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Avian Mortality at Communications Towers
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A workshop sponsored by
The United States Fish and Wildlife Service, The Ornithological Council, and
The American Bird Conservancy.
Held at the 119th meeting of the American Ornithologists' Union, Cornell University
- August 11th, 1999.
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Session Co-chairs: Bill Evans & Albert Manville |
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The following are edited transcripts made from audio tapes
of the oral presentations at the workshop. Each presentation is available in
HTML format and as a downloadable and printable
Acrobat© PDF file.
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Albert Manville, Workshop Co-chair - Introductory Remarks
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Bill Evans, Workshop Co-chair - Introductory Remarks
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Panel I - Scientific Sessions
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| 1. Lights, towers, and avian mortality: where is the science? - R. Todd Engstrom
2. The bird brain: magnetic cues, visual cues, and radio frequency (RF) effects.
- Robert C. Beason
3. Investigating the behavioral mechanisms of tower kills. - Ronald P. Larkin
4. The behavioral responses of migrating birds to different lighting systems on
tall towers. - Sidney A. Gauthreaux
5. Applications of avian night flight call monitoring for towerkill mitigation.
- Bill Evans
6. NEXRAD Doppler weather radar, other radar applications for bird monitoring.
- Adam Kelly
7. Buildings, lights, findings applicable to towers, cumulative effects the Canadian
perspective. - Michael Mesure
8. Standardizing methods and metrics for quantifying avian fatalities at communication
towers: Lessons from the windpower industry. - Paul Kerlinger
9. Summary of Panel I, Scientific Sessions - Sidney Gauthreaux
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Panel II - Policy and Industry Sessions
10. Licensing concerns, NEPA, sitings, Telecommunications Act mandates - the
FCC perspective. - Ava Holly Berland
11. Obstruction marking (lights) recommendations from the FAA. - Dave Bayley
12. FCC permitting, NEPA, endangered species, refuge issues: the role of the Fish
and Wildlife Service. - Robert Willis
13. Communication towers, avian mortality, and research needs. - Joe Meyers
14. The Wireless Industry Perspective. - Sheldon Moss
15. Tower sitings, co-location -- one industry's creative approach to antenna
placement. - Mike Allred
16. Research and policy overview: a critique and needs analysis. - Kathleen Rogers
17. Summary Round Table Panel Discussion
Combined Workshop Proceedings
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- Cite as:
- Evans, W. R., and A. M. Manville, II (eds.). 2000. Avian mortality at communication
towers.
Transcripts of Proceedings of the Workshop on Avian Mortality at Communication Towers,
August 11, 1999, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. Published on the internet at <http://www.towerkill.com/>
and <http://migratorybirds.fws.gov/issues/towers/agenda.html>
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