Interesting article posted on the Forbes website today about the potential conflict between the resurgent California Condor and increased wind energy development in the Tehachapi Mountains. As the endangered bird slowly begins to recover more of its historical range, representatives from both the wind energy industry and environmental advocates acknowledge that a condor death from a collision with a wind turbine would be a disaster.
By Garrison Frost
January 03, 2012
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