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Maine Audubon Wildlife/Windpower Siting Guidance and Avian/Bat Monitoring Protocol

Maine Audubon Wildlife/Windpower Siting Guidance and Avian/Bat Monitoring Protocol Update to the Commission April 5, 2006 Participants State and Federal Agencies – Advisory Land Use Regulation Commission Maine Department of Environmental Protection

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Maine Audubon Wildlife/Windpower Siting Guidance and Avian/Bat Monitoring Protocol

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  1. Maine Audubon Wildlife/Windpower Siting Guidance and Avian/Bat Monitoring Protocol Update to the Commission April 5, 2006

  2. Participants • State and Federal Agencies – Advisory • Land Use Regulation Commission • Maine Department of Environmental Protection • Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife • U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service • Maine Office of Energy Independence and Security

  3. Participants • Environmental Organizations • Maine Audubon - lead • Conservation Law Foundation • Natural Resources Council of Maine • The Wildlife Society • Appalachian Mountain Club

  4. Industry Representatives Chip Ahrens, Attorney Linekin Bay Energy Endless Energy Passamaquoddy Tribe Ron Kreisman, Attorney Ed Holt & Associates Woodlot Associates TRC Environmental UPC Wind Energy Divine Tarbell Participants

  5. Background 1 - Wildlife and wind power siting guidance 2 - Avian and bat monitoring methodologies • Summer of 2005 – A sub-group of wildlife experts began meetings to develop methodologies for avian and bat monitoring • Fall 2005 to Winter 2006 - Stakeholder group • Continued development of methodologies documents • Discussions how and when to monitor birds and bats • Discussions on turbine siting guidance

  6. Currently • Fifth meeting of the group on April 7th • Audubon’s grant money only covered three meetings, Audubon and others funding fourth and fifth meetings • Closer to agreement on how monitoring should be done, less close regarding when monitoring should be required • Less discussion so far on the siting guidance • Still being developed – work in progress

  7. Matrix with key “Themes” • Unique Natural Communities • Significant Wildlife Habitat • Endangered and Threatened Animals or Other Special Concern Species • Bird and Bat Migration • Large Blocks of Interior Forest Habitat

  8. For each “Theme” • Importance of theme • Resources for determining applicability • Large Blocks of Interior Forest Habitat – uses BwH approach • Impact assessment considerations • Bird and Bat Migration, and Large Blocks of Interior Forest Habitat – uses coarse filter approach to determine high, medium, or low potential impacts

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