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Wind Power Project Reports RSF Proceedings
With our unique combination of ecologists and biostatisticians, WEST is outstanding in the field of wind power
permitting, impact assessment and monitoring, and has participated in the development and assessment of wind
projects in over 20 states and Canada, including the proposed Long Island, New York off shore wind farm. Our staff
have many years of experience designing and conducting a wide variety of avian and wildlife studies and research.
WEST has played a leading role in understanding, assessing, and placing into perspective the impacts of wind
projects on wildlife and habitat using scientifically credible and defensible risk assessment, monitoring and research
methods. WEST has successfully worked with all stakeholders involved in dealing with these technical issues.
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SERVICES AND EXPERTISE RELEVANT TO WIND POWER
- Estimation of Animal Abundance and Habitat Preference
- Population and Community Level Studies and Gap Analysis
- Threatened and Endangered Species, Sensitive Species Surveys
- Terrestrial, Avian and Aquatic Resources Impact and Risk Assessments
- Mitigation, Reclamation and Revegetation Planning
- Conflict Resolution/Negotiation of Natural Resource Issues with Public and Private Sectors
- Studies necessary for NEPA, ESA, MBTA, B&GEA, & CWA analyses
- Management and Habitat Conservation Plans
- Phase One Risk Assessments and Fatal Flaw Analyses
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REPRESENTATIVE WIND POWER PROJECTS
- Baseline Studies, Impact Assessment, Permitting Support
Developed study plans for baseline avian studies, conducted baseline studies, assessed impacts and/or provided permit support.
- Buffalo Ridge Wind Project, Lincoln and Pipestone Counties, Minnesota
- Arrowsmith Wind Project, McLean County, Illinois
- Condon Wind Project, Gilliam County, Oregon
- CARES Wind Project, Klickitat County, Washington
- Columbia Wind Ranch, Klickitat County, Washington
- Klickitat County Wind Project, Washington
- Nine Canyon Wind Project, Benton County, Washington
- Reith Wind Project, Umatilla County, Oregon
- Vansycle Wind Project, Umatilla County, Oregon
- Klondike Wind Project, Sherman County, Oregon
- Nine Canyon Wind Project, Benton County, Washington
- Maiden Wind Project, Yakima and Benton Counties, Washington
- Kittitas Valley Wind Projects, Kittitas County, Washington
- Stateline Wind Project, Eastern Oregon/Washington
- Mount Storm Wind Project, Grant County, West Virginia
- Kimball Wind Project, Kimball County, Nebraska
- Hopkins Ridge, Columbia County, Washington
- Combine Hills Turbine Ranch, Umatilla County, Oregon
- Avian and Wildlife Operational Monitoring
Developed protocols, conducted field surveys, analyzed data, reported results for wind project monitoring studies.
- Foote Creek Rim Wind Project, Carbon County, Wyoming
- Buffalo Ridge Wind Project, Lincoln & Pipestone Counties, Minnesota
- Stateline Wind Project, Eastern Oregon/Washington
- Vansycle Ridge Wind Project, Umatilla County, Oregon
- Nine Canyon Wind Project, Benton County, Washington
- Klondike Wind Project, Sherman County, Oregon
- Research Studies
- Investigation of factors potentially affecting collision risk at San Gorgonio and Tehachapi Pass WRA's, California
- Effects of UV reflective paint on avian mortality, Foote Creek Rim Wind Project, Wyoming
- Bat and wind turbine interactions at the Buffalo Ridge Wind Project, Minnesota
- Grassland bird displacement impacts at the Stateline Wind Project, Oregon/Washington
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GENERAL SERVICES EXPERIENCE FOR WIND PROJECTS
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WEST has provided the following services at wind projects throughout the U.S.:
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avian, bat, wildlife, vegetation, and wetland surveys - risk and impact assessments -
ecological study plans - ecological studies - mitigation and monitoring plans -
monitoring and research studies - Habitat Conservation Plans (HCP) - fatal flaw analysis
-statistical analysis - GIS mapping - Conditional Use Permit Applications (CUP) -
Environmental Impact Statements (EIS) - Environmental Assessments (EA) -
Biological Assessments (BA) - USFWS Consultation - wind turbine siting.
