The State Government Program Leaders List-serve has been soliciting wind energy siting guidelines from the state to use as models. Attached are the wind energy siting guidelines from Arizona, which appear to be pretty good. They include things like recommending "Bird Flight Diverters" on towers which have been shown to reduce collisions by up to 86 %, as well as requirements for acoustic monitoring for bats, and coordination with state wildlife plans. Does WV-DNR have anything like this? Should we push for something like this from WV-DNR? It would be a way to support the wind industry by providing clear guidance while also providing protections for critical wildlife species. Whaddya Tink? JBK --------------------------- cc:Mail Users----------------------------- ** Remember to DELETE the 'Sender: ...' lines above before REPLYing ** ----------------------------------------------------------------------
Sandy Bahr sandy.bahr@sierraclub.org 1/11/2010 6:03 PM >>>
These are pretty good from our Game and Fish Department.
Sandy Bahr Chapter Director Sierra Club - Grand Canyon Chapter 202 E. McDowell Rd, Suite 277 Phoenix, AZ 85004 Phone (602) 253-8633 Fax (602) 258-6533 sandy.bahr@sierraclub.org
From:FRED [mailto:CONS-FRED@LISTS.SIERRACLUB.ORG] On Behalf Of Kenneth C. Winston Sent: Monday, January 11, 2010 1:32 PM To: CONS-FRED@LISTS.SIERRACLUB.ORG Subject: Wind Siting Guidelines
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Previously we have used the FWS guidelines. If AZ was a bit more stringent in their requirements then we should use that as the standard. I do not have time to compare the 2 right now. best, paul
On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 2:02 PM, James Kotcon jkotcon@wvu.edu wrote:
The State Government Program Leaders List-serve has been soliciting wind energy siting
guidelines from the state to use as models.
Attached are the wind energy siting guidelines from Arizona, which appear to be pretty
good. They include things like recommending "Bird Flight Diverters" on towers which
have been shown to reduce collisions by up to 86 %, as well as requirements for
acoustic monitoring for bats, and coordination with state wildlife plans.
Does WV-DNR have anything like this? Should we push for something like this from
WV-DNR? It would be a way to support the wind industry by providing clear guidance
while also providing protections for critical wildlife species.
Whaddya Tink?
JBK
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Sandy Bahr sandy.bahr@sierraclub.org 1/11/2010 6:03 PM >>>
These are pretty good from our Game and Fish Department.
Sandy Bahr
Chapter Director
Sierra Club - Grand Canyon Chapter
202 E. McDowell Rd, Suite 277
Phoenix, AZ 85004
Phone (602) 253-8633
Fax (602) 258-6533
sandy.bahr@sierraclub.org
*From:* FRED [mailto:CONS-FRED@LISTS.SIERRACLUB.ORG] *On Behalf Of *Kenneth C. Winston *Sent:* Monday, January 11, 2010 1:32 PM *To:* CONS-FRED@LISTS.SIERRACLUB.ORG *Subject:* Wind Siting Guidelines
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Does anyone have a really good set of wind siting guidelines?
I have looked at the material that Sandy Bahr (and others) were working on at the time of Colloquium and looked at Kansas’s guidelines.
I also looked up the Wisconsin guidelines, but they appear to just direct the PSC to develop guidelines.
The chairman of the Natural Resources Committee has indicated that he is open to the idea of guidelines and I have another key member of the committee who is pushing the idea so I need to come up with something fast. Any helpful ideas would be appreciated.
Ken Winston
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