Impact of Estimating a Site-specific "K" for the Design of Post-construction Monitoring at the EDPR Timber Road II Wind-Energy Facility, Ohio
Rhett Good
Western EcoSystems Technology, Inc.
Rhett Good is a Senior Manager and Branch Manager of WEST’s Bloomington, Indiana field office. Rhett has 20 years of experience conducting wildlife research designed to address natural resource problems for state and federal wildlife agencies, and private industry. Mr. Good served as project manager and field supervisor for a range-wide survey of golden eagles across the western U.S. for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service that resulted in a publication in the Journal of Wildlife Management. Information from the survey is being used by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to better manage golden eagle populations across the western U.S. Mr. Good has also served as project manager for research in to the effects of raising cut-in speeds on bat fatalities in the Midwest, the results of which are currently being used to design strategies for reducing bat mortality at several wind-energy facilities. Mr. Good has conducted wildlife research and assisted clients with bird, bat and eagle issues at over 50 studies of wind-energy facilities across the nation. Rhett has worked closely with U.S. Fish and Wildlife and state wildlife agency personnel and has successfully developed and implemented wildlife monitoring protocols that have been approved by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and state wildlife agencies across the U.S.
Abstract
The Evidence of Absence (EoA) approach was developed by the USGS and recommend by the USFWS to design post-construction monitoring studies to detect rare bat casualties under prescribed levels of certainty. One of the inputs... [ view full abstract ]
Authors
- Rhett Good (Western EcoSystems Technology, Inc.)
- Paul Rabie (Western Ecosytems Technology, Inc.)
- Shay Howlin (Western EcoSystems Technology, Inc.)
- Kristen Nasman (Western Ecosytems Technology, Inc.)
Topic Areas
Assessing direct and indirect effects on wildlife and their habitats , Evaluating novel approaches (e.g., conceptual, methodological, technological) to avoiding, , Bats , U.S. - No Specific Region , Impact assessment , Methodology , Land-based
Session
00 » Posters (12:30 - Friday, 2nd December, Centennial Ballroom)
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