Interim Wind Guidance for Northern Long-Eared Bat

Interim Wind Guidance for Northern Long-Eared Bat
Interim Wind Guidance NLEB_6Mar23.pdf266.77 KB

This document articulates how new or existing land-based wind energy facilities can site and operate in a manner in which incidental take of northern long-eared bat is not “reasonably certain to occur” and describes standard post-construction monitoring needed to validate the effectiveness of the operational requirements described below at individual wind facilities.

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