Haida Natives to help harness a Mighty Wind!

They may overstate the benefits of the windfarm, but they don't tell you
the downside of it how the giant fans kill the pelicans, birds that fly
into them or wild animals that get ensnared. 7/10/2009.

Its great to see new jobs created by environmentally sound projects. Maybe Green will get us out of the economic doom.

Ddanielboone, I hate to tell you but this is the worst possible environmental news. The native peoples were bribed to allow the installations. Please see my article to see why this is an impending disaster: http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/3965036-canadian-galapagos-bird-sanctuary-threatened-by-proposed-wind-farm

I posted the comment below on the "wind farm" article you wrote some time back. Thanks for the "heads up" and important added info you provided!

This is quite an enlightening read for me! As one who has sailed through the Haida Gwai archipeligo and did fishery studies there in the late 70's I am disenheartened by the impact this will have on the marine bird life also. I would suppose the collapse of the more traditional fishing industry in the area has forced the peoples there to seek other avenues of employment and revenue. The forest industry (which supplied questionable jobs for a good part of the century) has also gone the way of the dodo due to mismanagement and a "bad" economy. Just a few years back there was much talk of drilling for oil in these same waters and the hue & cry from environmentalists,natives and many other concerned citizens quickly put the "kibosh" on those plans. For Now! My only guess is that wind power seemed a natural fit for the environment and appeased many concerned with despoiling the area via oil exploration. I truly appreciate your article for telling the "other" environmental side of this story! There has been much "bruhaha" in B.C. about this project being so "environmentally" friendly that other concerns seem to have been pushed onto the back burner! Again, thanks for this valuable input!

thanks for sharing birdpond

The pictures are very nice