It is with great sorrow that I report that 3 of 6 wind farms under review by the PUCO have been approved for construction in Ohio. Two will be located in Hardin County and one will be in Champagne County. These will be yet another obstacle for winged creatures. Birders should note that after November, 2010, the USFWS will be issuing bald eagle take permits for energy development after spending 40 years bringing them back from the brink of extinction. For details on this see the Federal Register 46836, Vol 74, No. 175 dated Friday, September 11, 2009. For more details on the wind farms visit the PUCO website at http://dis.puc.state.oh.us/ View the daily report for 3/22/2010. Vicci Weeks ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]