[BC] TV tower kills birds

[Cole Grace]

cole grace>  You might want to look at the following
http://towerkill.com/  
                   Althought the web site hasn't been updated, it is
actively promoted by several people in Minnesota (over the radio no less
- figure that one out...)
Cheers


On Thu, 6 Oct 2005 09:29:32 -0700 (PDT) charles hobbs <cph1776 at yahoo.com>
writes:
> http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051006/ap_on_re_us/bird_kill
> 
> MADISON, Wis. - As many as 400 songbirds were killed
> in one night after they flew into wires holding up a
> television tower. 
>  
> The deaths may spur the creation of a group to study
> the dangers communication towers pose to migrating
> birds, said specialists with the Department of Natural
> Resources.
> 
> "It's an issue that has been with us for decades," DNR
> avian ecologist Sumner Matteson said. "But we really
> haven't done anything about it."
> 
> The birds were killed the night of Sept. 13-14 at the
> WMTV tower.
> 
> "There were birds all over the place," said Steven
> Ugoretz, a DNR environmental specialist who works on
> tower-related issues.
> [...]
> 
> 
> 
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