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Arkansas Game and Fish Commission

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Arkansas Wind Wildlife and Habitat Risk Map
This mapping project was a collaboration among the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) and staff from the Arkansas Game and Fish and Natural Heritage Commissions. It provides general information on the potential environmental risk to species of concern and sensitive habitats from proposed wind energy projects in Arkansas. According to the Land-Based Wind Energy Guidelines, environmental risks include direct impacts e.g., collisions with turbines and associated infrastructure, habitat loss or degradation from turbines and infrastructure, habitat fragmentation, displacement or behavioral changes, and indirect impacts e.g., reduced nesting and breeding densities and the social ramifications of those reductions,...
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This mapping project is a collaboration among the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) and staff from the Arkansas Game and Fish and Natural Heritage Commissions. It provides general information on the potential environmental risk to species of concern and sensitive habitats from proposed wind energy projects in Arkansas. The purpose of the map is to assist wind energy developers with appropriate siting of proposed wind energy projects as described in the Service’s 2012 Land-Based Wind Energy Guidelines (Land-Based Wind Energy Guidelines FWS.gov), particularly during Tiers 1 (Preliminary Site Evaluation) and 2 (Site Characterization) of the decision framework. The map provides general guidance and should not...
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