Mass Audubon’s comments on the Cape Wind DEIS on February 23, 2005 to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District — Reference File No. NAE-2004-338-1, EOEA No. 12643:

“By utilizing other bird mortality data provided in the DEIS, Mass Audubon staff scientists arrived at avian mortalities that ranged from 2,300 to 6,600 collision deaths per year.”

http://www.massaudubon.org/PDF/CapeWindDEIS.pdf
‘Minerals Management Service FY 2006 Cooperative Conservation Project’

“Project Title:

Cape Wind Energy Project
Examples of Key Partners

Cape Wind LLC, State of Massachusetts, Cape Cod Commission, Massachusetts Audubon Society, Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Corps of Engineers, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Federal Aviation Administration, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head, and the U.S. Minerals Management Service.”

http://www.mms.gov/offshore/PDFs/CooperativeConservationReport2006.pdf

Published: March 28, 2006
A Cape Wind Challenge To Get It Right
by Taber Allison and Jack Clarke

“MASS AUDUBON CHALLENGES the developer of Cape Wind and its permitting agencies to accept comprehensive and rigorous monitoring and mitigation conditions that will reduce the risk to birds and other wildlife. If these conditions are adopted, and remaining data gaps are addressed, Mass Audubon will support Cape Wind, the largest, clean, renewable-energy project in the Northeast…”
“…Monitoring and mitigation should be funded by Cape Wind with contributions from independent institutions and government agencies as appropriate.”

http://www.massaudubon.org/news/index.php?id=320&type=editorial

MA Audubon Announces their intent to implement Adaptive Management for the Cape Wind Project “funded by Cape Wind”.

Mass Audubon “What’s New? June 25, 2010 press release, excerpt:

“Next Steps for Mass Audubon participation
Mass Audubon will continue to analyze and report on Cape Wind through:
1. MMS’ OCS lease arrangement;
2. ACOE Section 10 permit issued under the US Rivers and Harbors Act;
3. EMS adaptive management plan; and
4. Avian monitoring and mitigation plan implementation during the construction and three year post-construction phases of the project.”

http://www.massaudubon.org/news/index.php?id=1482&type=press

Up to 6,600 avian mortalities per year is up to 6,600 violations of the strict liability criminal statute, the Migratory Bird Treaty Act.

It’s tragic that CLF, NRDC and MA Audubon don’t recognize the peril you pose to the roseate tern, at the brink of extinction.