Birds

  • Op-Ed: A mighty wind

    Brian Ertz

    Trevor Butterworth takes a look at the double-standard for wildlife protections Wind Developers are allowed to play by as compared to other energy industries.  Regulations to prevent huge impacts to birds and wildlife are “voluntary” and often written by the Wind Industry itself. Op-Ed: A mighty wind – Trevor Butterworth – The Daily Imagine the U.S.…

  • Biofuel Grasslands Better for Birds Than Ethanol Staple Corn, Researchers Find

    Ralph Maughan

    Biofuel crops can be a big threat to wildlife, or not, as this article shows- Biofuel Grasslands Better for Birds. Science Daily.

  • Wind Development Threatens Iconic American Birds

    Ken Cole

    Safeguards needed to prevent population declines in the Whooping Crane and Greater Sage-Grouse, and reduce mass mortality among eagles and songbirds The American Bird Conservancy weighs in on wind farms and their concerns for many rare bird species. Wind Development Threatens Iconic American Birds. American Bird Conservancy Press Release

  • 1,000 plus dead blackbirds fall from sky in Arkansas, ushering in New Year

    Ralph Maughan

    Some “physical trama” was cause- A very odd story.  This happened 30 minutes before midnight on New Year’s Eve. More than 1,000 dead blackbirds fall from sky in Arkansas. AP in MSNBC

  • Spring Valley, Nevada

    Brian Ertz

    Where NOT to hastily site an Industrial-scale Wind Energy Project Just north of Great Basin National Park, east of Ely in Eastern Nevada, lies a public landscape called Spring Valley. Spring Valley is a miraculous place, renowned for its magnificent skies and as critical habitat for sagebrush obligate species such as sage grouse and pygmy…

  • Well, Well, Well

    Brian Ertz

  • Badgers, skunks to F&G: Thanks but no thanks to island plan

    Ken Cole

    The Skunks and Badgers leave island with pelicans. The plan to introduce skunks and badgers to an island in Eastern Idaho’s Blackfoot River Reservoir so that they would prey on pelican eggs has failed because the skunks and badgers have left the island. Badgers, skunks to F&G: Thanks but no thanks to island plan. By…

  • Wind resistance

    Ken Cole

    Will the petrocracy — and greens — keep Wyoming from realizing its windy potential? Wind power is not a popular thing in Wyoming for some and very popular for others. It is very unpopular for advocates for sage grouse and other birds. Wind resistance. High Country News

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‎”At some point we must draw a line across the ground of our home and our being, drive a spear into the land and say to the bulldozers, earthmovers, government and corporations, “thus far and no further.” If we do not, we shall later feel, instead of pride, the regret of Thoreau, that good but overly-bookish man, who wrote, near the end of his life, “If I repent of anything it is likely to be my good behaviour.”

Edward Abbey

“The continued existence of wildlife and wilderness is important to the quality of life of humans.”

Jim Fowler

“Our forests offer much more than just beautiful landscapes and wildlife. Each one has a different story to tell.”

Raveena Tandon

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