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Wind energy boom and golden eagles collide in the US West

Seasonal biologist Adrian Rouse prepares to practice repelling down a cliff on Wednesday, June 15, 2022 in Cody, Wyo., while Bryan Bedrosian, conservation director at the Teton Raptor Center, supervises. The scientists are monitoring populations of golden eagles, which live on cliff faces in the U.S. West. Nationally, the species is teetering on the edge of decline. (AP Photo/Emma H. Tobin) Seasonal biologist Adrian Rouse prepares to practice repelling down a cliff on Wednesday, June 15, 2022 in Cody, Wyo., while Bryan Bedrosian, conservation director at the Teton Raptor Center, supervises. The scientists are monitoring populations of golden eagles, which live on cliff faces in the U.S. West. Nationally, the species is teetering on the edge of decline. (AP Photo/Emma H. Tobin) Seasonal biologist Adrian Rouse prepares to practice repelling down a cliff on Wednesday, June 15, 2022 in Cody, Wyo., while Bryan Bedrosian, conservation director at the Teton Raptor Center, supervises. The scientists are monitoring populations of golden eagles, which live on cliff faces in the U.S. West. Nationally, the species is teetering on the edge of decline. (AP Photo/Emma H. Tobin) Seasonal biologist Adrian Rouse prepares to practice repelling down a cliff on Wednesday, June 15, 2022 in Cody, Wyo., while Bryan Bedrosian, conservation director at the Teton Raptor Center, supervises. The scientists are monitoring populations of golden eagles, which live on cliff faces in the U.S. West. Nationally, the species is teetering on the edge of decline. (AP Photo/Emma H. Tobin) Seasonal biologist Adrian Rouse prepares to practice repelling down a cliff on Wednesday, June 15, 2022 in Cody, Wyo., while Bryan Bedrosian, conservation director at the Teton Raptor Center, supervises. The scientists are monitoring populations of golden eagles, which live on cliff faces in the U.S. West. Nationally, the species is teetering on the edge of decline. (AP Photo/Emma H. Tobin) Seasonal biologist Adrian Rouse prepares to practice repelling down a cliff on Wednesday, June 15, 2022 in Cody, Wyo., while Bryan Bedrosian, conservation director at the Teton Raptor Center, supervises. The scientists are monitoring populations of golden eagles, which live on cliff faces in the U.S. West. Nationally, the species is teetering on the edge of decline. (AP Photo/Emma H. Tobin) Seasonal biologist Adrian Rouse prepares to practice repelling down a cliff on Wednesday, June 15, 2022 in Cody, Wyo., while Bryan Bedrosian, conservation director at the Teton Raptor Center, supervises. The scientists are monitoring populations of golden eagles, which live on cliff faces in the U.S. West. Nationally, the species is teetering on the edge of decline. (AP Photo/Emma H. Tobin) Seasonal biologist Adrian Rouse prepares to practice repelling down a cliff on Wednesday, June 15, 2022 in Cody, Wyo., while Bryan Bedrosian, conservation director at the Teton Raptor Center, supervises. The scientists are monitoring populations of golden eagles, which live on cliff faces in the U.S. West. Nationally, the species is teetering on the edge of decline. (AP Photo/Emma H. Tobin) Seasonal biologist Adrian Rouse prepares to practice repelling down a cliff on Wednesday, June 15, 2022 in Cody, Wyo., while Bryan Bedrosian, conservation director at the Teton Raptor Center, supervises. The scientists are monitoring populations of golden eagles, which live on cliff faces in the U.S. West. Nationally, the species is teetering on the edge of decline. (AP Photo/Emma H. Tobin) Seasonal biologist Adrian Rouse prepares to practice repelling down a cliff on Wednesday, June 15, 2022 in Cody, Wyo., while Bryan Bedrosian, conservation director at the Teton Raptor Center, supervises. The scientists are monitoring populations of golden eagles, which live on cliff faces in the U.S. West. Nationally, the species is teetering on the edge of decline. (AP Photo/Emma H. Tobin) Seasonal biologist Adrian Rouse prepares to practice repelling down a cliff on Wednesday, June 15, 2022 in Cody, Wyo., while Bryan Bedrosian, conservation director at the Teton Raptor Center, supervises. The scientists are monitoring populations of golden eagles, which live on cliff faces in the U.S. West. Nationally, the species is teetering on the edge of decline. (AP Photo/Emma H. Tobin) This Wednesday, June 15, 2022 photo shows hills outside Cody, Wyo. The region is ground zero in the conflict between golden eagles and wind farms, which both find homes in areas where there are strong winds. As wind turbines proliferate, scientists say deaths from collisions could drive down golden eagle numbers considered stable at best and likely to drop in some areas. (AP Photo/Emma H. Tobin) This Monday, June 13, 2022 photo shows a road along the Montana-Wyoming state line. The region is ground zero in the conflict between golden eagles and wind farms, which both find homes in areas where there are strong winds. As wind turbines proliferate, scientists say deaths from collisions could drive down golden eagle numbers considered stable at best and likely to drop in some areas. (AP Photo/Emma H. Tobin) Bradley University professor Anant Deshwal points to cliffs where golden eagles are nesting in Cody, Wyo., on Wednesday, June 15, 2022. He and a team of scientists, including Charles Preston, are monitoring golden eagle populations in their natural habitat the U.S. West. Nationally, the species is teetering on the edge of decline. (AP Photo/Emma H. Tobin) This