William Malacarne
03-02-2009, 09:51 PM
I ran across this on a calbird list.
"Groups Protest Wind Turbine Eagle Kills
http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-221406?ref=feeds%2Foncnn
<http: www.ireport.com="" docs="" doc-221406?ref="feeds%2Foncnn"></http:> (http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-221406?ref=feeds%2Foncnn)
Wearing red to symbolize the blood of dead eagles, several Native
American groups from California organized a protest against the killing
of Golden and Bald Eagles that will take place in collisions with the
Wind turbines of the approved Hatchet Ridge Wind Project in Northern
California. Eagles, hawks, owls and falcons will all die in collisions
with the wind turbine blades that spin at 220 mph on 300 foot towers.
The groups that organized this protest are; The Advocates for the
Protection of Sacred Sites, Seventh Generation Fund, Indigenous
Environmental Network, International Indian Treaty Council, and Citizens
of the Pit River Tribe. The protest will took place Friday Feb 27 in
front of the Shasta County Administrative building where the board of
supervisors approved the Hatchet Ridge Wind Farm. Bald Eagles, Golden
Eagles, Spotted Owls, Great Grey Owls and over 100 other different kinds
of bird species are expected to die at this wind farm. Each year across
America, thousands of birds of prey die in collisions with turbine
blades. At the Altamont wind farm in California over 50 Golden Eagles
die each year. Accurate figures from other wind farms are not available
because of the high security at sites and cover up by the wind industry."
Bill
"Groups Protest Wind Turbine Eagle Kills
http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-221406?ref=feeds%2Foncnn
<http: www.ireport.com="" docs="" doc-221406?ref="feeds%2Foncnn"></http:> (http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-221406?ref=feeds%2Foncnn)
Wearing red to symbolize the blood of dead eagles, several Native
American groups from California organized a protest against the killing
of Golden and Bald Eagles that will take place in collisions with the
Wind turbines of the approved Hatchet Ridge Wind Project in Northern
California. Eagles, hawks, owls and falcons will all die in collisions
with the wind turbine blades that spin at 220 mph on 300 foot towers.
The groups that organized this protest are; The Advocates for the
Protection of Sacred Sites, Seventh Generation Fund, Indigenous
Environmental Network, International Indian Treaty Council, and Citizens
of the Pit River Tribe. The protest will took place Friday Feb 27 in
front of the Shasta County Administrative building where the board of
supervisors approved the Hatchet Ridge Wind Farm. Bald Eagles, Golden
Eagles, Spotted Owls, Great Grey Owls and over 100 other different kinds
of bird species are expected to die at this wind farm. Each year across
America, thousands of birds of prey die in collisions with turbine
blades. At the Altamont wind farm in California over 50 Golden Eagles
die each year. Accurate figures from other wind farms are not available
because of the high security at sites and cover up by the wind industry."
Bill