Wind Siting Collaborative

Project Director

Mark Sinclair

The CESA Wind Siting Project seeks to address and reduce regulatory and legal uncertainty of siting wind projects under the MBTA and to work with the Dept. of Interior and other federal agencies and NGOs to find collaborative and adaptive solutions.


CESA Memo Summarizing the National Research Council Report on Enviornmental Impacts of Wind-Energy Projects, Mark Sinclair, May 2007. This memo provides a briefing analysis of the May 2007 NAS National Resources Council Report on The Environmental Impacts of Wind-Energy Project that evaluates the trade-offs between the benefit of new wind-energy projects and the risk of adverse environmental impacts.

National Academies Report in Brief, May 2007

CESA Best Practice Recommendation: Visual Impacts Assessment Process for Evaluating Wind-Energy Projects, Mark Sinclair, August 2007.

Overview of Draft Strategic Guidelines for Reducing Impacts to Birds and Bats from Wind Energy Developments, by Dick Anderson, Scott Flint, Susan Sanders and Dave Sterner. February 2007.

State Agency Dialogue: Approaches to Reducing Wildlife Impacts from Wind Development, Mark Sinclair, November 28, 2006

Model State Guidance Governing Avian and Bat Impacts from Wind Facilities, CESA, Oct. 2006

NWCC/RESOLVE - Collaborative Overview & Activities Summary, Nov. 28, 2006

CESA files comments on USFWS Interim Guidelines to Avoid and Minimize Wildlife Impacts from Wind Turbines, July 2005:

CESA Initial Comments (7.1.05)
CESA Supplemental Comments (7.6.05)