Working to protect wildlife and wild places. voiceforthewild.org Wind Power in Wyoming: Doing it Smart from the Start November 2008 Prepared by: Biodiversity Conservation Alliance PO Box 1512, Laramie, WY 82073 (307) 742-7978 Endorsed by: Wyoming Wilderness Association World Wildlife Fund Earth Friends Wildlife Foundation Western Environmental Law Center Wild Utah Project Sierra Club Californians for Western Wilderness For more information, contact: Erik Molvar, Wildlife Biologist, Biodiversity Conservation Alliance, P.O. Box 1512, Laramie, WY 82073. Phone (307) 742-7978. Email:
[email protected] Biodiversity Conservation Alliance is a nonprofit conservation organization working to protect wildlife and wild places in Wyoming and surrounding states. © 2008 Biodiversity Conservation Alliance. All rights reserved. This report may be reproduced for individual use by nonprofit organizations, government entities, wind power corporations, and by individuals for personal use. Recommended citation: Molvar, E.M. 2008. Wind power in Wyoming: Doing it Smart from the Start. Laramie, WY: Biodiversity Conservation Alliance, 55 pp. Available online at www.voiceforthewild.org/blm/pubs/WindPowerReport.pdf Front Cover Photographs: Wind towers near Medicine Bow, Biodiversity Conservation Alliance photo Recreationist at Joe Hay Rim, Jack Morrow Hills by Biodiversity Conservation Alliance Sage Grouse U.S. Geological Survey Image, Elk by Steve Torbit Table of Contents Executive Summary.......................................................................1