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December 2, 2014: Pre-Meeting Workshops December 3 – 5, 2014: Wind Wildlife Research Meeting

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500 Interlocken Blvd Broomfield, CO 80021

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Table of Contents

About ..................................................................................................................................................... 4

Acknowledgements ............................................................................................................................... 5

Omni Interlocken Hotel Map ................................................................................................................ 6

Registration & Materials ....................................................................................................................... 7

Ground Rules......................................................................................................................................... 7

Schedule-at-a-Glance ............................................................................................................................ 8

Refreshment and Meal Schedule ........................................................................................................ 10

Detailed Agenda .................................................................................................................................. 11

Wednesday, December 3 ................................................................................................................ 11

8:30am Welcome, Setting the Stage, and Policy and Priority Updates ................................... 11

10:30am Bats and Wind Energy: Turbine Interactions, Population Impacts, and Fatality Minimization ............................................................................................................... 11

1:10pm Eagles and Wind Energy: Monitoring, Point Counts, and Populations....................... 12

2:20pm Eagles and Wind Energy: Understanding Risk ............................................................ 12

4:20pm Eagles and Wind Energy: Demographic Impacts, Nest Disturbance, and Fatality Prediction .................................................................................................................... 12

Thursday, December 4 .................................................................................................................... 13

8:30am Assessing Risk to Birds & Bats: High Tech Detection, Classification, and Survey Techniques .................................................................................................................. 13

9:40am Assessing Risk to Birds and Bats: Movement Across Landscape ................................ 13

11:05am Estimating Impacts to Birds and Bats: Understanding Impact Mechanisms .............. 13

1:00pm Conservation Status of North American Birds in the Face of Future Climate Change ........................................................................................................................ 14

1:30pm Estimating Impacts to Birds and Bats: Monitoring, Estimating, and Mitigating Fatality......................................................................................................................... 14

4:00pm WREN: International Approaches to Mitigating the Impacts of Wind Energy on Wildlife ........................................................................................................................ 14

Friday, December 5 ......................................................................................................................... 15

8:30am Technology for Detection and Deterrence: Visual Sweet-Spots, Accelerometers, and Geofences ............................................................................................................ 15

10:10am Technology for Detection and Deterrence: Advances in Imagery Techniques .......... 15

11:35am Lessons Learned: Key Meeting Takeaways & Future Challenges to Address ............. 15

Posters ................................................................................................................................................ 16

Sponsor & Exhibitor Directory ............................................................................................................ 22

Notes ................................................................................................................................................... 26


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About The biennial Wind Wildlife Research Meeting provides an internationally recognized forum for researchers and wind-wildlife stakeholders to hear contributed papers, view research posters, and listen to panels that synthesize the most recent wind power-related wildlife research.

The meeting was planned by the American Wind Wildlife Institute (AWWI) and volunteer advisors from the National Wind Coordinating Collaborative (refer to next page for a complete list). Dr. Taber Allison, AWWI’s Director of Research and Evaluation, chaired the planning of the meeting agenda. All abstracts submitted to AWWI for consideration for presentation at the meeting were reviewed and scored by anonymous reviewers.

Thank you to AWWI’s 2014 Partners and Friends. Without your support of AWWI, a meeting of this caliber would not be possible:

AWWI Partners:

Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies

BP Wind Energy

Berkshire Hathaway Energy

Defenders of Wildlife

DTE Energy

Duke Energy Renewables

EDF Renewable Energy

EDP Renewables

Environmental Defense Fund

First Wind

GE Power & Water

Iberdrola Renewables

National Audubon Society

National Wildlife Federation

Natural Resources Defense Council

OwnEnergy

Pattern Energy Group

Renewable NRG Systems

RES Americas

Sierra Club

The Nature Conservancy

The Wilderness Society

Union of Concerned Scientists

AWWI Friends:

American Wind Energy Association

Clean Line Energy Partners

Enel Green Power

Infinity Wind Power

MAP Royalty

Pacific Gas & Electric Co.

