Wildlife and Habitat Risk Map for Land-Based Wind Energy Projects

Wildlife and Habitat Risk Map for Land-Based Wind Energy Projects
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Map of eastern North Carolina showing the different levels of risk to wildlife from wind energy projects. The data suggests increased risk as we get closer to the coast.

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Map
Facility
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Eastern North Carolina Ecological Services
Our vision is to collaboratively foster vibrant, healthy, abundant and self-sustaining resources within the Piedmont, Sandhills, and Coastal Plain by promoting nature based solutions. Congress has entrusted the Service to conserve and protect federal trust resources for the public's use and benefit...
Conservation Office
Program
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The Ecological Services Program works to restore and protect healthy populations of fish, wildlife, and plants and the environments upon which they depend. Using the best available science, we work with federal, state, Tribal, local, and non-profit stakeholders, as well as private land owners, to...
Program
Baileys Crossroads,VA
Ecosystem
Coastal
Forest
Lake
Prairie
Rural
Urban
Wetland
Subject tags
Migratory birds
Mammals
Endangered and/or Threatened species
Habitat conservation
FWS and DOI Region(s)
Southeast