Energy and Infrastructure Resources
This page contains resources to assist DoD personnel with best management practices for birds in relation to renewable energy (such as solar, wind), power line electrocutions, outdoor lighting (effects on nocturnal migrating birds), and collisions with power lines, towers, or buildings/glass.
Avian Power Line Interaction Committee
Resources for reducing power line electrocutions and collisions. Includes links to critical documents to write an installation Avian Protection Plan.
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APLIC and USFWS Avian Protection Plan Guidelines
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“Suggested Practices for Avian Protection on Power Lines: the State of the Art in 2006”
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"Reducing Avian Collisions with Power Lines: The State of the Art in 2012"
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service resources for Communication Towers
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service resources on Bird Collisions
Unified Facilities Criteria (UFC) 3-530-01 Interior and Exterior Lighting Systems and Controls