Shell WindEnergy

Terra-Gen Power

TradeWind Energy

Vestas Americas


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Acknowledgements

We wish to thank the group of advisor volunteers and many others who contributed their time and advice on planning for this meeting:

Ed Arnett, Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership

David Bigger, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management

William Burnidge, The Nature Conservancy

Alvaro Camiña, Acrena

Bridget Canty, CH2M Hill

Patrick Ferguson, NaturEner

Bryan Gasper, Burns & McDonnell

Amanda Hale, Texas Christian University

Cris Hein, Bat Conservation International

Manuela Huso, U.S. Geological Survey

Caroline Jezierski, Nebraska Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit

Christy Johnson-Hughes, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

Deron Lawrence, CH2M Hill

Dave Phillips, Apex Clean Energy

Sue Phillips, U.S. Geological Survey

Joseph Platt, POWER Engineers

Katy Reagan, Sunbird Biological Consultants

Jerry Roppe, Iberdrola Renewables

Tom Schreiner, Colorado Parks and Wildlife

Lynn Sharp, retired

Karin Sinclair, NREL

Heidi Souder, NREL

Dale Strickland, WEST, Inc.

We also wish to thank the numerous volunteers who reviewed the submitted abstracts and the meeting volunteers who offered their time in support of the meeting logistics.


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All sessions take place in the Interlocken Ballroom. Posters are on display in the Centennial Ballroom.


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Registration & Materials Conference and pre-meeting workshop registration is located in the Atrium. Please stop by registration when you arrive to pick up your program and name tag. Registration tables will be staffed during the following times:

Tuesday, December 2: 11:00am – 5:00pm

Wednesday, December 3: 7:30am – 5:00pm

Thursday, December 4: 7:30am – 5:00pm

Friday, December 5: 7:30am – 11:00am

Meeting Materials & Internet Access All attendees will be given a printed meeting program.

All other meeting materials are available at: https://nationalwind.org/research/meetings/research-meeting-x/materials. This website is for meeting attendees only and should not be shared. The website will be updated with all information available at the time of each session. Some presentations contain proprietary or preliminary information and will not be distributed.

While guest rooms booked through the meeting include complimentary wireless access, internet access is not available in the meeting room and has limited bandwidth in the lobby areas of the Omni Interlocken. Cell service in the meeting room is not reliable.

Therefore, we recommend that you download the meeting materials onto your device prior to each session. We will have a few flash drives with all meeting materials at registration for you to download if you are unable to connect to the internet.

If you prefer to print meeting materials at your own expense, the hotel has a business center downstairs from the main meeting area. The center is open 7:00am – 5:00pm.

Materials for the pre-meeting workshops will be provided to workshop attendees at registration.

Ground Rules All participants at the meeting are asked to follow these principles, which will allow for constructive and respectful engagement among all meeting attendees.

Engagement

Respect each other’s various points of view.

Avoid personal attacks.

Be considerate of time so all can share their perspectives.

Confidentiality No party will characterize the position of any other party in public statements or in discussions with the press. If approached by the press, participants in NWCC activities may speak on behalf of their organization but not on behalf of the NWCC or other participants in NWCC activities.

Preliminary Information Note: Some information presented at this meeting is preliminary and has not been published or peer reviewed. Therefore, any information taken from this meeting should not be quoted or cited without permission from the author. Meeting proceedings will be prepared and released publicly by AWWI in 2015.

https://nationalwind.org/research/meetings/research-meeting-x/materials

https://nationalwind.org/research/meetings/research-meeting-x/materials


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Schedule-at-a-Glance

Tuesday, December 2

1:00pm - 5:30pm

Pre-Meeting Workshops

Lesser-Prairie Chicken and Wind Energy: Pathways to Conservation & Compliance

Management for Listed and Candidate Bats Species (separate agendas provided to registrants)

Wednesday, December 3

7:30am Continental Breakfast

8:30am Welcome & Setting the Stage: Retrospective and Looking Ahead

8:50am Latest Policy and Priorities

10:10am Break and Light Refreshments

10:30am Bats and Wind Energy:

Turbine Interactions, Population Impacts, and Fatality Minimization

12:10pm Lunch

1:10pm Eagles and Wind Energy:

Monitoring, Point Counts, and Populations


Understanding Risk

3:30pm Poster Session, Break, and Light Refreshments


Demographic Impacts, Nest Disturbance, and Fatality Prediction

5:30pm Poster Session and Reception

Thursday, December 4


8:30am Assessing Risk to Birds and Bats:

High Tech Detection, Classification, and Survey Techniques

9:40am Assessing Risk to Birds and Bats:

