JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) —
It's well understood that pronghorn, mule deer and sage grouse have an aversion
to natural gas infrastructure.
For birds of prey such
as bald eagles, the effect of gas pads, drill rigs and compressor stations is
less clear. Research on it doesn't exist.
In coming years, Jackson
Hole biologists Bryan
Bedrosian and Susan
Patla will begin to fill in the blanks.
Bedrosian, with
Craighead Beringia South, and Patla, with the Wyoming
Department of Game and Fish, have outfitted six bald eagles with
solar-powered GPS transmitters that will record the location of each bird every
hour for the next three or four years. The research was funded by a $60,000
grant from the Pinedale
Anticline Project Office.
"We'll be gathering
super-detailed information on where they're nesting, going to forage and where
they're wintering," Bedrosian said.
"The basic premise
is to look at if there are any potential impacts on the movement of breeding
eagles. It'll be interesting to see if they're selecting areas with noise
buffers or light buffers."
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