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CODY, Wyo. — The rush to build wind farms to combat climate change is colliding with preservation of one of the U.S. West's most spectacular predators — the golden eagle — as the species teeters on the edge of decline. Ground zero in the conflict is Wyoming, a stronghold for golden eagles that so

The threats of climate change and wind turbine collisions leave golden eagles doubly vulnerable.

Advocates consider wind energy essential to combatting climate change, but the rush to build wind turbines is threatening golden eagles in the West.

Golden eagles, with 7-foot wingspans, are doubly vulnerable – to the shifting climate and to the wind energy promoted as a solution to that warming world.

The rush to build wind farms to combat climate change is colliding with preservation of one of the U.S. West’s most spectacular predators — the golden eagle — as the species teeters on the edge of decline. Ground zero in the conflict is Wyoming, a stronghold for golden eagles that soar on 7-foot (2-meter) wings…

The rush to build wind farms to combat climate change is colliding with preservation of one of the U.S. Wests most spectacular predators, the golden eagle

OSU, USGS team up to study how wind turbines affect raptor populations Gail Ellis OSU Division of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources STILLWATER – Data compiled by an Oklahoma State University natural resource ecology and management professor is featured in a new study published in the journal Ecosphere on how wind turbines could reduce populations of some raptor species. Scott Loss, an associate professor in the OSU Ferguson College of Agriculture who specializes in avian ecology, co...