Movement Across Landscape


11:05am Estimating Impacts to Birds and Bats:

Understanding Impact Mechanisms

12:15pm Break and Pick Up Lunch

1:00pm Conservation Status of North American Birds in the Face of Future Climate Change (over lunch)


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1:30pm Estimating Impacts to Birds and Bats:

Monitoring, Estimating, and Mitigating Fatality


4:00pm WREN: International Approaches to Mitigating the Impacts of Wind Energy on Wildlife


Friday, December 5


8:30am Technology for Detection and Deterrence:

Visual Sweet-Spots, Accelerometers, and Geofences

9:50am Break

10:10am Technology for Detection and Deterrence:

Advances in Imagery Techniques

11:35am Lessons Learned: Key Meeting Takeaways & Future Challenges to Address

12:30pm Adjourn


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Refreshment and Meal Schedule

Pre-Meeting Workshops

Tuesday, December 2

Light afternoon snacks will be provided for attendees of the workshops. Lunch will not be provided.

Wind Wildlife Research Meeting


7:30am – 8:30am Continental Breakfast

10:10am – 10:30am Break and Light Refreshments

12:10pm – 1:10pm Buffet Lunch

3:30pm – 4:20pm Poster Session, Break, and Light Refreshments

5:30pm – 7:30pm Poster Session and Reception



10:45am – 11:05am Break and Light Refreshments

12:15pm – 1:00pm Lunch (please pick up lunch prior to presentation)

3:05pm – 4:00pm Poster Session, Break, and Light Refreshments

5:30pm – 7:30pm Poster Session and Reception

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Detailed Agenda Note: Agenda for the workshops on December 2 provided to workshop attendees separately.


7:30am Conference Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:30am Welcome, Setting the Stage, and Policy and Priority Updates

Welcome and Opening Remarks: Retrospective and Looking Ahead Taber Allison & Abby Arnold, American Wind Wildlife Institute

Latest Policy and Priorities Patrick Gilman, U.S. Department of Energy

John Anderson, American Wind Energy Association

Christy Johnson-Hughes, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

Brian Novosak, Bureau of Land Management

Julie Falkner, Defenders of Wildlife


10:30am Bats and Wind Energy: Turbine Interactions, Population Impacts, and Fatality Minimization

Session Introduction Moderator: Courtney Dohoney, Ecology and Environment, Inc.

Monitoring Bat Activity and Behavior at Wind Turbines Using Thermal Imagery and Ultrasonic Acoustic Detectors

Cris D. Hein, Bat Conservation International

Exploring potential hypotheses behind bat-wind turbine collisions Victoria Bennett, Texas Christian University

Modeling Encounters between Migrating Bats and Wind Projects Christopher S. Nations, WEST, Inc.

Geographic origin and population size and structure of bats experiencing mortality at wind energy facilities in the central Appalachians

David M. Nelson, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science

Investigating the benefits of fine-tuning curtailment strategies at operational wind facilities

Amanda M. Hale, Texas Christian University

Questions and Answers/Discussion

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1:10pm Eagles and Wind Energy: Monitoring, Point Counts, and Populations

Session Introduction Moderator: Rick Watson, The Peregrine Fund

Efficient and Effective Eagle Monitoring Protocols Paul Rabie, WEST, Inc.

Golden eagle point counts and telemetry data: a project-specific comparison

Laura Nagy, DNV GL - Energy

Population Status of Eagles and Availability of Eagle Take Permits While Still Maintaining the Goal of Stable or Increasing Eagle Populations

Kenton Taylor, WEST, Inc.


2:20pm Eagles and Wind Energy: Understanding Risk

Session Introduction Moderator: Carron A. Meaney, Walsh/Ecology & Environment

Assessing Landscape-Scale Risk Factors for Eagle Mortality on Powerlines

Lucas Bare, ICF International

Daytime habitat selection by resident Golden Eagles (Aquila chrysaetos) in southern Idaho, USA

Chad LeBeau, WEST, Inc

Modeling risk from wind power to breeding and migrating golden eagles (Aquila chrysaetos) near the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Québec, Canada.

