Greenwire: In exchange for the right to kill eagles, a San Diego-based wind developer offered to retrofit 75 power poles to reduce eagle deaths near California's Lake San Antonio, prime winter habitat for the iconic birds.
Another California developer agreed to upgrade 11 "problem" power poles, idle certain wind turbines and donate $20,000 for eagle conservation.
The Obama administration argues steps like those will keep eagle populations robust, even as it issues permits of up to 30 years for wind farms......
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Is Interior’s eagle plan good for the birds?
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on December 24th, 2013
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