[EBB Sightings] Altamont Pass Hawk Dicing Fans

I just sent the below to my Alameda County Supervisor
- you can figure out yours (if you're in Alameda) at
http://www.acgov.org/board/ and get their contact
info.

For background on the issue and the upcoming June 2
hearing, visit
http://www.goldengateaudubon.org/newsletter/2005-05-thegull.pdf
.

I've only been on this list a couple months, so I'm
not sure how much this has been discussed in the past.
 Unfortunately I think most people don't regard birds
as highly as they regard mammals, which is a tragic
underestimation.

Brian

--- Brian Zeiler  wrote:
> Date: Tue, 3 May 2005 13:11:21 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Brian Zeiler 
> Subject: APWRA Conditional Use Permits
> To: bosdist4 at co.alameda.ca.us
> 
> Dear Mr. Miley,
> 
> I am writing in regard to the wind turbines at
> Altamont Pass.  Please require that the wind energy
> companies operating at Altamont reduce their bird
> kills by 50% within three years and 85% within six
> years per California Energy Commission
> recommendations.  
> 
> The location of these wind farms could not possibly
> be
> in a worse place, right in the path of a major
> regional raptor migratory route.  Continuing to
> allow
> thousands of hawks, eagles, owls, and meadowlarks to
> be slaughtered each year by enormous hilltop fans is
> utterly reprehensible and a horrendous conservation
> example for the rest of the nation.
> 
> Thank you for your attention to this issue.
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> Brian Zeiler 
> [address removed]


		
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