“Tag: wind”

Is wind energy bad for waterfowl? It's something we've discussed here before, and a North Dakota study by Ducks Unlimited and the United States Fish & Wildlife Service in North Dakota found that when wind farms are placed on wetlands, breeding pairs of ducks are reduced by an average of 21 percent.

If wind farms get contracts to build on large tracts of federal lands, could public areas become de facto no-hunting areas?

The American Bird Conservancy has filed a lawsuit that it hopes will help protect Bald and Golden Eagles from Wind Turbines.

Check out our American Hunter video insights in Whitetail Season: Wind Speed

No wind estimation method is better than using mirage. Let John Antanies explain.

Did you know wind affects high-velocity rimfire rounds more than standard ones?

One of the concerns regarding wind farms back before they became a fixture on the Midwest landscape was their potential effect on animal populations,especially birds. There have been some incidents that seem to validatethisapprehension. Wind turbines have killed an average of 67 golden eagles per year in the San Francisco Bay area. (Perhaps that's a stat to tuck away for the next time a greeny suggests lead ammo isharming birds of prey.)

No hunter relies on good wind quite like the waterfowler. So what do you do when there isn't any?

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