A Real World Approach to Adaptive Management for Wind Energy Projects

The best way to effectively assess and minimize impacts to wildlife from renewable energy projects is through adaptive management strategies. In a world where dollars make or break projects, a tiered mitigation approach, combined with monitoring, is the best way to develop responsible wind projects while reducing unknown risks resulting from the application of adaptive management strategies. This tiered approach involves assessing impacts, implementing specific mitigation measures, reassessing impacts, learning from previous measures, and developing new mitigation methods as necessary.

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Facts about National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Third-Party Contracting

This document discusses what NEPA third-party contracting is, why contractors instead of lead agencies often prepare EIS documents, how third-party contractors are selected, how conflicts of interest are avoided, and what safeguards prevent bias in an EIS prepared by a third-party contractor.

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