Estimated golden eagle mortality from wind turbines in the western United States

A golden eagle may flee its nest if it detects a human being hundreds of meters away. This can be bad for the chicks.

How many eagles are wind turbines killing? No one knows because the US government is keeping it a secret

Wind power is killing a lot of eagles. The US federal government is tracking this destruction, but it is all a big secret. We have a right to know what is happening to our eagles, writes David Wojick. By way of introduction to Wojick’s article that follows, we highlight the destruction caused by so-called “green”

Estimated golden eagle mortality from wind turbines in the western United States

Abstract: Wind power is increasingly meeting global renewable energy demands; however, more turbines leads to increased bird-turbine collisions, particularly raptors, which can negatively impact populations. We estimated annual turbine mortalities of the federally-protected golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) in the western United States (2013–2024) with a Bayesian collision risk model (CRM). We used eBird relative abundance data to predict areas w…