Date: 10/10/26 10:16 am From: Kenneth Kinman <kinman...> Subject: Looking forward to whooping crane migration
Hi All,
I'm looking forward to some whooping crane sightings starting soon (maybe even this coming week, with the change in the weather, which will hopefully bring other migrants as well). Was just reading a newly published article about wind turbines in Campbell County, South Dakota, being required to shut down if a whooping crane is reported within two miles:
Quote: "However, what stands out as the most significant commitment contained in the project’s federal authorization is a shutdown buffer. This means that if a whooping crane is spotted in a two-mile radius of the project, then the nearby turbines will be shut down until the crane passes safely."
"This is not just a handshake deal. It is a mitigation requirement that can be enforced as one of the conditions for granting the project interconnection approval. The detection system requires monitors to spot whooping cranes in real time and report the sightings."
---Ken Kinman (Hays, Kansas)
P.S. Very little bird activity in my neighborhood lately (even sparrows are scarce). Thankfully lots of monarch butterflies flying through this fall (they must have had a pretty good breeding season up north this year).
