Are wind farms killing endangered whooping cranes?

The US Fish and Wildlife Service, every major avian preservation organization and the wind industry are working closely together to ensure that there will be no impact on whooping cranes by wind farms. The biggest threat to whooping crane populations is global warming, and wind farms directly assist with slowing global warming. read more

Current estimates are that 2,705 turbines are operational at 40 wind farms in the U. S. whooping crane migration corridor. The average wind development project consists of 57 turbines (data generated by the Great Plains Wind Energy Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) in March, 2011). read more

STAFFORD, Kan. – Whooping cranes have waged a valiant fight against extinction, but federal officials warn of a new potential threat to the endangered birds: wind farms. Down to about 15 in 1941, the gargantuan birds that migrate each fall from Canada to Texas now number 266, thanks to conservation efforts. read more