Yesterday’s announcement by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is a good reminder that the permit program promotes eagle conservation and applies to many different types of industries and human activities resulting in impacts to eagles. As a clean energy source, wind energy contributes to eagle conservation by mitigating climate change (one of the major threats to eagles), and while unintentional take of eagles can occur from wind energy production, it is relatively uncommon and based on a legacy of care, the U.S. wind industry does more to address its impacts on eagles than any of the other sector through constantly improving siting and monitoring techniques. Learn more about the reality of wind power and the USFWS eagle conservation program here: http://www.aweablog.org/fact-check-fws-eagle-take-permit-applies-to-number-of-different-industries/

-Greg Alvarez, Writer and Content Manager, American Wind Energy Association