Tricia A. Miller, West Virginia University



4:20pm Eagles and Wind Energy: Demographic Impacts, Nest Disturbance, and Fatality

Prediction

Session Introduction Moderator: Robert K. Murphy, USFWS

Origins of eagles killed at the Altamont Pass Wind Resource Area Todd Katzner, USGS, Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center

To Disturb or Not To Disturb: the Difficulty in Assessing Golden Eagle Nest Disturbance at Wind Energy Facilities

Julia Garvin, Tetra Tech, Inc.

Application of Eagle Fatality Prediction Modeling to Quantify a Reduction in Risk based on the Implementation of Avoidance/Minimization Measures and Experimental Advanced Conservation Practices

Kristen Adachi, WEST, Inc.




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7:30am Conference Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:30am Assessing Risk to Birds & Bats: High Tech Detection, Classification, and Survey Techniques

Session Introduction Moderator: Alicia Oller, Tetra Tech

Using Remote Acoustic and Thermal Sensing Detectors to Reduce Mortality at Onshore and Offshore Wind Facilities

Greg Forcey, Normandeau Associates, Inc.

Classification of Birds and Bats and their Flight Paths from Thermal Imagery

Valerie Cullinan, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Comparison of shipboard and high definition video aerial survey techniques for conducting surveys of avian distributions and abundance on the mid-Atlantic outer continental shelf

Kate Williams, Biodiversity Research Institute


9:40am Assessing Risk to Birds and Bats: Movement Across Landscape

Session Introduction Moderator: Martin Piorkowski, Arizona Game and Fish Department

Predicting Raptor Collision Risk from First Principles: Application of Updraft Modeling to Wind Farms

Chris Farmer, Tetra Tech, Inc.

Patterns in diurnal airspace use by migratory landbirds along an ecological barrier

Anna Peterson, Western State Colorado University

Bat Acoustic Monitoring Portal (BatAMP): an on-line tool for visualizing continental movement patterns of bats and informing wind energy siting decisions

Theodore Weller, USDA Forest Service



11:05am Estimating Impacts to Birds and Bats: Understanding Impact Mechanisms

Session Introduction Moderator: Kevin Heist, University of Minnesota

Quantified reactions at a distance of birds and bats to wind turbines Ronald P. Larkin, Illinois Natural History Survey

Environmental covariates of avian turbine mortality Julie Beston, USGS

Displacement of breeding grassland birds by upland wind facilities Jill A. Shaffer, USGS, Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center


12:15pm Please Pick Up Lunch and Return to Meeting Room for Presentation


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Face of Future Climate Change Chad Wilsey, National Audubon Society

1:30pm Estimating Impacts to Birds and Bats: Monitoring, Estimating, and Mitigating Fatality

Session Introduction Moderator: Jessica Costa, Stantec

Designing fatality monitoring to detect a rare event Manuela Huso, USGS

Estimating Fatality Rates: Finding the Right Denominator Douglas H. Johnson, USGS Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center

Can we estimate fatality from carcasses observed only on roads and pads?

Joseph Maurer, Oregon State University

Comparison of Avian Mortality Sources and Evaluation and Development of Compensatory Mitigation Options for Birds

Wallace Erickson, WEST Inc.


3:05pm Poster Session, Break and Light Refreshments

4:00pm WREN: International Approaches to Mitigating the Impacts of Wind Energy on Wildlife

Session Introduction Moderator: Jocelyn Brown-Saracino, New West Technologies, LLC, in support of the U.S. Department of Energy's Wind and Water Power Technologies Office

Wind Power: Ontario's Approach to Wildlife Impact Avoidance and Mitigation

Peter Carter, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry

The challenges of verifying mitigation measures in-situ Bjørn Iuell, Statkraft AS

Mitigating the impacts on seabird and marine mammal populations from 4GW of offshore wind farms in Scotland

Finlay Bennet, Marine Scotland Science




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Friday, December 5


8:30am Technology for Detection and Deterrence: Visual Sweet-Spots, Accelerometers, and Geofences

Session Introduction Moderator: Karen Voltura, DeTect, Inc.

