"Wind Project Siting: Emerging Issues and Technologies"

With wind power development extending more broadly across the various regions of the United States, and with new participants entering the wind development business, the American Wind Energy Association presents a day and a half workshop on the various ways in which wind power project affect - and don't affect - elements of the human and natural environment. The program will include presentations on emerging issues of project siting, such as bat interactions and wildlife survey techniques, and address ways in which to build local support for wind projects.

Workshop Topics:

• Avian and Bat Research Updates
  
• Wildlife Survey Technologies & Techniques - a comparison of technologies and study methods and their value in specific circumstances
  
• Technical Issues such as Noise, Aesthetics, and Lighting
  
• Public Safety
  
• National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Scenarios and Federal Land Policies
  
• Tribal Land Issues
  
• Community Relations
  

Several networking opportunities will be held throughout the workshop
for all participants.

Visit our website at www.awea.org/seminars for more information about
the Wind Power Project Siting Workshop, including additional program
information, registration costs, on-line registration, and hotel
accommodations.