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Wind turbine wakes can impact downwind vegetation

Wind turbine wakes can impact downwind vegetation

A new USGS report shows a link between air disturbed by wind turbines and vegetation patterns

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Confirmation that Eagle Fatalities Can Be Reduced by Automated Curtailment of Wind Turbines

Confirmation that Eagle Fatalities Can Be Reduced by Automated Curtailment of Wind Turbines

Automated curtailment systems, or systems that slow or stop wind turbines when birds are approaching, are a potential solution to reduce collisions.

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In Blue Water: Tracking Animals in the Open Ocean

In Blue Water: Tracking Animals in the Open Ocean

Scientists are attaching tracking tags to marine animals at Palmyra Atoll to learn how marine protected areas can best serve diverse species. 

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USGS Scientist Kathryn McEachern Honored as U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Recovery Champion

USGS Scientist Kathryn McEachern Honored as U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Recovery Champion

Dr. McEachern received the award for her role in rare plant conservation on the California Channel Islands.

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Biologists Address Wind Energy Impact to Bats

Biologists Address Wind Energy Impact to Bats

New research published in a Special Issue of the Journal Animals advances our knowledge of the interactions of bats with wind turbines. Scientists lay...

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Wildlife Mortality from Wind Turbines Scales with Energy Production

Wildlife Mortality from Wind Turbines Scales with Energy Production

Older wind facilities are being “repowered,” which involves replacing smaller, closely spaced turbines with larger ones, more widely spaced.

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New USGS Analysis of Wind Turbine Upgrades Shows No Impact on Wildlife Mortality

New USGS Analysis of Wind Turbine Upgrades Shows No Impact on Wildlife Mortality

CORVALLIS, ORE. – Reduction in wildlife mortality rates is sometimes cited as a potential benefit to the replacement of older, smaller turbines by...

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Assessing Consequences of Human Activity on Wildlife Populations

Assessing Consequences of Human Activity on Wildlife Populations

Human activity sometimes stresses or kills individual animals. Most of the tools we have to address this problem are focused on those individuals. We...

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Annotated Bibliography of Scientific Research on Greater Sage-Grouse Published

Annotated Bibliography of Scientific Research on Greater Sage-Grouse Published

The U.S. Geological Survey has reviewed and summarized the substantial body of literature related to the conservation, management, monitoring, and...

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Tips for Dryland Restoration - Summer 2020

Tips for Dryland Restoration - Summer 2020

This season's edition of the Restoration Assessment and Monitoring Program for the Southwest Newsletter contains recent program highlights including...

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Learning From Real-World Experience to Understand Renewable Energy Impacts to Wildlife

Learning From Real-World Experience to Understand Renewable Energy Impacts to Wildlife

A comprehensive analysis of how renewable energy facilities affect wildlife could inform efforts to predict and reduce these impacts. A team of...

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Examination of Surveys to Measure Renewable Energy Effects on Birds and Bats

Examination of Surveys to Measure Renewable Energy Effects on Birds and Bats

Although renewable energy facilities are often required to complete wildlife surveys before and after constructing facilities, there is a lack of...

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