Welcome

Russ Mason, Ph.D. (chair)
Chief, Game Bureau
Nevada Department of Wildlife
rmason@ndow.org
 

Introduction: Wind energy as a wildlife issue

Steve Ugoretz
State of Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Environmental Analyst/Energy
Bureau of Integrated Science Services
steven.ugoretz@dnr.state.wi.us

Science of wind and wildlife interactions

Ronald P. Larkin, Ph.D.
Wildlife Ecologist
Center for Wildlife Research
Illinois Natural History Survey
r-larkin@uiuc.edu

The Status and Future of Wind Technology

Robert Thresher, Ph.D., P.E.
National Renewable Energy Laboratories
Center Director-National Wind technology Center
Robert_thresher@nrel.gov

Fragmentation, disturbance, and behavioral avoidance – what's known and what isn't

Rob Manes
The Nature Conservancy
rmanes@tnc.org
 

Industry response to the wildlife impacts of wind development

Ken Stein
Florida Power and Light Company
Kenneth_stein@fpl.com

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service involvement in wind development

Albert M. Manville, II, Ph.D.
USFWS
Senior Wildlife Biologist, Division of Migratory Bird Management,
Albert_Manville@fws.gov

Bird strike mortality and wind energy

Robb Diehl
University of Southern Mississippi
robert.diehl@usm.edu

Legal review and permitting considerations in wind energy development and operation

M. Carol Bambery
Association Council
Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies
cbambery@fishwildlife.org

Wind as a clean energy solution

Mark Sinclair Esq.
Vice President Clean Energy Group
Deputy Director Clean Energy States Alliance
msinclair@cleanegroup.org

The benefit and burdens of OCS wind development

Rodney Cluck Ph.D.
Cape Wind Project Manager
Mineral Management Services/Department of Interior
Rodney.Cluck@mms.gov

Regional perspectives; what's worked and what hasn't

•  West Coast :

Banky Curtis
Deputy Director
California Department of Fish and Game

b. Intermountain Region

David Pulliam
Habitat Bureau Chief
Nevada Division of Wildlife
dpulliam@ndow.org

c. Midwest

Steve Ugoretz
State of Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Environmental Analyst/Energy
Bureau of Integrated Science Services
steven.ugoretz@dnr.state.wi.us

Bats and wind energy

Ed Arnett
Bat Conservation International
earnett@batcon.org