Conceptual basis of a lighting system tuned to the bird eye to minimize collisions with wind turbines

Esteban Fernandez-Juricic, Purdue University

Near Real-Time Detection of Avian and Bat Interactions with Wind Turbines

Robert Suryan, Oregon State University

Avoiding avian impacts with wind turbines using GSM/GPS tracking telemetry that incorporates autonomous geofence alerts

James K. Sheppard, San Diego Zoo Institute for Conservation Research


9:50am Break

10:10am Technology for Detection and Deterrence: Advances in Imagery Techniques

Session Introduction Moderator: John Schubbe, HDR Engineering

A Computer Vision and Machine Learning System for Bird and Bat Detection and Forecasting

Russell B. Conard, Ornicept

Automated Analysis of Thermal Imagery for Assessing the Risks to Birds and Bats

Shari Matzner, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Behavioral Signatures of Birds: An Automated Way to Extract Wing Beat Frequency and Flap-Glide Patterns from Thermal Imagery

Corey A. Duberstein, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Remote Monitoring of Birds and Bats using Visual and Infrared Stereo Imagery

Trevor Harrison, University of Washington


11:35am Lessons Learned: Key Meeting Takeaways & Future Challenges to Address

Facilitated Discussion Taber Allison & Abby Arnold, AWWI

12:30pm Adjourn


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Posters Posters are on display throughout the meeting in the Centennial Ballroom. Breaks and receptions will be held among the poster displays at the following times:

Wednesday, December 3: 3:30pm – 4:20pm & 5:30pm – 7:30pm

Thursday, December 4: 3:05pm – 4:00pm & 5:30pm – 7:30pm The posters presented at the meeting are listed starting below; to review the complete author list and abstracts, please visit the meeting website. Poster presenters have been asked to stand at their posters during the sessions listed below their names. Session times are as follows:

Session 1: Wednesday, December 3, 5:30 – 6:30pm Session 2: Wednesday, December 3, 6:30 – 7:30pm Session 3: Thursday, December 4, 5:30 – 6:30pm Session 4: Thursday, December 4, 6:30 – 7:30pm

Each poster has a designated number (listed after the title), which will help you locate it in the poster room. Posters are grouped by session in the room (see map below). For an alphabetical list of posters, please visit the meeting website.

Map of Poster Room Note this map is approximate and actual layout may differ.

Estimating Impacts to Birds and Bats

A flexible modeling approach to ‘road and pad’ correction factors for bats in post-construction monitoring projects. (#1)

Paul A. Rabie, Western EcoSystems Technology, Inc. Session 1 & 4

An assessment of direct and indirect impacts to waterfowl in an Important Bird Area from wind turbine operation (#2)

Nicole Kopysh, Stantec Session 2 & 3

Assessing direct mortality to avifauna from wind energy facilities in the Dakotas (#3) Brianna J. Graff, South Dakota State University Session 1 & 4


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Avian and Bat Mortality at Two Wind Energy Facilities on the Gulf Coast of Texas (#4) Elizabeth M. Baumgartner, Western EcoSystems Technology, Inc. Session 2 & 3

Resource Equivalency Analysis: A tool to ensure avian impacts are mitigated? (#5) Author: Brad Norton, ICF International Presenter: Lucas Bare, ICF International Session 1 & 4

Assessing Risk to Birds and Bats

Airspace use by night migrating landbirds in relation to the southwestern shore of Lake Erie, OH (#6) Michael J. Wellik, US Geological Survey Session 2 & 3

Habitat Conservation Plans in Hawaii: History and Implications (#7) Alicia Oller, Tetra Tech, Inc. Session 1 & 4

Prioritization of avian species potentially impacted by wind energy development (#8) Julie Beston, USGS Session 2 & 3

Radar monitoring of the federally-listed Marbled Murrelet in northern California: Implications for wind energy development in coastal areas of the Pacific Northwest (#9)

Peter M. Sanzenbacher, ABR, Inc. – Environmental Research and Services Session 1 & 4

The Effects of Chronic Moderate Noise on Animal Behavior and Distribution (#10) Jim Cummings, Acoustic Ecology Institute Will not be in attendance at the meeting.

