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Area of Science:

  • Wildlife ecology
  • Renewable energy impacts
  • Conservation biology

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  • Renewable energy, particularly wind power, is expanding globally.
  • Potential impacts of wind energy infrastructure on endangered species, like the Whooping Crane (Grus americana), are not fully understood.
  • Wind tower numbers significantly increased in the Whooping Crane migration corridor during the study period.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To assess Whooping Crane (Grus americana) migration distribution changes in response to wind energy infrastructure.
  • To determine the "zone of influence" of wind towers on Whooping Crane habitat selection.
  • To evaluate the overlap between Whooping Crane habitat use and wind energy development in the Great Plains.

Main Methods:

  • Remote-telemetry tracking of 57 Whooping Cranes (Grus americana) from 2010 to 2016.
  • Habitat selection analysis to model Whooping Crane use relative to wind tower proximity.
  • Quantification of habitat loss within the calculated "zone of influence".

Main Results:

  • Whooping Cranes (Grus americana) demonstrated avoidance of areas within 5.0 km of wind towers.
  • Cranes were 20 times more likely to use areas outside the "zone of influence" compared to areas adjacent to towers.
  • Despite crane avoidance, 80% of crane locations and 20% of wind towers were in high-use habitat areas, indicating random wind development relative to crane needs.
  • By 2020, 5.0% of critical Whooping Crane habitat was within the "zone of influence".

Conclusions:

  • Wind energy infrastructure development in the Great Plains has resulted in habitat loss for Whooping Cranes (Grus americana).
  • While current population growth suggests no immediate negative impact, long-term effects of habitat loss are unknown.
  • Strategic placement of future wind infrastructure outside migration corridors or in low-use areas can mitigate risks to endangered species recovery.