May 11, 2021
This mule deer was spotted in Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest. Melanie LaCava, a UW Ph.D. candidate in the Program in Ecology, was lead author of a paper about Wyoming mule deer that was published in the May 11 issue of Ecography. Despite the fact that Wyoming mule deer are a highly mobile species found throughout the state, UW researchers discovered that mule deer in the state represent three different genetic groups. (Melanie LaCava Photo)
Despite the fact that Wyoming mule deer are a highly mobile species found throughout the state, University of Wyoming researchers discovered that mule deer in the state represent three different genetic groups.
May 6, 2021
A small herd of wildebeest walk across the Masai Mara Plains in Kenya at sunset. Matthew Kauffman, who directs the USGS Wyoming Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit at UW, is the lead author of a paper, titled “Mapping Out a Future for Ungulate Migrations,” that will appear in the May 7 issue of Science. An international team of 92 scientists and conservationists has joined forces to create the first-ever global atlas of ungulate (hooved mammal) migrations, working in partnership with the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals, a U.N. treaty. (Munir Virani Photo)
An international team of 92 scientists and conservationists, including a few from the University of Wyoming, has joined forces to create the first-ever global atlas of ungulate (hooved mammal) migrations, working in partnership with the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS), a United Nations treaty.
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service estimates between 140,000 and 500,000 birds are killed every year by wind farm turbines. Operators use numerous strategies aimed at reducing fatalities, including pulse radar systems that can detect bird flight, and technology that integrates stereo vision into bird and bat-detecting software.
Now, Artificial Intelligence may offer new hope, according to a study published last month in the Journal of Applied Ecology. Researchers from the Peregrine Fund, EcoSystems Technology, Inc., and the U.S. Geological Survey have been testing an automated system called IdentiFlight.
It consists of cameras and machine-learning software and can detect and classify flying objects. IdentiFlight has been trained to recognize eagles if they venture too close to the turbines, and then shut the turbines down.
Bird Fatalities In Wind Farms Greatly Reduced By Using IdentiFlight AI Technology 28 gennaio 2021 | 15.01 LETTURA: 3 minuti
Research published in Journal of Applied Ecology shows 82% reduction in bird fatalities. A year later, system continues to learn and improve.
LOUISVILLE, Colo., Jan. 28, 2021 /PRNewswire/ IdentiFlight® is excited to announce that an independent study, Automated curtailment of wind turbines reduces eagle fatalities, was recently published in the Journal of Applied Ecology. Conducted by The Peregrine Fund, in cooperation with Western EcoSystems Technology, Inc. and the US Geological Survey, at a wind farm site in Wyoming, the research showed use of the IdentiFlight system resulted in an 82 percent reduction of eagle fatalities.