What impacts are addressed in the Wind Energy Development Final Programmatic EIS?
The Final Programmatic EIS pays special attention to the resources listed below, which involve important issues associated with wind energy development: • wildlife and wildlife habitat, including avian impacts, • visual environment, and • social and economic considerations. The Final Programmatic EIS also addresses the indirect and cumulative impacts associated with wind energy development on a wide range of other resource issues. The Final Programmatic EIS describes: • wind energy technologies, • activities undertaken for site monitoring and evaluation, • activities undertaken for full commercial development, • the distribution of wind energy resources on a regional scale, and • best management practices to minimize potential impacts. The Final Programmatic EIS also describes the impact associated with current technologies, monitoring, and mitigation measures and constraints relevant to wind energy development, and it includes a statement of the purpose and need for the proposed actio