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WILDLIFE AND VEGETATION STUDY EXPERIENCE
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WEST has conducted a wide variety of wildlife studies at wind projects located throughout the U.S.:
- raptor surveys - passerine surveys - mountain plover surveys - raptor nest surveys - owl
surveys - big game surveys - prey availability surveys - habitat mapping - vegetation surveys
- sensitive species surveys - sage grouse lek surveys - night time migration radar studies -
searcher efficiency trials - ground squirrel surveys - scavenger removal trials - bat habitat
surveys - mortality studies - bat mist-netting - bat use surveys - general wildlife observations
- Phase I risk assessment studies
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WIND POWER CLIENTS (View Complete WEST, Inc. Client List)
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Aeropower Services, Inc.
Bonneville Power Administration
Cannon
CH2 MHILL
Cielo
Conservation and Renewable
Energy
Distributed Generating Systems
Energy Northwest
EnXco
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EPRI
Eurus
FPL Energy, Inc.
Klickitat County, Washington
National Renewable Energy
Laboratory
National Wind Coordinating
Committee
NedPower
Northwestern Wind Power
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Orion Energy
Pacific Power Marketing
Pacific Winds, Inc.
PacifiCorp
RESOLVE
SeaWest Wind Power, Inc.
URS
Windtricity
Xcel Energy
Zilkha Renewable Energy
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SELECT WIND POWER RELATED PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS BY WEST
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Anderson, R., M. Morrison, K. Sinclair and D. Strickland. 1999. Studying wind energy/bird interactions:
A guidance document. National Wind Coordinating Committee/RESOLVE, Washington, D.C. 87pp.
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Erickson, W.P., G. D. Johnson, M. D. Strickland, D. P. Young, Jr., K.J. Sernka and R.E. Good. 2001.
Avian collisions with wind turbines: A summary of existing studies and comparisons to other sources of avian collision mortality in the United States. National Wind Coordinating Committee Publication. http://www.nationalwind.org/pubs/default.htm
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Erickson, W.P., G. D. Johnson, D. P. Young, Jr., M. D. Strickland, R.E. Good, M. Bourassa, K. Bay. 2002.
Synthesis and Comparison of Baseline Avian and Bat Use, Raptor Nesting and Mortality Information from Proposed and Existing Wind Developments. Publication prepared for Bonneville Power Administration, Portland, Oregon.
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Johnson, G.D. 2005. A review of bat mortality at wind-energy developments in the United States.
Bat Research News 46:45-49.
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Johnson, G.D., M.K. Perlik, W.P. Erickson, and M.D. Strickland. 2004. Bat activity, composition and
collision mortality at a large wind plant in Minnesota. Wildlife Society Bulletin 32:1278-1288.
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Johnson, G.D., W.P. Erickson, M.D. Strickland, M.F. Shepherd, D.A. Shepherd, and S.A. Sarappo. 2002.
Collision mortality of local and migrant birds at a large-scale wind power development on Buffalo Ridge, Minnesota. Wildlife Society Bulletin 30:879-887.
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Johnson, G.D., W.P. Erickson, M.D. Strickland, M.F. Shepherd, D.A. Shepherd, and S.A. Sarappo. 2003.
Mortality of bats at a large-scale wind power development at Buffalo Ridge, Minnesota. American Midland Naturalist 150:332-342.
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Young, D., W. Erickson, M. Dale Strickland, Rhett Good, and S. Howlin. 2002. Comparison of avian
effects from UV light reflective paint applied to wind turbines, Foote Creek Rim Wind Plant, Carbon County, Wyoming. National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Golden, Colorado 80401-3393
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