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Trends in Greater Sage-grouse Lek Counts Relative to Existing Wind Energy Development in Wyoming

K. T. Smith, Chad W. LeBeau, L. Hoskovec, J. L. Beck

June 14, 2024

A Meta-analysis Investigating the Effects of Energy Infrastructure Proximity on Grouse Demography and Space Use

Chad LeBeau, Kurt Smith, Shay Howlin, A. Tredennick, and K. Kosciuch

August 29, 2023

Regional Summaries of Wildlife Fatalities at Wind Facilities in the United States and Canada – 2022 Report from the Renew Database

Western EcoSystems Technology, Inc.

July 27, 2023

Lesser Prairie-Chicken Habitat Selection and Survival Relative to a Wind Energy Facility Located in a Fragmented Landscape

Chad LeBeau, Kurt Smith, and Karl Kosciuch

July 5, 2023

Limited Land Base and Competing Land Uses Force Societal Tradeoffs When Siting Energy Development

J. A. Shaffer, N. D. Niemuth, C. R. Loesch, Clayton E. Derby, A. T. Pearson, K. W. Barnes, T. L. Shaffer, and A. J. Ryba

July 28, 2022

Prairie Grouse and Wind Energy: The State of the Science and Implications for Risk Assessment

J. D. Lloyd, C. L. Aldridge, T. D. Allison, Chad W. LeBeau, L. B. McNew, V. L. Winder

June 27, 2022

Curtailment and Acoustic Deterrents Reduce Bat Mortality at Wind Farms

Rhett E. Good, G. Iskali, J. Lombardi, T. McDonald, Karl Dubridge, M. Azeka, and Andrew Tredennick

May 10, 2022

Trade-offs between Utility-scale Solar Development and Ungulates on Western Rangelands

Hall Sawyer, N. M. Korfanta, M. J. Kauffman, B. S. Robb, Andrew C. Telander, and Todd Mattson

April 21, 2022

Eagle Fatalities are Reduced by Automated Curtailment of Wind Turbines

C. J. W. McClure, B. W. Rolet, L. Dunn, J. D. McCable, Luke Martinson, and T. Katzner

April 18, 2022

Efficacy and Cost of Acoustic-Informed and Wind Speed-Only Turbine Curtailment to Reduce Bat Fatalities at Wind Energy Facility in Wisconsin

Paul A. Rabie, Brandi Welch-Acosta, Kristen Nasman, S. Schumacher, S. Schueller, and J. Gruver

April 18, 2022