The Value of Cultivation as Wildlife Habitat - Congregations of Swainson’s Hawks (Buteo swainsoni) in Southern Alberta (#11)

Kent W. Russell, Stantec Session 1 & 4

Utilizing Multi-Spectral Signatures to Identify Potentially Suitable Habitat for Sensitive Species across Regional Landscape (#12)

Jon Schubbe, HDR Engineering Session 2 & 3

WREN – A New International Collaborative Under International Energy Agency Wind (#13) Karin Sinclair, National Renewable Energy Laboratory Session 1 & 4

WREN Hub – International Collaboration to Reconcile Wind and Wildlife Conflicts (#14) Andrea Copping, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Session 2 & 3

Detection and Deterrent Technologies

Applying Radar to Wind Energy Projects: Distinguishing Fact from Fiction (#15) Karen Voltura, DeTect, Inc. Session 1 & 4


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Michael Schirmacher, Bat Conservation International Session 2 & 3

Feasibility Study Using New LIDAR System in Detecting Wildlife Approaches to Wind Turbines for Mitigation (#17)

Edwin J. Jaros, Applied Cleantech Research Session 1 & 4

Wildlife Deterrent Using High Brightness Light Sources (#18) Donald Ronning, Lite Enterprises Session 2 & 3

A Tool to Visualize Sample Space and Estimate Volume of Altitude Bands Sampled by Avian Radar (#19) Tim Bowden, USFWS Session 2 & 3

Bats and Wind Energy

Understanding Meteorological Data and Variation in Bat Activity; Evaluating Thresholds for Bat Protection and Implications for Wind Energy Facilities (#20)

Tim Bowden, USFWS Session 2 & 3

Bats and Wind Energy in Mongolia (#21) Katy Reagan, Sunbird Biological Consultants Session 1 & 4

Bats of wind farm La Rumorosa, Baja California, Mexico: Management advices for their conservation (#22) Minerva A. Uribe-Rivera, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Session 2 & 3

Impacts of a single-turbine wind facility on bat activity and fatality in northeastern Iowa (#23) Jerry Roppe, Iberdrola Renewables Session 1 & 4

Stable isotope and genetic tools for investigating the impacts of wind-turbine mortality on Lasiurine tree bats (#24)

David M. Nelson, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science Session 2 & 3

Impacts to Mexican Free-tailed Bats from Wind Energy Development in the Western US (#25) Joel Thompson, WEST, Inc Session 1 & 4

Evidence that bats utilize wind turbines as a foraging resource (#26) Victoria Bennett, TCU Session 2 & 3

Bat activity in the Great Lakes region and potential implications for wind energy development (#27) Kevin Heist, University of Minnesota Session 1 & 3

Applicability of Indiana bat Habitat Conservation Plan Avoidance, Minimization, and Mitigation Measures for the Northern Long-eared Bat (#28)

Courtney Dohoney, Ecology and Environment, Inc. Session 2 & 3


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Endangered Species Challenges Ahead: Solutions for Clearing the Incidental Take Permit Hurdle (#29) Quintana Baker, WEST, Inc. Session 1 & 4

Fitting a Square Peg in a Round Hole - Applying Evidence of Absence Software to Habitat Conservation Plan Monitoring for Federally Listed Bat Species (#30)

Cara W. Meinke, WEST Inc. Session 2 & 3

Proposed federal listing of the northern long-eared bat (Myotis septentrionalis) and implications for the wind energy industry (#31)

Susan Hurley, Tetra Tech, Inc. Session 1 & 4

Understanding the Proposed (or Recent) Listing of Northern long-eared bats (#32) Jeff Gruver, WEST, Inc. Session 2 & 3

The effectiveness of raising cut-in speeds for reducing bat mortality at the Fowler Ridge Wind Farm, Benton County, Indiana (#33)

Rhett Good, WEST Session 1 & 4

Operational Mitigation Reduces Bat Fatalities at the Sheffield Wind Facility, Vermont (#34) Colleen Martin, Texas Tech University Session 2 & 3

Experimental test of a model based curtailment algorithm (#35) Fränzi Korner-Nievergelt, oikostat GmbH Session 1 & 4

Offshore Wind Energy: Siting and Assessment

Bats Offshore: Where, Why, and When? (#37) Steve Pelletier, Stantec Session 2 & 3

Tracking Bats Offshore in the Gulf of Maine using Nanotags (#38) Sarah Boucher, Stantec Consulting Services Inc. Session 1 & 4

Benthic and fish monitoring at a UK Offshore Wind Farm (#39) Chris J. Pendlebury, Natural Power Session 2 & 3

Bird and marine mammal monitoring at a UK Offshore Wind Farm (#40) Chris J. Pendlebury, Natural Power Session 2 & 3

Long term studies on biogenic reefs and implications for offshore developments (#41) Chris J. Pendlebury, Natural Power Session 2 & 3

