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Bird Towerkill Initiative
- To: carolinabirds@duke.edu
- Subject: Bird Towerkill Initiative
- From: Len/Esther Pardue <eljeep@mindspring.com>
- Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2000 12:02:29 -0500
- Sender: carolinabirds-owner@acpub.duke.edu
Carolinabirders -- a request for help. Please pass along if you know
anyone who might have the information Dr. Kerlinger is seeking. --- Len
Pardue
>From: "Paul Kerlinger" <pkerlinger@aol.com>
>Subject: Bird Towerkill Initiative
>To: State Ornithological Journal Editors, Societies, and Natural
>History Groups
>Re: US F&WS Telecommunication Tower Working Group Initiative (Bird Kills)
>I am under contract with US Fish and Wildlife Service to conduct a
>literature and research review of the telecommunications tower-bird kill
>problem (wireless, cellular, radio, and television towers), which may
>involve 10 million or more bird deaths each year. This contract is part
>of US Fish and Wildlife's new Telecommunications Tower Working Group
>initiative. The Group includes wildlife agency staff, university
>researchers, environmental organization representatives, FAA and FCC
>staff, and representatives from industry. We are attempting to understand
>the problem and find solutions. Your assistance will be greatly
>appreciated.
>I am specifically interested in:
>1. Studies of avian mortality at telecommunications towers.
>2. The influence of lights (color, blinking frequency, etc.) on
>mortality and behavior of migrating birds - especially at towers.
>3. The effect of electromagnetic radiation and radio frequencies on
>migrating birds near towers.
>Needs include:
>1. Published and unpublished reports from 1995 to the present - your
>society's journal or other publications within your state!
>2. Research in progress within your state.
>3. Names, phone numbers, email addresses of people currently
>conducting research or in the process of writing reports on the problem
>within your state.
>4. Information on state agency research or other initiatives.
>Please contact me if you have information about this topic.
>With respect to your society journal or publications, please ask the
>editor and others whether articles have appeared about any of these
>topics in 1995 through the present.
>Information is needed by January 21, 2000. If you cannot respond by this
>date, please inform me when you can respond.
>For information on the Telecommunications Tower Working Group and
>towerkills in general see www.towerkill.com.
>Thanks -
>Paul Kerlinger, Ph.D.
>Curry & Kerlinger, L.L.C.
>pkerlinger@aol.com
>609-884-2842