Interim Wind Guidance for the Northern Long-eared Bat

The Interim Wind Guidance (and associated documents) provides a strategy that will allow companies to operate and monitor for northern long-eared bats in a manner where take is not reasonably certain to occur. The guidance includes a curtailment strategy (i.e., reduction in electricity generation) at lower wind speeds when bats are migrating. We extended the interim northern long-eared bat tools and guidance for your use until final tools are issued. The Service shared a draft of the new tools and guidance documents for interested parties to preview, which can be found on the northern long-eared bat website.