generation You came within twenty miles of my passive-aggressive solar homestead on Cross Mountain last October, when you spoke in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Surely, as you flew into the Shenandoah Valley airport, you noticed to the west the long, sinuous lines of forest-covered mountains, fall colors blazing in faux fire. A century ago . . .
More »Raptors and Wind Energy Development in the Central Appalachians
Author: Katzner, Todd; Brandes, David; Lanzone, Michael; Miller, Trish; and Ombalski, Dan
There is little current available information as to how wind energy projects in the central Appalachians area will affect bird populations (NRC, 2007). However, it is known that diurnal raptors are generally at higher risk for collision with turbines than are many other avian species (NWCC, 2004). Furthermore, potential cumulative effects on birds are broader than just those from direct collisions. In particular, increased energetic costs of migration, avoidance of preferred migration pathways, and change or loss of migration habitat . . .
More »Understanding the Trade-Off: Environmental Costs and Benefits of Industrial Wind Energy Development
Author: Boone, Dan; and Webb, Rick
Low benefit, high environmental cost … Special Session on Bats and Wind Turbines, 38th North American Symposium on Bat Research, Scranton, Pa., October 24, 2008 Download original document: “Environmental Costs and Benefits of Industrial Wind Energy Development”
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Industrial Wind Factories in George Washington National Forest
Author: West Virginia Highlands Conservancy
Public lands in Pendleton, Hardy, and Grant Counties, W.V., and August, Rockingham, and Shenandoah Counties, Va. – a fact sheet with sources. Download original document: “Industrial Wind Factories in George Washington National Forest”
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