Post-construction Monitoring Study for the California Ridge Wind Farm Champaign and Vermilion Counties, Illinois

DuBridge, K.; Wilson, G.; Ritzert, J. (2024). Post-construction Monitoring Study for the California Ridge Wind Farm Champaign and Vermilion Counties, Illinois. Report by Western Ecosystems Technology Inc (WEST). Report for California Ridge Wind Energy.

@techreport{DuBridge-2024-2082826,
author = {DuBridge, K and Wilson, G and Ritzert, J},
title = {Post-construction Monitoring Study for the California Ridge Wind Farm Champaign and Vermilion Counties, Illinois},
institution = {Western Ecosystems Technology Inc (WEST)},
year = {2024},
month = {jan},
address = {Champaign & Vermilion County, Illinois, USA},
url = {https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025-01/california-ridge-2023.pdf},
keywords = {Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind, Collision, Bats, Birds},
}

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TY - RPRT
TI - Post-construction Monitoring Study for the California Ridge Wind Farm Champaign and Vermilion Counties, Illinois
AU - DuBridge, K
AU - Wilson, G
AU - Ritzert, J
AB - California Ridge Wind Energy, LLC, is operating the California Ridge Wind Farm (Project) in Champaign and Vermilion counties, Illinois. The Project became operational in 2012 and consists of 134 turbines, each with a capacity of 1.6 megawatts (MW) that have a 100-meter (m; 328-foot [ft]) hub height and a 50-m (164-ft) blade length. This report details the post-construction monitoring (PCM) studies conducted in fall 2023, consistent with Section 7.3 of the Project’s Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP), United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) Incidental Take Permit (ITP; ESPER0018464) and Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) Incidental Take Authorization (ITA; ITA222) for the Indiana bat, northern long-eared bat1, little brown bat and tricolored bat2 (collectively, Covered Species). Note that the state permit only covers the Indiana bat and northern long-eared bat at this time given that neither the tricolored bat or little brown bat are listed in the state of Illinois.
CY - Champaign & Vermilion County, Illinois, USA
DA - 2024/01//
PY - 2024
PB - Western Ecosystems Technology Inc (WEST)
UR - https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025-01/california-ridge-2023.pdf
LA - English
KW - Wind Energy
KW - Land-Based Wind
KW - Collision
KW - Bats
KW - Birds
ER -

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California Ridge Wind Energy, LLC, is operating the California Ridge Wind Farm (Project) in Champaign and Vermilion counties, Illinois. The Project became operational in 2012 and consists of 134 turbines, each with a capacity of 1.6 megawatts (MW) that have a 100-meter (m; 328-foot [ft]) hub height and a 50-m (164-ft) blade length. This report details the post-construction monitoring (PCM) studies conducted in fall 2023, consistent with Section 7.3 of the Project’s Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP), United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) Incidental Take Permit (ITP; ESPER0018464) and Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) Incidental Take Authorization (ITA; ITA222) for the Indiana bat, northern long-eared bat1, little brown bat and tricolored bat2 (collectively, Covered Species). Note that the state permit only covers the Indiana bat and northern long-eared bat at this time given that neither the tricolored bat or little brown bat are listed in the state of Illinois.