NATIONAL WIND COORDINATING COLLABORATIVE · 2019-12-12 · 8:30am Welcome, Setting the Stage, and...
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Program
December 2, 2014: Pre-Meeting Workshops December 3 – 5, 2014: Wind Wildlife Research Meeting
Omni Interlocken Hotel
500 Interlocken Blvd Broomfield, CO 80021
www.awwi.org
www.nationalwind.org
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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.
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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
2:20pm Eagles and Wind Energy:
Understanding Risk
3:30pm Poster Session, Break, and Light Refreshments
4:20pm Eagles and Wind Energy:
Demographic Impacts, Nest Disturbance, and Fatality Prediction
5:30pm Poster Session and Reception
Thursday, December 4
7:30am Continental Breakfast
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
10:45am Break and Light Refreshments
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
3:05pm Poster Session, Break, and Light Refreshments
4:00pm WREN: International Approaches to Mitigating the Impacts of Wind Energy on Wildlife
5:30pm Poster Session and Reception
Friday, December 5
7:30am Continental Breakfast
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.
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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
Thursday, December 4
7:30am – 8:30am Continental Breakfast
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
Friday, December 5
7:30am – 8:30am Continental Breakfast
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Detailed Agenda Note: Agenda for the workshops on December 2 provided to workshop attendees separately.
Wednesday, December 3
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
10:10am Break and Light Refreshments
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
12:10pm Lunch
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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.
Questions and Answers/Discussion
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
Questions and Answers/Discussion
3:30pm Poster Session, Break, and Light Refreshments
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.
Questions and Answers/Discussion
5:30pm Poster Session and Reception
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Thursday, December 4
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
Questions and Answers/Discussion
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
Questions and Answers/Discussion
10:45am Break and Light Refreshments
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
Questions and Answers/Discussion
12:15pm Please Pick Up Lunch and Return to Meeting Room for Presentation
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1:00pm Conservation Status of North American Birds in the
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.
Questions and Answers/Discussion
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
Questions and Answers/Discussion
5:30pm Poster Session and Reception
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Friday, December 5
7:30am Continental Breakfast
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
Questions and Answers/Discussion
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
Questions and Answers/Discussion
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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Sponsor & Exhibitor Directory
AECOM
With 100,000 employees — including engineers, designers, planners, scientists and construction professionals —AECOM is a premier, fully integrated infrastructure and support services firm. AECOM provides a blend of global reach, local knowledge, innovation and technical excellence in delivering solutions that create, enhance and sustain the world’s built, natural and social environments.
www.aecom.com
American Wind Wildlife Institute
AWWI is partnership of leaders in the wind industry, wildlife management agencies, and science and environmental organizations who collaborate on a shared mission: to facilitate timely and responsible development of wind energy while protecting wildlife and wildlife habitat.
www.awwi.org
Cellular Tracking Technologies, LLC
CTT brings the “Internet of Things” revolution to wildlife telemetry. Our careers in wildlife biology translate to the most integrated ergonomic designs, housing the most reliable and highest-performing GPS telemetry devices. Lightweight, solar-powered, energy-thrifty, and rugged, these devices deliver critical high resolution data at low cost via global cellular networks.
www.celltracktech.com
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
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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
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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
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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.
http://www.usgs.gov/
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
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