USFWS Region 6 Recommended Protocol for Conducting Pre-Construction Eagle Nest Surveys at Wind Energy Projects (2021)

USFWS Region 6 Recommended Protocol for Conducting Pre-Construction Eagle Nest Surveys at Wind Energy Projects (2021)
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This protocol was developed for conducting pre-construction eagle nesting surveys in USFWS Region 6 states (Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, and Kansas). This voluntary guidance consists of a general nest survey protocol for eagle nests to complete a survey of the project-area nesting population of eagles for a proposed wind energy facility and it is only intended for this purpose. Further, this protocol should be used to determine eagle productivity parameters and it should be applied for both bald and golden eagles. 

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