Put Wyoming's Golden Eagle On The Endangered Species List

Recently, David Wojick, Ph.D., has written a series of articles about wind power and Wyoming's golden eagles.

David Wojick, Ph.D., is an independent policy analyst and senior advisor to CFACT. He is a civil engineer with a Ph.D. in logic and analytic philosophy of science. He specializes in science and technology-intensive issues, especially in energy and the environment.

In his most recent article, he shows how Wyoming’s Golden Eagles are in trouble and need the protection of the Endangered Species Act. The rapidly growing threat, he explains, is ever-growing wind power.

Golden Eagle numbers in Wyoming have declined by nearly a third over the past 20 years, according to Teton Raptor Center conservation director Bryan Bedrosian.

Bedrosian warned the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission last October that

“We have a quarter of the breeding population of golden eagles in the western United States. We host roughly half of the migrants who come down from Alaska and Canada."
“Wyoming is home to the largest breeding population of Golden Eagles in the lower 48 states and provides critical habitat for wintering and migrating individuals; the state contains some of the most valuable areas for long-term conservation in the western United States.” Bedrosian said.
“Inadequate protections in a Golden Eagle stronghold experiencing high growth in wind development risks the project area becoming a “population sink”

In his new article, Mr. Wojick writes of the so-called Wyoming Wind Wall. This is a 200-mile-long area in Southeast Wyoming where almost continuous wind farm development is proposed by independent developers.

Mr. Wojick argues that Wyoming authorities ignored the cumulative impact of massive-scale industrial wind power development. Listing the Wyoming population of Golden Eagles as threatened under the 'Endangered Species Act', he argues, may be the only way to save them.