Use of PVA to assess the potential for long term impacts from piling noise on marine mammal populations (#42)

Nancy McLean, Natural Power Session 1 & 4


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Kate Williams, Biodiversity Research Institute Session 2 & 3

The impacts of offshore wind development on birds: pre-construction survey methods and lessons learned from offshore wind pilot projects in the Northeastern U.S. (#44)

Aaron Svedlow, Tetra Tech, Inc. Session 1 & 4

Prairie Grouse and Wind Energy

No Fowl, No Harm: Determining Project Impacts and the Appropriate Conservation Response for Lesser Prairie-Chickens (#45)

Karen Tyrell, WEST, Inc. Session 1 & 4

The Lesser Prairie-Chicken Range-Wide Plan, a Faster but More Expensive Option than an Incidental Take Permit? (#46)

Karl Kosciuch, WEST, Inc. Session 2 & 3

Lesser Prairie-Chicken Listing and Rangewide Conservation Plan: Moving Projects Forward (#47) Carron A. Meaney, Walsh/Ecology & Environment Session 1 & 4

Relationships between Ranch Management, Wind Energy Development, and Greater Prairie-Chicken Populations at the Elk River Wind Farm, Butler County, Kansas (#48)

Greg D. Johnson, WEST, Inc. Session 2 & 3

Raptors (including Eagles) and Wind Energy

Alta East Eagle Take Permit Environmental Assessment, Start to ….Finish (#49) Deron Lawrence, CH2M HILL Session 1 & 4

Cumulative Effects Analysis Considerations for Eagle Take Permits and NEPA (#50) Michael Morgante, Ecology and Environment, Inc. Session 2 & 3

Modeling with uncertain science: estimating mitigation credits from abating lead poisoning in golden eagles (#51)

Taber D. Allison, American Wind Wildlife Institute Session 1 & 4

Patterns of Raptor Activity and Collision Mortality at Wind Projects in New England (#52) Jessica Costa, Stantec Consulting Services Inc. Session 2 & 3

Eagle Fatality Monitoring at Wind Facilities using Operations Staff: Potentially a Viable and Cost-Effective Detection Method (#53)

Eric Hallingstad, WEST, Inc. Session 1 & 4


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Golden eagle home range, life history, and geographic range information obtained using GPS-GSM cellular telemetry: the potential to develop more effective eagle conservation planning and mitigation strategies. (#54)

Thomas J. Koronkiewicz, SWCA Environmental Specialist Session 2 & 3

Overlap between Wind Energy Resources and Summer Ranges of Non-breeding Golden Eagles Migrating North from the Southwestern United States (#55)

Robert K. Murphy, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Southwest Region Session 1 & 4

Predicting High Likelihood Golden Eagle Nest Habitat and Developing a Long Term Monitoring Protocol in Disturbance Areas (#56)

Martin D. Piorkowski, Arizona Game and Fish Department Session 2 & 3

The effect of Wind Energy on the Golden Eagle in Spain and a review from Europe (#57) Alvaro Camina, ACRENASL Session 1 & 4


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American Wind Wildlife Institute

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Copperhead Environmental Consulting

Copperhead Environmental Consulting, Inc. specializes in environmental regulatory compliance and ecological inventories. Our core competencies include Section 7 & 10 ESA consultation, NEPA, natural resource management plans, long-term biological monitoring plans, and T&E species research. We understand the nexus between regulation and science and maintain excellent relationships with regulatory agencies.

www.copperhead consulting.com

DeTect, Inc.

DeTect offers the MERLIN Avian Radar System, the most advanced and proven system available for windfarm bird and bat preconstruction mortality risk assessment and operational risk mitigation with over 70 units worldwide. With the MERLIN SCADA feature, the radar automatically provides turbine curtailment to mitigate bird and bat mortality risk.

www.detect-inc.com

http://www.aecom.com/

http://www.awwi.org/

http://www.celltracktech.com/

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DTBird

DTBird is a self-working system that detects flying birds in real time, and performs real time actions, like the automatic Stop of a WTG or the emission of warning and dissuasion signals to birds flying in collision risk. Currently 44 DTBird units are operating in 8 countries, ncluding US.

www.dtbird.com

Ecosphere Environmental Services, Inc.

