<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="rss2html.xslt"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><description>Repository for wind energy related documents and policies including the California guidelines for reducing impacts to birds and bats from wind energy development</description><generator>CDFW Data Portal RSS Feed Generator</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2008 09:07:33 -0800</lastBuildDate><link>https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/documents/ContextDocs.aspx?cat=WindEnergy</link><title>Wind Energy Group Documents</title><image><description>California Department of Fish and Wildlife Data Portal</description><height>120</height><link>https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov</link><title>California Department of Fish and Wildlife Data Portal</title><url>https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/images/ca_dfg/CDFW-Insignia-146x193.png</url><width>85</width></image><language>en-us</language><textInput><description>Search Documents</description><link>https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/documents/ContextDocs.aspx?cat=WindEnergy</link><name>search</name><title>Search</title></textInput><item><category domain="WindEnergy"></category><description>Commission final report - These voluntary guidelines provide information to help reduce impacts to birds and bats from new development or repowering of wind energy projects in California. They include recommendations on preliminary screening of proposed wind energy project sites; pre-permitting study design and methods; assessing direct, indirect, and cumulative impacts to birds and bats in accordance with state and federal laws; developing avoidance and minimization measures; establishing appropriate
compensatory mitigation; and post-construction operations monitoring, analysis, and reporting methods.</description><enclosure length="7264322" type="application/pdf" url="https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=9832" /><guid isPermaLink="false">9832:6</guid><link>https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=9832</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2008 09:07:33 -0800</pubDate><originalPublishedDate>2007-10-01T00:00:00</originalPublishedDate><title>California guidelines for reducing impacts to birds and bats from wind energy development</title></item><item><category domain="WindEnergy">March08Workshop</category><description>Slide show - CEC - Dick Anderson's presentation</description><enclosure length="487279" type="application/pdf" url="https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=9951" /><guid isPermaLink="false">9951:1</guid><link>https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=9951</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:30:39 -0800</pubDate><originalPublishedDate>2008-12-22T00:00:00</originalPublishedDate><title>Overview of the Guidelines</title></item><item><category domain="WindEnergy">March08Workshop</category><description>Slide show - DFG - Scott Flint's presentation</description><enclosure length="17024465" type="application/pdf" url="https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=9950" /><guid isPermaLink="false">9950:1</guid><link>https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=9950</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:28:54 -0800</pubDate><originalPublishedDate>2008-12-22T00:00:00</originalPublishedDate><title>Mitigation - reducing impacts/compensation</title></item><item><category domain="WindEnergy">March08Workshop</category><description>Slide show - DFG - Bronwyn Hogans presentation</description><enclosure length="406241" type="application/pdf" url="https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=9949" /><guid isPermaLink="false">9949:1</guid><link>https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=9949</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:26:35 -0800</pubDate><originalPublishedDate>2008-12-22T00:00:00</originalPublishedDate><title>Bats and wind energy</title></item><item><category domain="WindEnergy">March08Workshop</category><description>Slide show - PPM Energy - Sara Parson's presentation</description><enclosure length="4149649" type="application/pdf" url="https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=9948" /><guid isPermaLink="false">9948:1</guid><link>https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=9948</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:23:18 -0800</pubDate><originalPublishedDate>2008-12-22T00:00:00</originalPublishedDate><title>Wind industry perspective on project permitting</title></item><item><category domain="WindEnergy">March08Workshop</category><description>Slide show - NREL - Robert Thresher's presentation</description><enclosure length="6940756" type="application/pdf" url="https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=9947" /><guid isPermaLink="false">9947:2</guid><link>https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=9947</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:20:49 -0800</pubDate><originalPublishedDate>2008-12-22T00:00:00</originalPublishedDate><title>Wind technology and wildlife interactions</title></item><item><category domain="WindEnergy">March08Workshop</category><description>Biographies of the presenters at the March 4, 2008 wind energy workshop - </description><enclosure length="16865" type="application/pdf" url="https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=9946" /><guid isPermaLink="false">9946:2</guid><link>https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=9946</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:11:42 -0800</pubDate><originalPublishedDate>2008-12-22T00:00:00</originalPublishedDate><title>Presenters biographies</title></item><item><category domain="WindEnergy">FAQ</category><description>California Guidelines for Reducing Bird and Bat Impacts from Wind Development  - The California Guidelines for Reducing Impacts to Birds and Bats from Wind Energy Development (Guidelines) was approved by the California Energy Commission in September 2007. To address the many questions that Energy Commission and California Department of Fish and Game (CDFG) staff have received since that time we have compiled these answers to the more frequently asked questions. </description><enclosure length="65185" type="application/pdf" url="https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=9865" /><guid isPermaLink="false">9865:5</guid><link>https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=9865</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 14:12:24 -0800</pubDate><originalPublishedDate>2008-11-24T00:00:00</originalPublishedDate><title>Frequently Asked Questions About California Guidelines for Reducing Bird and Bat Impacts from Wind Development </title></item></channel></rss>