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Fine Feathered Adversaries: The Fcc And Avian Mortality At Communications Towers, Benjamin W. Cramer
Fine Feathered Adversaries: The Fcc And Avian Mortality At Communications Towers, Benjamin W. Cramer
Benjamin W. Cramer
Every year, millions of birds are killed at communications towers in the United States, and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) oversees hundreds of thousands of such towers. In 2000, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS), utilizing the legal mandates of the National Environmental Policy Act, the Endangered Species Act, and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, issued guidelines urging the FCC to take action on ameliorating the widespread avian mortality at its communications towers. These guidelines included provisions for the siting of towers and environmental assessments of tower construction processes, which are conducted by the FCC’s licensees. Two years later, …
Fine-Feathered Adversaries: The Fcc And Avian Mortality At Communications Towers, Benjamin W. Cramer
Fine-Feathered Adversaries: The Fcc And Avian Mortality At Communications Towers, Benjamin W. Cramer
Benjamin W. Cramer
Every year, millions of birds are killed at communications towers in the United States, and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) oversees hundreds of thousands of such towers. In 2000, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS), utilizing the legal mandates of the National Environmental Policy Act, the Endangered Species Act, and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, issued guidelines urging the FCC to take action on ameliorating the widespread avian mortality at its communications towers. These guidelines included provisions for the siting of towers and environmental assessments of tower construction processes, which are conducted by the FCC’s licensees. Two years later, …