Bird and Bat Fatalities Study Done at Maple Ridge Wind Farm
<p>Utility Automation and Engineering reportsthat “bird and bat fatalities found at the Maple Ridge turbines were within range of fatalities found during the late summer and fall [2006] migration around turbines in the U.S.” This study was conducted by the owners of the Maple Ridge Wind Farm in New York, PPM Energy & Horizon Wind Energy. The project was not operational until mid-2006, so the study does not include the fatalities from the spring migration. The study conducted did find a higher than predicted fatality rate for bats. It was still lower than that of wind farms inthe Appalachian Ridges.</p>