Prairie-chicken nests appear unaffected by wind energy facility

Date: August 9, 2017

Source: American Ornithological Society Publications Office

Summary:

Wind energy development in the Great Plains is increasing, spurring concern about its potential effects on grassland birds, the most rapidly declining avian group in North America. However, a new study suggests that for one grassland bird species of concern -- the greater prairie-chicken -- wind energy infrastructure has little to no effect on nesting. Instead, roads and livestock grazing remain the most significant threats to its successful reproduction.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170809073339.htm