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Well, one could take it the other way and say
that if the only environmental issue was eagles, then Mt Lofty Ranges is
an appropriate location for a wind farm, given that wedge-tailed eagles
were quite rare there. As in if they are rare, then the chance
of harming any is mimimal. If they were common there and not anywhere else, then
it could be a problem of many being harmed. The species is quite common
elsewhere, so adverse population impacts are minimal. Of course there are a
whole lot of other factors to consider. Of course I feel bad at the thought of
these birds being harmed in that way, just as much as those that are killed by
cars and trucks, which is surely many more.
Philip
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Date:
Friday, 7 November 2003 8:50
Subject: [BIRDING-AUS] Eagle
Deaths & windfarming
Eagle deaths
hit
windfarmplan
OPPOSITION to a pro-
p o s e d wind f a r m a
t
Yankalilla is growing after
the death of two eagles be-
lieved to
have been struck by
wind turbines at Cape Jervis.
Origin Energy wants
to
build its Kemmiss Hill
windfarm next t o t h e
Myponga
Conservation
Park, which is home t o at
least three breeding pairs
of
wedge-tailed eagles.
Local resident Helen
Shanahan said it was
a
“totally inappropriate” lo-
cation for a wind farm
given
that wedge-tailed eagles
were quite rare in the Mt
Lofty
Ranges. The turbine
blades’ tips moved at 200 to
250km/h, she
said.
The Environment Protec-
tion Authority has recog-
nised the
potential for birds
t o strike wind turbines, while
Origin Energy
spokeswoman
Yvette Reade said a bird
expert hired by the
company
described Kemmiss Hill as a
“low impact”
site.
Local Liberal MP Dean
Brown said he had
“serious
concerns about a wind farm
immediately adjacent to
a
conservation park.
Adelaide Advertisre,
Friday
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