Killing California Condors, and ...

A number of stories cover the threat to species, particularly condors and eagles, from industrial wind turbines

Is condor ruling a ‘slippery slope’? | Politico

Is the California condor becoming the Obama administration’s albatross?
The Fish and Wildlife Service has given approval for a proposed wind farm in Kern County, Calif., to “take” — that is, injure or kill — one condor over the project’s 30-year lifetime.
That move, the first take the federal government has allowed for the endangered condor, has made odd bedfellows out of wildlife advocates, who say one dead condor is too many, and critics of the administration, who say it shows a bias for renewable energy and against fossil fuels.
The proposal in question — Terra-Gen Power’s 318-megawatt Alta East wind farm — has made some concessions to condor safety that pleased wildlife advocates, including relocating some wind turbines and installing a system that would shut down turbines when radio tagged-condors approach.
But allowing even one condor death is the start of a slippery slope, says Lisa Belenky
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