Eagles Endangered In Wyoming By Turbines – NEW REPORT

A new and troubling report has just been released about the impact that wind turbines have on golden eagles.

CFACT senior advisor David Wojick warned that these and other bird species may not survive much longer if we continue to add wind power to our landscape.

Wind turbines, the report says, substantially increase eagle deaths in states like Wyoming.

Nearly 15 years ago, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) determined that the golden eagle population could not withstand an increase in human-caused mortality. However, a large queue of proposed wind projects sought FWS permits exempting them from harm they may cause eagles under the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act—permits that would inevitably increase the kill rate. (CFACT REPORT).

 

Federal government action tried to protect the eagles from turbine strikes by “offsetting their deaths by reducing electrocutions from power poles.

In other words, don't stop deaths by wind turbines but find a way to have fewer deaths somewhere else.

But even if that was done, the math does not add up.

They underestimated the number of power poles that would need to be made “safe” by a factor of as much as 241 and failed to save any meaningful number of eagles.

Back in 2015, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) determined that the golden eagle population could not withstand an increase in human-caused mortality.

Many more wind projects sought FWS permits exempting them from harm they may cause eagles under the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act.

These permits would inevitably increase the kill rate.

Many more wind projects were proposed under the Biden administration in states across the West.

Those government subsidies are already in the pipeline. The Trump administration has been trying to claw them back.

You can read the entire CFACT report at this link.