New Report Spotlights Potential Wildlife, Wind Energy Conflict Areas

The Center for Rural Pennsylvania this week released two new reports looking at potential conflicts between wildlife, land use and commercial wind energy farms.

 

Modeling Potential Wildlife-Wind Energy Conflict Areas, by Brian W. Okey and Michael J. Kuzernchak from Indiana University of Pennsylvania highlights tools communities can use to more comprehensively address land use decisions involving wind farms.

 

Using PA Natural Heritage Program Data for Wind Energy Planning: A Manual for Townships by the same authors used Natural Heritage Program information to identify 235 townships in 39 counties which contain areas of outstanding importance to the state's wildlife.

 

The Center is a bipartisan, bicameral legislative agency which serves as a resource for rural policy within the Commonwealth.