[BC] TV tower kills birds

[Barry Mishkind]

Question:  Since this is a regular issue (not unlike RFR issues) that 
come up with the BANANAs and NIMBYs all the time, has the NAB 
produced any materials, studies, etc., with information to place this 
in proper perspective (such as the number of birds killed by phone poles)?

At 09:56 AM 10/6/2005, Cole Grace wrote
>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.
> > [...]
> >
> >
> >
> >