How Effective are Mitigation Measures in Ontario at Reducing Bat Mortality?
Ryan Zimmerling
Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada
Ryan Zimmerling is the Head of the Canadian Wildlife Service`s Migratory Bird Management Unit at the headquarters office in Gatineau Quebec. Ryan first became engaged in wind energy-related research and monitoring in early 2007 as an environmental consultant. After joining the Canadian Wildlife Service, he managed the wind energy and wildlife program using cutting edge radar and acoustic sensor technologies to investigate environmental and habitat factors that influence the risk of mortality to birds and bats. He has since published several manuscripts on the impacts of wind turbines on birds and bat in Canada with much of his present research activities focused on assessing the effectiveness of mitigation measures at reducing bat mortalities.
Abstract
The effectiveness of mitigation measures at reducing bat mortality has not been adequately assessed for most jurisdictions in Canada. In the province of Ontario, wind farms that exceed the mortality threshold of 10 bats /... [ view full abstract ]
Authors
- Ryan Zimmerling (Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada)
- Lauren Hooton (Normandeau Associates)
Topic Areas
Bats , Testing the efficacy of efforts intended to minimize or compensate for impacts to species , Canada , Mitigation , Land-based
Session
00 » Posters (12:30 - Friday, 2nd December, Centennial Ballroom)
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