Is Acciona a NIMBY ? ~ Why Don't They Look at Data From Our Back Yard? Wolfe Island Wind

Acciona searches far and wide for relevant data from wind plagued communities to compare to Cape Vincent.

~BUT NOT IN MY BACK YARD ~

Acciona ignores the most significant source of data within a bird’s eye view of Cape Vincent is Wolfe Island this community is our neighbor on the banks of the St. Lawrence River we have much in common .
And Acciona has chosen to look to non-relative areas to collective data to prove that their wind complex will not affect our community.
The Wolfe Island Bird and Bat mortality report was surprisingly large and represent a significant threat to several endangered species Acciona denies that there will be this kind of threat to bird and bat populations in our community .
Acciona did not look at Wolfe Island's Bird & Bat Mortality report when compiling data for their FEIS for their proposed wind complex; they chose to use data from Maple Ridge Wind Complex ~ a project that is roughly 50 miles away instead.
Acciona's Avian and Bat Protection Plan asks the question how do the fatality rates compare to the fatality rates from existing projects in similar landscapes with similar species composition and use?
Jefferson County is home to the northernmost colony of Indiana brown bats, a federally listed endangered species,
that are undergoing a serious population decline. There are hibernacula in Glen Park, New York approximately 20 miles from Cape Vincent. The Indiana brown bat typically moves between 12 and 40 miles to roost locations.
Acciona’s Indiana bat study reports that Cape Vincent provides summer colony habitat, roosting and foraging areas for the Indiana Brown bat and also it documented that there is a maternity roost location in this same area.
This is significant because Indiana bats have strong fidelity to summer colony areas.
Groups continue to study bird, bat mortality rates - The Whig Standard - Ontario, CA

An American bird specialist says no one should be surprised by the number of bats and birds being killed by wind turbines on Wolfe Island.

"Environment Canada ranked the site as their highest level of concern for raptors. It's an internationally recognized site for waterfowl," said Bill Evans, an ornithologist with Old Bird Inc. in Ithaca, N.Y.


"This was probably not a good place to build and that was said before it was even started."

Evans was invited by Wolfe Island Residents for the Environment to sit in on a meeting with various government officials as well as representatives from TransAlta, the company that runs the 86-turbine wind farm.
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The Wolfe Island Wind Bird And Bat mortality Report


The total number of bird and bat deaths were estimated to be 602 birds and 1,270 bats were killed by the turbines from July 1 to Dec 31 , 2009. While the report says the numbers of dead birds and bats are similar to other wind farms in North America, Ottawa-based environmental advocacy group Nature Canada says the figures are actually surprisingly large and represent a significant threat to several endangered species.

~ WOLFE ISLAND REPORT ~
Link to the Wolfe Island report here

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MAPLE RIDGE REPORT ~

Link here to the Report for the Maple Ridge Wind Power Project
Postconstruction Bird and Bat Fatality Study - 2006May 31, 2007
Prepared for:
PPM Energy and Horizon Energy

BP ~ Cape Vincent Avian & Bat studies
Link here to view the avian and bat studies for Cape Vincent Wind Power Project

AVIAN AND BAT STUDIES FOR THE
ACCIONA ~ SPANISH ~ ST. LAWRENCE WINDPOWER PROJECT,
Cape Vincent Ny
Link here to view SLW ~ AVIAN & BAT ATUDIES


Links below for indiana bat samplings Cape Vincent NY in the proposed location of the SLW

Report on Indiana bat~sampling at 11 sites on the location of ~ SLW ~ JUNE 2008 ~

Report on Indiana bat~sampling at 11 sites on the location of ~ SLW ~ JUNE 2008 ~ report


Report on the Indiana bat ~ sampling on the proposed location of SLW at 6 sites
July & August, 2007