Agency urges greater wildlife protection from wind turbines

HURON COUNTY — Land area within three miles of the Lake Huron and Saginaw Bay shorelines deserves to be protected from wind energy development, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said in a letter addressed to county commissioners.

The federal conservancy agency has submitted data for nocturnal migration of birds and bats in Huron County, which it says may be of value as officials revise the county’s wind energy ordinance.

County planners say it’s the first time in eight years they’ve received anything formally in writing from the agency.

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