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In reply to the discussion: Silence of the lambs:US government authorized killing of endangered bighorns in path of wind project [View all]Liberty Belle
(9,705 posts)33. They have no place left to go.
The lambing area is going to be surrounded completely by wind farms on the north and west, to the south is the border fence and to the east, just sand.
You shouldn't make such statements when you haven't seen the terrain. These are the last suitable habitat areas in the vicinity.
There are some rocky hills in Anza Borrego state park but the wind farm in Ocotillo will effectively make it very difficult for sheep to get across that area anymore, forcing them to stay in the southern and western portion of their habitat where another wind facility is soon coming in, also on BLM land. Nobody is paying attention to the cumulative impact of these things.
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Silence of the lambs:US government authorized killing of endangered bighorns in path of wind project [View all]
Liberty Belle
May 2012
OP
WTF? I guess I don't fathom how critters and wind towers are incompatible.
FailureToCommunicate
May 2012
#5
This sounds stupid to me. I saw the wind turbins in IA and they farm right around them. It did not
jwirr
May 2012
#6
This article has links to several sources on mass livestock deaths near wind farms:
Liberty Belle
May 2012
#24
thank you for this. they expect some ewes *may* move away from the turbines
magical thyme
May 2012
#28
The Imperial Valley Press had a story on the bighorn running on the freeway.
Liberty Belle
May 2012
#35
I saw them in west Texas my last visit, clustered on mesas standing above the valley floor.
freshwest
May 2012
#11
I think the privatization of the BLM land is a big issue. There is no land in CA that is not very
freshwest
May 2012
#20
Ugh, how horrible. I've been going to Anza-Borrego since about age 14 and have NEVER seen a bighorn.
slackmaster
May 2012
#9
It's been 30 years since I visited there. I walked a pathway near the springs with friends.
freshwest
May 2012
#13
A lot of people are seeing them where they normally haven't frequented before.
Liberty Belle
May 2012
#19
I had an ex work for a summer on solar farms in southern California many years ago. There is a lot
freshwest
May 2012
#14
Simple: There's no profit for big energy companies if we put solar on roofs and go off grid.
Liberty Belle
May 2012
#25