The Olympian

WA’s largest proposed wind farm could shrink. Key decision expected

EFSEC may add hawk buffers that could cut dozens of Horse Heaven wind turbines. Scout’s Horse Heaven project offered 147–222 turbines, solar arrays and storage. Proposed 2 mile nesting buffers could ...
Capital Press

Hawk nests likely to clip Horse Heaven power project

The Horse Heaven wind and solar project suffered a setback as a state panel held firm in protecting ferruginous hawks on rolling hills near Kennwick in southeast Washington. The Energy Facility Site ...
AOL

WATCH: For the birds: Horse Heaven project could shrink to protect ferruginous hawks

(The Center Square) – The Washington State Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council, or EFSEC, has unanimously voted to significantly scale back the Horse Heaven wind, solar and battery project from ...
AOL

Endangered hawk could threaten massive wind, solar project in Tri-Cities

(The Center Square) – The Washington State Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council, or EFSEC, dealt a blow last week to a Colorado company that plans to build what would be the state’s largest wind ...
News Tribune

WA restricts turbine sites for state’s largest proposed wind farm near Tri-Cities

Washington energy board imposes 2-mile exclusion zones around some ferruginous hawk nests. Those and other exclusions eliminate sites for some shorter turbines, solar panels. Construction may not ...
Daily Camera

November Nature Walk: Go birding at Broomfield’s Plaster Reservoir

A handsome hawk mystified three bird watchers as we strolled around Plaster Reservoir in Broomfield. Not a red-tail, we finally decided. A long yellow “gape” extended back from its beak. Ah ha — a ...