11 Friday Apr 2014
Posted in Renewable energy, Wind power
The members of the Blackbird family–red-winged blackbirds and grackles–are returning to the Ottawa area. A lesser known member of the family is the Bobolink, which is endangered protected in Ontario.
If you see a Bobolink this spring, or at any time, please log the time, date and location you saw it—this may be needed at some point in future to audit wind power developers’ environmental assessments.
25 Tuesday Feb 2014
Posted in Renewable energy, Wind power
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Blanding's Turtle, Bobolink, endangered species Ontario, environmental damage wind farms, James Bradley Environment, Ontario Ministry of the Environment, wind power and environment
TORONTO, Feb. 20, 2014 /CNW/ – Ontario citizens expect government to protect wildlife, according to a recent poll. Results of an online public poll hosted by Wind Concerns Ontario showed that 97.38 percent of the more than 1,300 people responding said they did not support the killing of birds and animals for wind power development.
“We think Ontario citizens are unaware of the government’s policy on wildlife, even endangered species, and wind power,” said Jane Wilson, president, Wind Concerns Ontario. “They don’t know that wind power developers are allowed to show that the ‘overall benefit’ of their projects trumps the need to protect birds and animals.”
At the Ostrander Point wind power project to be built on Crown land, the developer proposed to build a “compensation area” for endangered Blanding’s turtles, Wilson said. “We’re not sure how the turtles were going to get the message about that,” Wilson said. “The real message is, this government supports wind power developers, no matter what the cost.”
SOURCE Wind Concerns Ontario
NOTE: the South Branch wind power plant, which is about to begin operations soon just south of Ottawa, received a permit to kill, harm or harass the protected Bobolink.
Ottawa Wind Concerns 