The NWCC Wildlife Workgroup identifies, defines, discusses, and through collaboration addresses wind-wildlife and wind-habitat interaction issues by seeking broad stakeholder involvement on scientific and public policy questions.

On the workgroup's bi-monthly conference calls, members discuss emerging trends and potential collaborative activities to advance understanding and address concerns about potential impacts to wildlife from wind energy development. Participants also share and learn about priorities, research, and activities of other sectors and organizations.

The workgroup also has convened seven bi-annual Wind and Wildlife Research Meetings where researchers from around the world meet to discuss research on the potential impacts of wind development to wildlife and habitat, as well as methods for mitigating the impacts. For information on the Eighth Wind Wildlife Research Meeting, to be held from October 19-21, 2010, click here.

Wildlife Workgroup Core Group

The NWCC Wildlife Workgroup decided at its meeting on May 5, 2005, to create a Core Group consisting of representatives from each of the sectors represented in the Workgroup. The intent is to add structure and continuity to the Workgroup, given the fluctuations in participation in the Wildlife Workgroup conference calls, meetings, and workshops. To read the Groundrules of the Wildlfe Workgroup Core Group, please click here.  Current Core Group members are listed below (with alternates listed in parentheses):

Environmental and Conservation Organizations
TBD, National Audubon Society
(Michael Fry, American Bird Conservancy)

Jeff Deyette, Union of Concerned Scientists
(John Rogers, Union of Concerned Scientists)

Caroline Kennedy, Defenders of Wildlife
(Aimee Delach, Defenders of Wildlife)

Eric Jensen, Izaak Walton League of America

Rob Manes, The Nature Conservancy
(Jay Pruett, The Nature Conservancy)

Federal Agencies
Albert Manville, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Christy Johnson-Hughes, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
(Michael Green, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)

Patrick Gilman, U.S. Department of Energy
(Edgar DeMeo, Renewable Energy Consulting Services, Inc.)

Robert Thresher, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
(Karin Sinclair, National Renewable Energy Laboratory)

Ashley Conrad-Saydah, U.S. Bureau of Land Management

Tribal
Vacant as of this time

International
Andrew Robinson, Environment Canada

Rafael Villegas-Patraca, Mexico's Institute of Ecology

State Governments and Agencies
Linda Spiegel, California Energy Commission

Celia Greenman, Colorado Division of Wildlife
(Deb Hahn, Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies)

Utilities and Utility Regulators
Noel Cutright, We Energies (ret)
(Tina Taylor, Electric Power Research Institute)

Jim Lindsay, Next Era Energy
(Rich Piper, Next Era Energy)

Wind Industry
Tom Vinson, American Wind Energy Association
(Tom Gray, American Wind Energy Association)

Jerry Roppe, Iberdrola Renewables
(David De Caro, Iberdrola Renewables)

Rene Braud, Horizon Wind Energy
(Christina Calabrese, Horizon Wind Energy)

Rich Rayhill, Ridgeline Energy