Ecosphere Environmental Services Inc. (Ecosphere)— is a full-service environmental consulting firm with extensive experience across the western United States. Ecosphere specializes in environmental compliance and permitting, natural resources consulting, public outreach and participation, socioeconomic, visual analysis, and environmental planning and monitoring.

www.ecosphere-services.com

EDP Renewables

EDP Renewables North America develops, constructs, owns, and operates wind farms throughout North America. Based in Houston, Texas, with 31 wind farms and more than 10 offices across the United States and Canada – the company has developed more than 4,200 megawatts and operates more than 4,000 MW of wind farms.

www.edpr.com

H.T. Harvey & Associates

H. T. Harvey & Associates is an ecological consulting firm with offices in California and Hawaii. For more than 40 years, we’ve created ecologically sound solutions to our clients’ complex natural resource challenges. We bring deep species expertise and project siting, permitting, impact evaluation and mitigation experience to wind-energy projects.

www.harveyecology.com

Invenergy LLC

Invenergy develops, owns, and operates power generation and energy storage facilities in North America, Canada, and Europe. Invenergy has developed more than 8,400 MW of utility-scale renewable and natural gas-fueled power generation and energy storage facilities. We are North America's largest independent wind power generation company.

www.invenergyllc.com

Merjent

Merjent, Inc. is a professional environmental and social consultancy advising the world’s leading energy and natural resource companies. Merjent is known for providing quality services and a leading standard of client care through our team of highly qualified and specialized professionals.

www.merjent.com

http://www.dtbird.com/

http://www.ecosphere-services.com/

http://www.ecosphere-services.com/

http://www.edpr.com/

http://www.harveyecology.com/

http://www.invenergyllc.com/

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NextEra Energy Resources, LLC

NextEra Energy is North America’s top producer of energy from the wind and the sun, with a greenhouse gas emissions rate among the lowest of any large power company.

www.nextera energyresources.com

National Renewable Energy Laboratory

At the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), we focus on creative answers to today's energy challenges. From fundamental science and energy analysis to validating new products for the commercial market, NREL researchers are dedicated to transforming the way the world uses energy.

www.nrel.gov

Pattern Energy Group LP

Pattern Energy is a leading independent power company. We own and operate eleven wind power projects in the United States, Canada and Chile that use proven, best-in-class technology and have a total owned capacity of 1,472 MW. As a renewable energy company, we naturally serve as active stewards of the environment.

www.patternenergy.com

Stantec

Stantec understands the issues associated with wind projects and how to develop regulatory and design solutions. Our 3,000-person environmental team includes professionals from multiple disciplines, and our 200-plus offices means that we have a local understanding of projects and their communities. We combine wildlife experience, engineering expertise, and local knowledge to help wind projects move forward.

www.stantec.com

SWCA Environmental Consultants

SWCA is a firm of natural and cultural resource scientists, planners, and compliance specialists across the U.S. From avian studies to a complete environmental impact statement, SWCA is dedicated to providing creative solutions and applying sound science to meet your wind power project needs. For more information, visit www.swca.com.

www.swca.com

Tetra Tech, Inc.

Tetra Tech is ranked #1 in Wind by Engineering News-Record. We provide support to 20 of the top 25 wind power developers. At Tetra Tech, we are committed to providing our wind energy clients with an integrated range of services from some of the most experienced experts in the industry.

www.tetratech.com

http://www.nrel.gov/

http://www.patternenergy.com/

http://www.stantec.com/

http://www.swca.com/

http://www.tetratech.com/


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Titley Scientific

Titley Scientific is the leader in acoustic bat monitoring and has set the industry standard for recording bats at wind installations. The SD2 detector provides a low power and efficient data logger for bat call information that can be stored locally or transmitted remotely via the cellular network.

www.titley-scientific.com

U.S. Geological Survey

The U.S. Geological Survey is a science organization that provides reliable, impartial and usable information on the health of our ecosystems and environment, the natural hazards that threaten us, the natural resources we rely on, and the impacts of climate and land-use change, to enhance and protect our quality of life.


West, Inc.

WEST provides environmental and statistical consulting services and contract research nationally and internationally to industry, government, and private organizations. We offer clients a unique combination of field ecology and statistics to help solve on-going and contemporary natural resource problems.

www.west-inc.com

http://www.titley-scientific.com/

http://www.titley-scientific.com/


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