Wednesday, June 15, 2022 photo shows hills outside Cody, Wyo. The region is ground zero in the conflict between golden eagles and wind farms, which both find homes in areas where there are strong winds. As wind turbines proliferate, scientists say deaths from collisions could drive down golden eagle numbers considered stable at best and likely to drop in some areas. (AP Photo/Emma H. Tobin) Seasonal biologist Adrian Rouse prepares to practice repelling down a cliff on Wednesday, June 15, 2022 in Cody, Wyo., while Bryan Bedrosian, conversation director at the Teton Raptor Center, supervises. The scientists are monitoring populations of golden eagles, which live on cliff faces in the U.S. West. Nationally, the species is teetering on the edge of decline. (AP Photo/Emma H. Tobin) This Monday, June 13, 2022 photo shows a wind turbine at a wind farm along the Montana-Wyoming state line. The rush to build wind farms to combat climate change is colliding with preservation of one of the U.S. West's most spectacular predators, the golden eagle. Scientists say the species is teetering on the edge of decline and worry that proliferating wind turbines could push them over the brink. (AP Photo/Emma H. Tobin) Wind turbines stand at a wind farm along the Montana-Wyoming state line on Monday, June 13, 2022. The rush to build wind farms to combat climate change is colliding with preservation of one of the U.S. West's most spectacular predators, the golden eagle. Scientists say the species is teetering on the edge of decline and worry that proliferating wind turbines could push them over the brink. (AP Photo/Emma H. Tobin) Researcher Charles "Chuck" Preston places a young golden eagle into a bag so it can be returned to its nest after the bird was temporarily removed as part of research into the species' population, on Wednesday, June 15, 2022 near Cody, Wyo. Climate change could significantly reduce golden eagle ranges, but wind farms that are being built to counter climate change also cause eagle deaths as they collide with turbines. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown) A droplet of blood from a young golden eagle is put into a vial by researcher Bryan Bedrosian with the Teton Raptor Center, after the bird was temporarily captured at a nesting site on Wednesday, June 15, 2022, near Cody, Wyo. Lead poisonings are a significant cause of golden and bald eagle deaths. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown) The talons of a six-week-old young golden eagle are seen as the bird's feet are held by Charles "Chuck" Preston during research work at a nesting site, on Wednesday, June 15, 2022, near Cody, Wyo. The recent criminal conviction of a wind energy company for illegal eagle killings in Wyoming underscored the clash between renewable energy to fight climate change and efforts to preserve the iconic western U.S. species. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown) Power lines stand near hills outside Cody, Wyoming on Wednesday, June 15, 2022. The region is ground zero in the conflict between golden eagles and wind energy, which both find homes in areas where there are strong winds. As wind turbines proliferate, scientists say deaths from collisions could drive down golden eagle numbers considered stable at best and likely to drop in some areas. (AP Photo/Emma H. Tobin) Cattle graze near wind turbines at a wind farm along the Montana-Wyoming state line on Monday, June 13, 2022. The rush to build wind farms to combat climate change is colliding with preservation of one of the U.S. West's most spectacular predators, the golden eagle. Scientists say the species is teetering on the edge of decline and worry that proliferating wind turbines could push them over the brink. (AP Photo/Emma H. Tobin) Ecologist Bryan Bedrosian with the Teton Raptor Center prepares to return a young golden eagle to its nest after banding the bird for future tracking as part of a long-term population study of the species, on Wednesday, June 15, 2022 near Cody, Wyo. Scientists say U.S. golden eagle populations are teetering on the brink of decline as deaths from wind turbines, illegal shootings, lead poisoning and other causes take a toll on the species. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown) Ecologist Bryan Bedrosian with the Teton Raptor Center prepares to return a young golden eagle to its nest after banding the bird for future tracking as part of a long-term population study of the species, on Wednesday, June 15, 2022 near Cody, Wyo. Bedrosian says combined eagle deaths from wind farms illegal shootings, vehicle collisions and lead poisoning threaten to push the species into decline if more isn't done to address those problems. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown) Eagle researcher Charles "Chuck" Preston carries a young golden eagle that was temporarily removed from its nest as part of research related to long-term population studies of the birds, on Wednesday, June 15, 2022 near Cody, Wyo. Preston and other researchers are trying to find ways to reduce golden eagle deaths from collisions with wind turbines. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown) Clouds cast shadows near wind turbines at a wind farm along the Montana-Wyoming state line on Monday, June 13, 2022. The rush to build wind farms to combat climate change is colliding with preservation of one of the U.S. West's most spectacular predators, the golden eagle. Scientists say the species is teetering on the edge of decline and worry that proliferating wind turbines could push them over the brink. (AP Photo/Emma H. Tobin)