Wind project held up by bats
HORSE CREEK: Fish & Wildlife asks delay as it studies 'white nose' die-off
By NANCY MADSEN
TIMES STAFF WRITER
SATURDAY, JUNE 7, 2008
CLAYTON — Indiana bats are holding up Horse Creek Wind Farm.
The proposed 62-turbine wind farm in Clayton, as well as the proposed 65-turbine St. Lawrence and 140-turbine Cape Vincent wind farms in Cape Vincent, may be affected by the thousands of Indiana bats that have died because of "white nose syndrome." The syndrome kills bats and leaves a white fungus around the bats' mouths.
William M. Moore, director of development for Iberdrola Renewables, said the company is waiting on Horse Creek while the impact of white nose syndrome on bats is understood. Indiana bats are on federal and state endangered species lists.
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