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Thanks to the Forest Service, A Tool to Lessen Bat Fatalities at Wind Energy Facilities

January 11, 2012 Sherri Eng, U.S. Forest Service Office of Communication, Pacific Southwest Research Station

With the literal rise of wind energy facilities across the country in recent years, migratory bats have been affected and can die in the huge turbines designed to catch the wind—and, unintentionally, winged creatures that fly at night. The new interactive tool referred to as the Bat Occupancy...

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Thanks to the Forest Service, A Tool to Lessen Bat Fatalities at Wind Energy Facilities

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