Win(d)-Win(d) Solutions for wind developers and bats
Bat Conservation International initiated a multi-year, pre-construction study in mid-summer 2009 to investigate patterns of bat activity and evaluate the use of acoustic monitoring to predict mortality of bats at the proposed Resolute Wind Energy Project (RWEP) in east-central Wyoming. The primary objectives of this study were to: (1) determine levels and patterns of activity for three phonic groups of bats (high-frequency emitting bats, low-frequency emitting bats, and hoary bats) using the proposed wind facility prior to construction of turbines; (2) determine if bat activity can be predicted based on weather patterns; correlate bat activity with weather variables; and (3) combine results from this study with those from similar efforts to determine if indices of pre-construction bat activity can be used to predict post-construction bat fatalities at proposed wind facilities. We report results from two years of pre-construction data collection.
- Research Organization:
- Bat Conservation International
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- EE0000522
- OSTI ID:
- 1038838
- Report Number(s):
- Final Report; TRN: US201209%%272
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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