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searsburg studies

Below is a list of studies prepared prior to the construction of the facility and in the months after its completion. All studies are available for download in PDF format.


WILDLIFE

  • A Literature Survey of Tower and Wind Turbine Impacts on Birds in the Northeastern United States and the Influence of Ceilometers on Bird Flight (pdf - 1744 kB) Paul Kerlinger, Ph.D., July 1996.

  • A Movement Study of Black Bears in the Vicinity of a Wind Turbine Project (pdf - 691 kB) Jeffrey A. Wallin, C.W.B., Multiple Resource Management, Inc., September 1998.

  • A Study of Avian Fatalities at Green Mountain Power Corporation's Searsburg, Vermont, Windpower Facility - 1997 (pdf - 871 kB) Paul Kerlinger, Ph.D., November 1997.

  • A Study of Hawk Migration at Green Mountain Power Corporation's Searsburg, Vermont, Wind Power Site: Autumn 1996 (pdf - 244 kB) Paul Kerlinger, Ph.D., Autumn 1996.

  • A Study of Hawk Migration at Green Mountain Power Corporation's Searsburg, Vermont, Wind Power Site: Autumn 1997 (pdf - 869 kB) Paul Kerlinger, Ph.D., Autumn 1997.

  • A Study of the Impact of the GMP Wind Turbine Development on Breeding Songbirds at Searsburg and Readsboro, Vermont, 1994-1997 - Interim Report No. 2 (pdf - 770 kB) Paul Kerlinger, Ph.D., August 1997.

  • A Study of the Nocturnal Migration of Songbirds at the Searsburg, Vermont, Wind Energy Facility: Spring 1997 (pdf - 360 kB) Paul Kerlinger, Ph.D., Spring 1997.

  • An Assessment of the Impacts of GMP's Wind Power Facility on Breeding and Migrating Birds in Searsburg, Vermont (pdf - 1.15 MB) Curry & Kerlinger LLC, March 2002.

  • Avian studies - Proposed GMP Wind Turbine Project, Searsburg and Readsboro, Vermont (pdf - 280 kB) David Capen and Daniel Coker, UVM School of Natural Resources, Summer 1994.

  • Hawk Migration at Searsburg, Vermont - 1 to 20 September 1994 (pdf - 1463 kB) Nancy Martin, September 1994.

  • Hawk Migration at Searsburg, Vermont - 20 September to 28 October 1993 (pdf - 524 kB) Nancy Martin, December 1993.

  • Impacts to Critical Wildlife Habitats from a Proposed Wind Turbine Project (pdf - 692 kB) Jeffrey A. Wallin, C.W.B., Multiple Resource Management, Inc., July 1995.

  • Nocturnal Migration of Songbirds at the Searsburg, Vermont, Proposed Wind Energy Facility (pdf - 361 kB) Paul Kerlinger, Ph.D., Spring 1995.

  • Nocturnal Migration of Songbirds During Autumn at GMP's Searsburg, Vermont, Windpower Facility - 1996-1997 Interim Report (pdf - 605 kB) Paul Kerlinger, Ph.D., December 1996.

  • Nocturnal Migration of Songbirds During Autumn at GMP's Searsburg, Vermont, Windpower Facility (pdf - 701 kB) Paul Kerlinger, Ph.D., December 1997.

  • Potential and Realized Impacts of Operating Wind Turbines on Migrating and Breeding Birds at the Green Mountain Power Wind Turbine Project, Searsburg, Vermont - Study Plan (pdf - 563 kB) Paul Kerlinger, Ph.D., July 1996.


    SOUND

  • Noise Impact Analysis of Wind Turbines (pdf - 591 kB) Resource Systems Group, Inc., July 1995.


    PUBLIC ACCEPTANCE

  • Public Acceptance Study of the Searsburg Wind Power Project: Year One Post-Construction (pdf - 303 kB) Clinton Solutions, December 1997.


    ARCHAEOLOGICAL

    (Summaries only)

  • Phase IA Historical and Archaeological Background Study (pdf - 128 kB) Louis Berger & Associates, Inc., July 1995.

  • Phase IB Archaeological Study (pdf - 56 kB) Louis Berger & Associates, Inc., December 1995.



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